Help Support TEDxIVC

TEDxIVC is an independently organized TED event that is brought primarily by IVC students and alumni. This is a TEDx event [not-for-profit] that's been in development since January, 2019, which was heavily supported by the IVC President at the time. Near the end of 2019, however, there were several sweeping changes that took place within the IVC Administration, of which included the termination of directors/administrators within the college. The Director of Student Life and Equity and the IVC President were among those that we lost during the last quarter of the year that had greatly supported TEDxIVC. Ever since then, there was a dismal lack of regard for the event from the new Administration. As TEDxIVC lost all financial/administrative support from IVC, the resulting shift forced a relocation of the venue, and TEDxIVC now relies heavily on sponsors and donors to operate. 

Despite the obstacles TEDxIVC has had to endure to get to this point, we can proudly say that this event will be executed with zero help whatsoever from the current IVC Administration, that TEDxIVC was possible due to the hard work of each volunteer team member, mostly comprised of IVC students that share ambitions to create a successful TEDx event that will inspire millions across the country to give birth to fresh ideas, absorb new perspectives, and pursue their dreams. We have a vision and plan of sharing ideas worth spreading within the OC community, and despite our young ages, we are willing to work relentlessly to make an impact on the world, and we will persevere even in the face of all odds!

We are giving out 10 tickets for free to this event. Although given our clear budget constraint, we want to offer a unique opportunity to the community by holding applications for reserved tickets to be given for free to those that greatly desire to attend this one of a kind TEDx conference and would most benefit emotionally from it but are in a tough spot financially and wouldn't be able to afford to purchase a ticket.  We do hope to possibly give out some more tickets for free, if our budget allows it.

We are hoping to recover at least a fraction of all the financial support lost from the IVC Administration, as well as have the stability to be able to give out more tickets for free. We ask your help to make all this possible. We are relentless in our desire to gift the community with a TEDx event that will be remembered throughout time!Through the butterfly effect, your contribution will not only affect this event, but the individual journeys of countless others to come!

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."