Seduced by education | Paul Cote | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
While in prison, Paul Cote discovers his aptitude for learning and tutoring, and it snowballs from there.
Hardcore gamers behind bars | Samuel Render + Antwan Guthrie | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
What do two hardcore gamers do after they are incarcerated? Listen to their story and find out!! I
Finding myself in prison | Sabrina Buddemeyer | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Being in prison is hard. Coming out as a transgender woman in a men’s prison is harder. Listen to Sabrina’s story.
What can I offer her? | Willie McNeil | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
In this poignant poem, Willie McNeil grapples with the issue of self-worth.
A Black man’s guide to love | LeRon L. Barton | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Finding the meaning of love is different for everybody, but for Black men, it is a particularly distinct journey that can sometimes be fraught with violence, loneliness, discrimination, and incarceration. In this captivating talk, LeRon L. Barton discusses his walk with love through racism, near addiction, maintaining connection with incarcerated loved ones, and loving yourself.
Take it again | Josh McDonald | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Listen to this uplifting song that correctional officer Josh McDonald wrote when he was in high school.
Earning my dad’s pride | James Rogalski | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
James Rogalski struggled with mental illness and addiction, which led him to prison. After his father died, Rogalski made a promise to him that he would turn his life around. Listen to his story.
More than a baby’s daddy | Ali Cubba | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Ali Cubba is a proud father but went to jail just after his son was born. Listen to his two poignant songs dedicated to his son Damien; the second one he used to sing to Damien as a lullaby.
The hole inside all of us | Matthew Petty | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Matthew Petty knew he needed to provide for his family, but his work at the prison was leaving him depressed and hopeless. Until one day he received a new assignment, which changed everything.
Recovery radio — a broadcast from the heart | Jamie Cochran | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Listen to Jamie Cochran’s quirky and entertaining episode of Recovery Radio where he encourages men to transform and become better versions of themselves.
Amazing grace | Matthew Mason | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Matthew Mason can sing! Listen to Matthew’s soulful rendition of “Amazing Grace.”
The nature of love is the love of nature | Shelia Pigmon | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Shelia Pigmon travels the world taking pictures. This presentation showcases some of the best pictures she’s taken on her travels, documenting the ubiquity of love in nature.
The chance to set myself free | Danielle Barton | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Danielle Barton has struggled with mental health issues and suicidal ideation her whole life and pours her heart into her poem.
What’s love got to do with it? | Tyrone Adams | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Love has been a throughline in Tyrone Adams’ life. From a Bad Butt in and out of juvie to discovering his affinity for words and poetry, love has kept him company on his journey.
Love is in this place | Irving Berry | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Listen to Chuck Berry’s fourth cousin Irving Berry belt out how love exists even in prison.
A prison warden tells all | Teri Vandergrif + Mark Powell | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Listen as the incarcerated emcee of Missouri’s first historic TEDx event inside a prison interviews the warden.
Puppies for parole made me a better person | William Carrico | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
In prison, nothing worked to rehabilitate William Carrico until he started with the Puppies for Parole program. As he worked to train the dogs, he realized how much he was transforming as well.
Dedicated to my father | Kenneth Stotts | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Addiction led Kenneth Stotts to unimaginable tragedy and imprisonment. Yet, love kept cropping up in unexpected places, delivering a sliver of hope.
Full session 3 with emcee | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Session 3 from the first TEDx event in a prison in Missouri: Samuel Render + Antwan Guthrie, Paul Cote, Christopher Mollett + Jay Robinson, Jeshua Noel, Aaron Thomas, Andre Norman, Irving Berry + Mark Powell
Full session 2 with emcee | TEDxFarmingtonCorrectionalCenter 2024
Session 2 from the first TEDx event in a prison in Missouri: Jamie Cochran, Matthew Petty, Ali Cubba, James Rogalski, Josh McDonald, LeRon Barton, Willie McNeil, Sabrina Buddemeyer