Santa Clara County creatives organize TEDxYouth event
Twelve Santa Clara County-based artists, writers and scientists are coming together to host a TEDxYouth event in San Jose on Oct. 8. The event will take place at the Tabard Theatre Company located at 29 N. San Pedro Street in San Jose.
“We invite you to [email protected], the educational event of the fall! On Oct. 8, bring your friends and family to see a vast array of speakers, from award-winning author and photographer, to 16 under 16 STEM achievers and Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneurs and CEOs,” event organizers said. “This TED-affiliated event is a local forum for ideas within the community that inspires people to change their lives, their futures and ultimately their world.”
Among those speaking is Mountain View-based writing coach and founder of Beyond the Box Learning, Royd Hatta.
“As a child, he grew to have a deep connection to the environment and later helped to organize a campaign to protect an organic garden and Tongva/Gabrielino sacred site, known as Puvungna, from a proposed university development,” according to the event program. “That experience, along with his autobiographical performances in Los Angeles, established how transformative writing and performing could be.”
Tickets for the event can be purchased here.
Free robotics event for girls coming to Mountain View
Girl Powered, an initiative of the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, is hosting a free robotics workshop for girls in the Mountain View community on Oct. 8.
The workshop will be hosted by Anna Pasupathy, a Mountain View resident, mentor, engineer, parent and volunteer involved in robotics for the past six years. The event will be held at the Los Altos Library, and those interested can sign up here.
The Robotics Education and Competition Foundation is an international nonprofit organization for robotics education, and the Girl Powered event is being put on to celebrate the International Day of the Girl in October, Pasupathy said.
“Our goal is to get middle and high school girls (low-income children and others) interested in STEM through robotics,” Pasupathy said. “This workshop will provide exposure, know-how and guidance to begin their journey into robotics.”