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title: The Bard MBA Does TedX: Compelling Stories about Equitable VC Finance, Prison Information Literacy, Education-Ecology-Democracy, Thrifting to Fight Facism, and The Three Ways to Change the World
description: TedX Climate Change Social Entrepreneurship Incarceration Prison Literacy
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# [The Bard MBA Does TedX: Compelling Stories about Equitable VC Finance, Prison Information Literacy, Education-Ecology-Democracy, Thrifting to Fight Facism, and The Three Ways to Change the World](https://leadthechange.bard.edu/blog/the-bard-mba-does-tedxbard)

 Written by [Eban Goodstein](https://leadthechange.bard.edu/blog/author/eban-goodstein) | February 5, 2024

When TEDx came to Bard College in Fall 2023, the Bard MBA in Sustainability was well represented.

Entrepreneurship Professor Alejandro Crawford told [a detective story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4HV9Nxsb60) about the true impact of inequitable access to VC Finance. 

Stacy Burnett, MBA ‘23 talked about [falling in love with Oscar Wilde](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v11Y-0yIgLE), and the vital importance of internet access and information literacy for incarcerated people. 

Personal Leadership Professor Lauren Graham began her talk with a story about [her first teaching gig at ten years old,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnAFIUHlwQ)  and how the fight for democracy and the planet begins in the classroom.

Masha Zabara, a graduate of Crawford’s Bard undergraduate class on social entrepreneurship, and her co-founder Jillian Reed offered [a sparkling onstage conversation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQSYHRuRJ-k) about starting their business ”Thrift to Fight”, and avoiding the “all or nothing activism” trap. 

Finally,  MBA Director Eban Goodstein explained [the three ways to solve climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n10SsiFB_c) (and everything else): Change Minds, Change the Rules, and Change the Game. He also recommends getting arrested every 25 years.

A huge thanks to the Bard College student team who put on the Tedx: Emily O'Rourke,  Thanasis Kostikas, and Tom Chitwood.

 

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