Live Events
Focus on Unlimited Human Potential
One (or several) of the 10 high-profile professionals of color featured in the documentary short film, Told They Can’t are the speakers. They engage attendees via live, in-person motivational talks, panel discussions, lectures, workshops, and/or breakout groups, in combination with, screening select exclusive clips from Told They Can’t.
These accomplished professionals aren’t from privileged, or even traditional backgrounds. All are the first in their family (or foster family) to attend college. During childhood they experienced homelessness, hunger, poverty, neglect, and abuse, exacerbated by society’s cruel indifference toward their suffering. Many worked as full-time as child laborers to help bring in money for family survival. None of it stopped them.
Today they’re doctors, research scientists, engineers, educators, and leaders elected to the U.S. Congress and California State Assembly and Senate. Their impressive accomplishments include authoring hundreds of scientific research papers published in The New England Journal of Medicine; contributing to the development of pivotal Apple products such as the Bondi Blue iMac, the Cube, iPad, MacBook Pro; and teaching medicine at UCSF Fresno and Stanford School of Medicine.
Their lives are a testament to the indomitable human spirit. Their success in turning poverty and hardship into personal and professional triumph is a reminder of the unlimited human potential of every child. A demonstration of what is indeed possible for all children, including those from refugee and immigrant families and any experiencing homelessness or other extraordinary family crises.
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