{"id":1375,"date":"2011-11-16T11:54:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T19:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2011-11-21T09:45:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T17:45:22","slug":"raffi-to-share-ideas-at-upcoming-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/11\/16\/raffi-to-share-ideas-at-upcoming-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Raffi to share ideas at upcoming conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us know him from songs we grew up with, like \u201cBaby Beluga\u201d and \u201cDown by the Bay,\u201d but few know that children\u2019s entertainer Raffi Cavoukian (commonly known as Raffi) has his own children\u2019s rights mantra, a mantra that he\u2019s deemed \u201cchild honouring.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Raffi will be speaking at TEDxVictoria (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt came to me in a vision in 1997; it woke me up on a Sunday morning. I wasn\u2019t looking for it; it found me and said, \u2018Here is the work for the rest of your life.\u2019 It was a luminous moment in which this vision appeared to me. It was a grand epiphany,\u201d says Raffi, who is speaking about child honouring at the first-ever TEDxVictoria event, on November 19.<\/p>\n

From his work with children, Raffi has gained a new respect towards the important role that youth play in the future of society. He has been able to establish himself as an important player in the battle towards ecological sustainability, as well as an advocate of children\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

Through child honouring, a view that puts youth first, Raffi hopes to create a world where through the education and diligent care of children we as a society can meet his definition of sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u201cSustainability, to me, is not about air, water, and soil, it is about a code of conduct,\u201d explains Raffi. \u201cI would say that the goal is to redesign society for the greatest good for the greatest amount of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Raffi\u2019s code of conduct society would put less value in monetary statistics, and would in turn emphasize the social and environmental story of how the products came to the market.<\/p>\n

Child honouring will teach children how to do this, he says. It will also help towards building Raffi\u2019s practical goal of the future where children are empowered to make intelligent decisions to better themselves and to better future generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is all about a world where people matter, where the planet matters, and we do business with ethical commerce,\u201d says Raffi. \u201cWhat we are talking about it conducting ourselves with some honour, conducting ourselves ethically. Not just towards our young, but towards everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

TEDxVictoria organizers are excited to have Raffi in their speaking lineup, especially since his brand of communication matches the idea behind a style of conference that\u2019s quickly growing to be a trendy event around the world (TEDx brings together various speakers to share their ideas on a wide range of subjects).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt mimics in some ways the feeling of sitting around a campfire and listening to people tell stories,\u201d says TEDxVictoria organizer John Mardlin. \u201cIt appeals to those who have a sense of awe, and are really engaged and interested in what\u2019s going on. It is a place that we can come together to revel in the beauty of a great idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

TEDxVictoria<\/strong>
\n9am-6pm, Saturday, November 19
\nVictoria Conference Centre
\n$50 (including lunch)
\ntedxvictoria.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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