Gentrification is happening in the Crenshaw (Los Angeles, USA) area. How can the rising generations contribute to the change vs. solely being affected by it? Recently honored as one of "Los Angeles' Most Influential African American Movers and Shakers" by Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network - LA, Starlett Quarles is a passionate, long time Community Advocate for the progress of Black Los Angeles and urban communities across the Country.

We don't see things the way they are, we see things the way we are. Five-time Grammy winning artist, poet, songwriter and producer, Malik is the Director of Arts & Culture for Hip Hop Caucus. At Hip Hop Caucus, Malik directs organizational and campaign strategies that utilize arts and culture to reach communities and move them to action.

See a problem. Want to change it? Paradyse teaches us how to propose change by writing a bill. A 16-year old senior at Lawndale High School, Paradyse is the President and Founder of P.O.P.S. (Pain of the Prison System) and Life (ZOE) Club on her high school campus.

I'm the exception to the rule because I am successful...why is there an exception in the first place? Tyree is a graduate of Temple University with a Mas- ter's degree in Pan African Studies. Currently, he is a Professor of Africana Studies at California State Uni- versity Dominguez Hills.

Human solutions to the homeless crisis in Los Angeles. Community advocate for over 17 years, Reba has been dedicated to using her real life experience as a consumer of homelessness and mental health services, to improve how these systems can be responsive and accessible to those who need them most.

Youth have hustle. High school drop out rates are increasing therefore, decreasing chances to make a living wage. Jeffery talks about how he turns youth hustle into vocational training & economic power.

Problem = living in a food desert. Solution = using technology to solve human problems. Born overseas in India and growing up in the South Bay, Suresh found his love for design last year.

Let's get back to cooperative economics where we own, we work & we're worker owners. Member of the LA Union Cooperative Initiative (LUCI), Niki earned a MBA from Nanyang University in Singapore including a sustainability certificate at the MIT Sloan School of Business.

KiMi Wilson speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. Wilson is a former K-12 teacher, and former Education and Outreach co- ordinator for the Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing research center at UCLA. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Michelle Joan Papillion speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. A contemporary art dealer and advisor with a gallery space in Leimert Park, Papillion has been instrumental in initiating the Leimert Park Renaissance, a resurgence art movement. Papillion believes art to be a tool for change in transforming and bridging together communities all over the world.

Julian Scaff speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. An educator, scholar, designer, filmmaker and media artist, Scaff has been a professional designer for nearly 20 years. Scaff has taught at universities in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.

Glenetta Pope speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. Pope has truly used education to transform her life and the lives of scholars she has worked closely with over the past 20 years. Pope is a product of Oakland Public Schools, UC Berkeley, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Cal State Dominguez.

Dom Kennedy speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. This thirty-one year old artist has spent many years in the Leimert Park district in Los Angeles, CA. Kennedy has shared his lyrical talent on several national tours, twice in Europe, and in Africa.

Elan Carson speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. As a woman who has battled depression, Elan knows more than anyone should about mental health and stigma. For the past 5 years, Elan has been working to educate others by breaking down the taboos and barriers that accompany mental health discussions.

Reverend James M. Lawson Jr. speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. Lawson was instrumental in shaping America's Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement. After incarceration for refusing to report to Korean War draft, he traveled to India to study Ghandi's principles of nonviolence. After be- ing introduced to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jody Armour speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Los Angeles, California. A dad of three black Millennials, this reality drives his scholarship on racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration.