Chloe Philpot

Artist, Connector, Public servant, Student, Writer/Editor

Chloe Philpot is a law student, public speaker, poet, and organizer. She is a travel spoken word artist with Southern Word and a poetry workshop organizer. She is a three-time TEDx Organizer license holder. Her work has been featured at TEDx, NPR, Scholastic, CMT, and on stages across the United States.

Creating platforms for people to share the things they are passionate about and making sure the people after me live in a better world than I did.

The people after you deserve the opportunities you missed out on. Take those opportunities to them.

Law, Poetry

I was offered my first TEDx opportunity my freshman year of college at a small TEDx in Alabama. At my latest TEDx, I performed a poem at TEDxNashville. There, I had a conversation with the other speakers, who all happened to established professionals, while I was only a Junior in college. During one of those conversations, I said, "if the opportunities are not where the people are, you have to bring the opportunities to the people." And that became the conversation of the night. At some point, I mentioned wishing that I could organize a TEDx at my college and the host, Kristian Bush, told me it would not hurt to try. Three days later I was applying for a TEDx Organizer License because really, it never hurts to try, and always, if the opportunities are not where the people are, you have to bring the opportunities to the people.