The Power of Public Art to Build Community | Julie Roland | TEDxSanDiegoWomen

Public art projects have immense power and potential to positively impact communities, but they need your support. No matter who you are, you have the opportunity to get involved, get creative, and effect change.

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#publicart #backyardshow #community #TEDxSanDiego #Women #Art #Music #performance Lieutenant Julie Roland is a helicopter aircraft commander who has deployed around the world as a MH-60R helicopter pilot. She is a member of the San Diego Leadership Alliance, League of Women Voters, Women’s Foundation, Truman National Security Project, the Rotary Club, the Young Professionals Council of the San Diego LGBT Center, and serves on the Mission Bay Park Committee. Julie currently attends the University of San Diego School of Law and is Vice President of the Public Interest Law Foundation. In her free time, she started Just Tryna Make Friends, a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission to promote the arts and build community through a monthly variety show. The show has been voted a finalist in San Diego Reader Magazine’s Best Neighborhood Event in 2021, 2022, & 2023, and as a result of her efforts, in 2022 and 2023, Julie was named a finalist in San Diego Business Journal Magazine’s Business Women of the Year in the nonprofit category.@yrola ;   / jyroland   This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx