Because bail is returned at the end of a case, donations to The Bail Project can be recycled and reused to pay bail two to three times per year, maximizing the impact of every dollar. The Audacious Project is a collaborative funding initiative between TED and non-profits that convenes funders and social entrepreneurs in order to scale solutions to the world's most urgent challenges. You speak far more languages than you realize, says Poet Ali. Robin Steinberg has a bold idea to change this. In a profound talk, he reveals how the idea of "language" goes far beyond a lexicon of words, communicating universal experiences like love, laughter and loneliness -- and serving as a portal to cultures, feelings and thoughts that unite us all. The Audacious Project is a collaborative approach to funding ideas with the potential to create change at thrilling scale. Nearly half a million people in the US are in jail right now without being convicted of a crime, simply because they can't come up with the money to pay cash bail. These projects are both timely and urgently needed and deliver a much-needed response to some of the world's biggest challenges right now. In 2018, The TED Prize was recast as The Audacious Project.. The Audacious Project is proud to support Crisis Text Line, Collins Lab and ACEGID, three new grantees from the 2020 cohort, delivering innovative solutions to tackle COVID-19. Details. Humans have been coming up with ways to give constructive criticism for centuries, but somehow we're still pretty terrible at it. Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award ®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. In this powerful talk, she outlines the plan for The Bail Project — an unprecedented national revolving bail fund to fight mass incarceration. Cognitive psychologist LeeAnn Renninger shares a scientifically proven method for giving effective feedback. The TED Prize was a prize commissioned by the American media organization TED Conferences. The Bail Project is a national nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence.

To try and fix this system, public defender and activist Robin Steinberg asked a straightforward question: What if we paid bail for them? (This ambitious idea is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)