Calvin Terrell challenges all to remember their power to see themselves in others. To transcend global challenges while maintaining the Earth’s environment, humankind must heal historical traumas around race intersecting with every human identity. In his candid presentation, Calvin will weave ancient indigenous concepts of healing with modern challenges as a call to action. In Lak Ech is a Nauhatl phrase that affirms that humans and all life are interconnected. Calvin invokes the concept of In Lak Ech as healing tool for evolving relations in his work as activist artist and justice consultant throughout the United States. “You are my other me” is the meaning behind In Lak Ech and the challenge Calvin affirms in this talk. For a new world that is safer environmentally, socially, and institutionally, we must unlearn to relearn to see our interwoven destiny. Calvin Terrell transforms haunts to healing. He created Social Centric Institute, a non-profit built to educate anyone and everyone to heal historical trauma around racial intersections, class, religion, gender, and environmental disruption. His healing approaches are colonial, decolonized, and indigenous. His dedication to human rights has been awarded with honors from various groups including the city of Phoenix year 2000 Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. “Living the Dream” Award. Calvin’s work has prompted organizations such as Harpo Inc., Oprah Winfrey’s production company to seek him out to train executive producers, coach various members of the production team, and assist in their transition to the “O” network. Calvin challenges the privileged to abandon fragile pedestals of inconsiderate obliviousness, while encouraging the oppressed to remember their power developed from surviving historical unfairness. His greatest achievements are his marriage, fatherhood, and finding his purpose. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Calvin Terrell, Founder of Social Centric Institute and Calvin Terrell & Associates, speaks about healing historical trauma and earning a new united humanity. Injustice is a result of an unchecked animalistic nature ruling human relations. To create a society where the material, social, and spiritual progress of all peoples causes no harm to the ecosphere, requires truth and courage. If we are comfortable, we're complacent and complicit in global oppression, as well as an environmental suicidal pattern of living. Be part of the Healing!