Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Human trafficking is a little known and practically invisible problem plaguing highways across the US. Truck driver and former police officer John McKown has made it his mission to be an activist on the road and implores all drivers of vehicles big and small to join him in protecting the approximately 293,000 children at risk of enslavement. In this eye-opening talk, McKown passionately advocates for others not to turn a blind eye and shares some easy ways to get you started as an ally on America’s highways.
In times of lightning-paced transformation, one thing stands true: daring human imagination can solve our most intractable problems. In the third year of partnership, TED@UPS 2017 speakers asked: “What if?” They unveiled the potential of global interconnectivity, and, ultimately, what it means to evolve in a world spinning ever faster.
About the TED Institute: We know that innovative ideas and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary companies around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share these insights. Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas.
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Human trafficking is a little known and practically invisible problem plaguing highways across the US. Truck driver and former police officer John McKown has made it his mission to be an activist on the road and implores all drivers of vehicles big and small to join him in protecting the approximately 293,000 children at risk of enslavement. In this eye-opening talk, McKown passionately advocates for others not to turn a blind eye and shares some easy ways to get you started as an ally on America’s highways.
In times of lightning-paced transformation, one thing stands true: daring human imagination can solve our most intractable problems. In the third year of partnership, TED@UPS 2017 speakers asked: “What if?” They unveiled the potential of global interconnectivity, and, ultimately, what it means to evolve in a world spinning ever faster.
About the TED Institute: We know that innovative ideas and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary companies around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share these insights. Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas.
Learn more at ted.com/ted-institute
Follow TED Institute on Twitter @TEDPartners
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/user/TEDInstitute
