How Baltimore called a ceasefire | Erricka Bridgeford

[@ShaudaySmith]

She's got spirit and it's infectious. I've never had this sort of connection or sense of responsibility to the community i live in.

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

I spent most of my life in Baltimore, and I’m so proud of my hometown for having this brilliant idea for a ceasefire! Maybe it didn’t work in terms of no one being killed, but clearly it worked in terms of changing the way people felt and thought about the murders! And those murders don’t negate the power of this city coming together in the radical pursuit of peace! Thank you for your wonderful work! God bless you!

[@ShankarSivarajan]

+PhoebeFay RuthLouise "brilliant idea". Sure, let's call it that.

[@goldenshoggoth2143]

You do understand what a ceasefire is right? It's kind of one of those things where either it worked or it failed.

[@traceeford2914]

Rat C The weekend before the ceasefire 12 people were shot, 4 died. The weekend of the ceasefire 2 people shot, 1 died. As a resident of Baltimore, I am safer with people like Erricka working to make changes than I am with people judging her work.

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

Tracee Ford Exactly! And that’s an important accomplishment!

[@Hardin9]

What Possible Relevance Does Her Lecture Have To Technology, Entertainment, or Design?!

[@alala682]

There´s been plenty of talks not relating to that, why complain about this specific one?

[@Hardin9]

+Snowabile . Jiphethu If you look through the comment section of ANY TED lecture I comment on, you'll see my argument is always the same. I don't comment on EVERY TED lecture, I don't have unlimited time like that, but when I actually have the time to comment on a TED lecture, I say exactly what I'm saying here. The TED organization needs to change it's name, because they are being VERY MISLEADING by having speakers at their events talking about subject matters in NO WAY RELATED to Technology, Entertainment, or Design!

[@demonic88]

Surely what she is talking about is social engineering? That's design, and it was a demonstration of how powerful technology, entertainment and design are in fabricating better societies.

[@MrFlyingPanda]

It s been years, ted talk are also on humanities so just get over it..

[@Hardin9]

+Nabi It seems like you missed the point of my comment.

[@janinibobo4268]

What a powerful message

[@Maestr0130597]

Stopping the murders and violence is a great cause, hands down

[@Hardin9]

+Morthios I don't care how great of a cause it is, it has ZEEEERO Relevance to Technology, Entertainment, or Design!

[@satellite964]

Lololol

[@ShankarSivarajan]

+Morthios And the way to achieve that is to decrease policing,… right?

[@NoGufff]

✊

[@ShankarSivarajan]

+Hardin9 A case could be made that the "Nobody Kill Anybody" days are entertaining when they inevitably fail…

[@TaNsiD]

Who down votes this......

[@letsgoiowa]

"Stop shooting each other!" Totally effective. Sure.

[@AtheistEve]

letsgoiowa That’s basically what we have to do. And, since gun control is not on the agenda for so many, ceasefires, peace talks and reconciliation processes are currently the only way to deal with continual, internecine violence.

[@הדרהלוי-ב1ה]

letsgoiowa Yeah, I'm with you bro. We're sceptics. We don't care about ampirical evidence! We don't care that *this initiative acttually reduced violence*. It's hopefull and relies on the human spirit, so our predetermined beliefs say it can't work. That's what being a sceptic is all about.

[@baltimorezoo5119]

she is soooooooooooooo potent!!!! our city admires her!!!!

[@mortalcoilerinokripperino110]

Got me cringing so hard when she had the audience yell 'squad'

[@konicalancea]

She has such a strong passion for this! I’m so excited for this because it is the start of better things for Baltimore. It’s not easy but it can get better and better daily with consistence!

[@mojosbigsticks]

People who give up after the first attempt don't get to give TED talks.

[@jafarithefinest]

Baltimore in the house! #Greenmount&33rd

[@PantsB4Squares]

Uhhmm your ceasefire didnt even work. By day 3 there were already 3 murders. Sooo idk how this got featured on Ted. It was a stupid idea to begin with and was never going to work.

[@steven_duller3841]

I remember reading about how it utterly failed lol.

[@MrAwesomeBart]

She at least tried to do something about it. She also make a lot of people care. That may actually do something for good.

[@steven_duller3841]

I agree but I thought it was kinda odd that they made a TED about it almost a year and a half after it happened . The article I read actually made it sound like it made the murders worse, I'm kinda glad to hear it went halfway ok.

[@vcheekv]

Baltimore 💖

[@kingandrefourty3wins212]

Thank you! 🙏🏾

[@mattbell4498]

Why are TED talks becoming more boring...

[@Cerbyo]

Well, cause they all cover the same problems we are fed on a daily basis. Gets repetitive.

[@smartsomya23]

Kudos!

[@stinkyboomboom]

If this person is gay and trans or gender fluid, I can only imagine she wins all the intersectional oppression points and will be our supreme leader in the inevitable social justice utopia.

[@MrAwesomeBart]

She may be all of that but after hearing what she had to say I must say one thing: She have great message here - DO NOT wait for someone to fix your world - be the change you want, go and get some hard work done. I see no progressive nonsense in that.

[@stefdehorde3674]

At least she's putting effort in making her home city a better place. I'd rather have some of these people around me instead of keyboard warriors defending me from everything controversial.

