You, young people.

Adrian Gibson at WeblogBahamas.com blogs about the issue of teenage pregnancy.

I'm really concerned about the young people.

But these infant giants are quickly threatened with eclipse by even newer enterprises.

I kind of like the little guys there, which represent them, which represent the youth building the future.

So to start, I want to introduce some characters from a book I made for teenagers.

And just like today's event is focused on education, a TEDxYouth event is focused on ideas for youth.

So, this is their project and their idea to convey our theme, which was Youth Building the Future.

It really is this young versus the old to some degree.

Anyway so basically, Roots and Shoots is beginning to change young people's lives.

We called ourselves The Young Journalists team partnering with reporters based in Hebron.

Read about the participants, the Bow Bazaar Neighbourhood Journalists, a vibrant group of growing teenagers with great spirit and enthusiasm here.

In Hargeisa, the independent expert was disheartened to hear about a new trend of juvenile suicides.

The first week, I took office as an elected youth mayor, in Hebron, in 2006.

So, just in ending, let me say the only people who can fix Africa are talented young Africans.

Another very powerful example of how youth and students can be involved in these TEDx events this is a picture from TEDxYouth Porto, in Portugal, and what you see here is this stage designed by a young design agency.

She was one of the young people who was involved in this study, and she's now one of the youngest published scientists in the world.

I can share with you the story of Janna Tahbu, a young graduate journalist of one of our programs who says, Young voices exist, but they need the opportunity to learn how to be strengthened so they can speak out loudly and effectively.

Of concern are a slight increase in police brutality, an alarming trend in juvenile suicides and the forced return of refugees to Somaliland .

They raised the issues of the Public Order Law, juvenile suicides, human rights of minorities, and the need to respect the human rights of women.

Urban populations are typically young, with high proportions under 15 years of age and consequent implications for providing health and education facilities.

One of the families I interviewed, Tom and Karen Robards, were taken aback when, as young and successful New Yorkers, their first child was diagnosed with Down syndrome.

Chemicals offer many societal benefits, but the improper or inadequate management of chemicals, including substances in products and wastes and from accidents and releases, threatens the human rights to life, health and well being of all people, especially children, vulnerable populations and future generations.

This migration, which began during the latter half of the 19th century, extended over several decades and in the beginning was mainly comprised of young men. Later, whole families came over with the hope of gathering up enough money to later return to their home countries.

She was one of the young people who was involved in this study, and she's now one of the youngest published scientists in the world. Right? She will now, once she comes onto stage, will be the youngest person to ever speak at TED. Right?

Suddenly I am caught in semi gridlock, and the worst kind, gridlock with gangs of adolescents wandering the sidewalks on both sides of the car, gridlock with main routes being barred, gridlock with people in adjacent cars spraying each other with high arching streams of foam it s like suddenly being in the middle of a nightmare.

Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion dollar global market. In this courageous talk, she tells three powerful stories, as well as her own, and calls for a more humane approach to helping these young victims rebuild their lives.