March 4, 2025
TEDxAdamsMorgan 2025: “Planting Seeds for a Better World”
Inspiring Ideas, Lasting Change – A Gathering of Visionary Thinkers
Washington, D.C. – TEDxAdamsMorgan is making its highly anticipated return, bringing together some of the District’s brightest minds dedicated to shaping a better future. With this year’s theme, “Planting Seeds for a Better World,” the event will explore transformative ideas that can take root and lead to real change. At a time when the world is full of uncertainty, people are seeking out big ideas, community, and inspiration. That is what they will find at TEDxAdamsMorgan 2025.
Taking place on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at the Sitar Arts Center (1700 Kalorama Rd NW #100, Washington, D.C.), the event will open its doors at 2:30 p.m., with programming running from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Tickets and the full agenda are available online.
Sponsored by the Cornell Latino Alumni Association (CLAA), TEDxAdamsMorgan 2025 is more than just a conference—it’s a movement toward meaningful action and social impact. Attendees will hear from an extraordinary lineup of speakers tackling critical topics such as innovation, sustainability, inclusivity, and human connection.
Each speaker at TEDxAdamsMorgan will bring their unique insights, sparking conversations that challenge assumptions and inspire progress. The agenda includes:
- Being Unstoppable, No Matter What – Kety Esquivel
- Beyond Assumptions: How Curiosity Can Heal Divides – Danielle Marshall
- Engaging Everyday People through Art and Culture: Tools for Authentic Connection and Belonging – Irene Godinez
- How Intentional Acts of Kindness Can Transform Your Business – Eric Fletcher
- Underestimated: Kids in 2025 – Logan Esquivel-McCarson
- Cultivating Awareness: Using Our Voices to Save Lives – Marisa Peters
- What If The Villains In Your Life Could Be Heroes, Too – Luna Garcia
- Mariachi Performance – Burrito de Belen & Ana Florencia Lopez Ulloa
- You’ve Been Coded Out: How To Make AI Work For All – Dr. Dédé Tetsubayashi
- Confronting Food Waste and Finding Inspiration to Take Action – Erica Weiss
- The Revival of Fusion Voting: Why You Should Be Rooting For It – Dan Cantor
Join the Conversation
TEDxAdamsMorgan isn’t just about listening—it’s about engaging, learning, and taking action. This event will offer attendees the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals who share a passion for making the world a better place. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, activist, artist, or lifelong learner, TEDxAdamsMorgan is a place to grow ideas and cultivate meaningful change.
Join TEDxAdamsMorgan and be part of the movement—because together, we can plant the seeds for a brighter future.
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About TED
TED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to discovering, debating and spreading ideas that spark conversation, deepen understanding and drive meaningful change. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but today it spans a multitude of worldwide communities and initiatives exploring everything from science and business to education, arts and global issues. In addition to the TED Talks curated from our annual conferences and published on TED.com, we produce original podcasts, short video series, animated educational lessons (TED-Ed) and TV programs that are translated into more than 100 languages and distributed via partnerships around the world. Each year, thousands of independently run TEDx events bring people together to share ideas and bridge divides in communities on every continent. Through the Audacious Project, TED has helped catalyze more than $3 billion in funding for projects that seek to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and just. In 2020, TED launched Countdown, an initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and mobilize a movement for a net-zero future, and in 2023 TED launched TED Democracy to spark a new kind of conversation focused on realistic pathways towards a more vibrant and equitable future. View a full list of TED’s many programs and initiatives.
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About TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).
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