What is Possible: Individual and Societal Transformation: Mark Bergel at TEDxAmericanU

Dr. Mark Bergel is the Founder and Executive Director of A Wider Circle, a nonprofit organization founded in 2001. The mission of A Wider Circle is simple: to end poverty. Since its founding, A Wider Circle has served nearly 150,000 individuals in the nation's capital region. Dr. Bergel was selected as a 2014 CNN Hero and has been named one of PEOPLE Magazine and Major League Baseball's "All-Stars Among Us." He earned a Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and received both Masters and Doctoral degrees from American University.

What is Possible: Individual and Societal Transformation
Filmed by Ford Fischer and Justin Parker
Edited by Ford Fischer

Dr. Mark Bergel is a leader of social change well-known for his work in the movement to end poverty. He blends Eastern philosophy, Western science, and a grassroots perspective into a model of individual and societal change. His talk will address how we are limitless beings creating the reality in which we live each day. We choose whether we live big or live small, as well as how much of our potential we utilize. You will also learn why ending poverty is the first step in becoming who we truly are as a people -- and how we get there.

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