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RHS student Charlene Hong and Kristen Rinner from Brentwood High School will speak at TEDxYOUTH Nashville at 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. at Montgomery Bell Academy.

Nashville area high school and college students will be leading “TED TALKS” on innovation and creativity. Seven area high schools and colleges including RHS will be represented. Topics range from social entrepreneurship to environmental activism.

Hong will be speaking on “Improving education for American children.” Tickets are $10 and include lunch. Order at www.tedxyouthgreaternashville.com, or purchase at the door for $12.

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to ideas worth spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives.

The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

TEDx  offers individuals or groups a way to organize independent, TED-like events around the world.