HopeMakers: Helping Homeless Youth Embrace Life | Kevin Ryan | TEDxNavesink
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A moving talk from a man who has dedicated his life to helping youth overcome rejection, trauma, depression and abuse. He tells us how he came to understand the power of love from three teenagers whose courage taught him about the essence of home, hope and parenthood. His unexpected and heart-rending revelation at the end breaks open the very essence of what it means to love a child.
Kevin Ryan is a father, husband, activist and child advocate. He leads Covenant House International, one of the largest charities in the Americas dedicated to serving homeless youth, and ending child trafficking. Covenant House’s work has been awarded the Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Award and the Olaf Palme Peace Prize.
Over the past 5 years, Ryan and his team have built an international Sleep Out movement, involving thousands of participants across 2 countries and raising more than $23 million to house, heal and help homeless youth. Ryan previously served as New Jersey’s first public Child Advocate and first commissioner of the Department of Children and Families.
His first book, Almost Home, a collaboration with former New York Times reporter Tina Kelley, became a national best seller in the Fall of 2012. The book chronicles the lives of 6 homeless teenagers as they faced abuse, violence and heartbreak in search of a place to call home.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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