On Saturday, March 16, 2013, the We Are Family Foundation will host the fourth TEDxTeen conference where we focus the conversation on teens and their power to change the world.

Scholastic’s unique auditorium in New York City will provide the intimate setting for important and provoking topics such as empowerment, action, perseverance and possibility.

The Wisdom of Not Knowing

Filmed by Kevin Slack - Edited by Greg Titian

In an age of global warming, debt crises, and cyber wars, it might seem that what we don’t know is threatening. Every day, we realize how much we don’t know, from big (95% of the universe is dark energy or dark matter) to small—all those twists and turns we’ve experienced on our own life pathways.

Yet it’s in those dark spots, those roads not taken yet, where we make our discoveries—staring through a telescope or a camera, holding protest signs or a pen to paper. How do we know what’s going to happen?

When we don’t let our “others have failed—I’m too young—the problem’s too big” sort of knowledge become a roadblock to dreams, we can change the world. Call it the magical properties of not knowing…the unstoppable power of ideas.

So, is not knowing such a bad thing? Sometimes, it may be the wisest thing of all.

On Saturday, March 31, 2012, from 11:00am - 6:00pm (EDT), the We Are Family Foundation hosted the third TEDxTeen cconference where we focused the conversation on teens and their power to change the world.

Scholastic’s unique auditorium in New York City will provide the intimate setting for important and provoking topics such as empowerment, action, perseverance and possibility.

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The Age of How...

Artist: Curtis Kulig

Can one idea, one experience, one conversation, one passion, one moment in your life revolutionize how you create change?

We live in an age where technology makes us all virtual neighbors, accessible at the click of a button. We work together across borders, oceans and boundaries of all kinds.

Our coordinates don't matter. Our world is one community facing the same issues.

There are no limitations to what we can do and how far our reach. We are pioneering new solutions for old problems.

You might say we are the leaders of tomorrow, but we are also the leaders of today.

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So what? Says who? Who cares?

2010: We are a world of almost 7 billion people - over 2 billion are under the age of 20. We are growing at a rate of approximately 222,000 people per day. We are 6,900 living languages in 195 countries. Together we face global problems that seem overwhelming.

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