[@TheWonderVoice]

I want you to know that in all the years of my work, THIS is still one of the most memorable things I've heard about me. In fact, I came out as bisexual in 2019, PLIS, I'm neurodivergent. So, yes. I'm definitely the supreme leader 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@trevorpinnocky]

Amazing talk and presenter. Thank you so much for this. This is the kind of unity that creates the opportunity for people like King to show their greatness. The willingness to love and work together are prerequisites to change.

[@ShankarSivarajan]

Oh, this is the woman I have to thank for giving me an amusing anecdote to relate whenever I'm asked about the crime in Baltimore…

[@TheWonderVoice]

You're welcome, keyboard gangsta 😏

[@PsoriasisChannel]

Bless you for your great work.

[@sophiasmallman504]

👍 beautiful passion

[@adamhack7777]

Sophia Smallmaniacal they said that about hitler

[@sophiasmallman504]

A Acks but her passion is to promote change that will save lives. Hitler's led to the end of many

[@adamhack7777]

Sophia Smallmaniacal as long as she isnt blaming cops I can agree with you.

[@StefanSte]

why has it so many thumbs down? :c

[@ladyd104]

Thanks sista

[@adrjaco]

This is the longest explenation of "we feel feelings" I have ever heard and I doubt it's going to change anything. She needs to rise above the victim mentality and demand police is empowered to stop and prevent violence, and stop perpetuating the single mother parenting phenomenon that's leading men to gangs, suicide, prison ect

[@danielwebb8402]

Wow. Success. I'd now love to live in Baltimore.

[@pinegulf]

So did it work?

[@jerriasfuck]

pinegulf the last two have worked

[@declanrees3435]

Could you define “work”

[@Tsukiko.97]

Still waiting for Chicago (Chiraq).

[@thescatman5029]

My Block My Hood My City

[@jasonmiller7409]

Born and raised in Baltimore and murder and crime will always be glorified

[@Yacapo2]

very powerful and uplifting. To those TED purists, why do you insist this platform not be used for good when it can be simply because the topic is not strictly about Technology, Engineering, or Design? Or that you are so narrow-minded to not see how you can look at this problem through the lens of Design. Violence is a product of the way our socio-economic systems are DESIGNED.

[@TotallyGoodatGames]

I saw the like-to-dislike ratio was ~55% and I just had to watch it.

Gungrabbers should talk about this instead of trying to deny law abiding citizens their rights. Anyway, how about TED talking about what it is supposed to?

[@aristochat3]

Baltimore should be the epicenter for gun grabbers, but that would probably be racist.

[@BTM8109]

People like her have been in black cities for decades trying to teach them about nonviolence and education. It's about as productive as the billions in aid and assistance that have been sunk into the middle east trying to teach them about democracy.

[@insertphrasehere15]

Three people were shot in the 2018 'ceasefire'. some ceasefire.

[@Blakhawk1703]

Wait am I watching Vice? Since when did they go liberal? Btw i'm not a right or left kinda guy but this whole this is getting ridiculous.

[@umagangan5604]

Blakhawk1703 €

[@sivmatt]

*Revolution Season 1 episode 1* - _Good morning sir. Are you familiar with the Baltimore act ?_ \o/

[@EmantheHeartbreak]

🧡🤞🏿

[@liquid_shadow8690]

Wtf is this bullcrap?

[@inancucal5096]

Arkadaslar ingilizcem pek iyi degil alt yazi ekler misiniz

[@VikingBP]

There was no ceasefire, this woman did absolutely nothing to help anybody except herself. A one day ceasefire is the dumbest things I've ever heard of. Sticking your finger in the leak of a sinking boat for one day doesn't solve anything, and nobody deserves any sort of credit for coming up with the idea.

[@Valient6]

Why is racism against blacks the main topic in america when racism against blacks in america is the least racist place in the world for blacks? Just a quick ignorance closed ended question.

[@Valient6]

Die Fakt yeah you can thank the british royalty for problems in and around europe and asia. They destroyed whole countries in order to remove thier relatives from power.

[@timothyhilditch]

Just declaring a ceasefire does nothing. What we need to do is talk to the people on the fringes of society and help them to fit in and find their place.

[@aristochat3]

“National Ceasefire Day” should be an African American public holiday.

[@p.a.f.mitasol8071]

Seriously ??? This aint no Ted Talk, She says this stuff all the time 😂😂

[@claytonhenrickson9326]

There is no cease fire in Baltimore, what crap is this lady smoking?

[@kerrell95]

clayton henrickson I think you meant crack.

[@iudexe3103]

No, no, no...... Look at this dude 😂

[@Dalamain]

not going to lie, just came here to see how badly TED screwed up again.... them dislikes... ouch!

[@NavigatorUFOitwasRussianCrazym]

This is so sick ?!!! 😤 & yes I am a human 💙

[@jlstout7807]

Pssshhh. They got this idea from Barbershop 3.

[@NavigatorUFOitwasRussianCrazym]

Is this that human's made up name Racist/racism?! Just asking 🤔

[@myrtlemcnappy1641]

too funny ...

[@raccoon351]

They just let anybody on here huh?

[@tibetan_cossack]

Ted is done

[@thisperson6655]

done?

[@LukasFilms]

Firsttt