Kristen Warren is a jazz/neo-soul singer from Melbourne, Florida.
Why you should listen
Kristen Warren has performed in many venues across the US East Coast, including SOFAR NYC, SOFAR Atlanta and Florida Music Festival. In 2021 she headlined the Space Coast Music festival. It is through her music that she tries to uplift her listeners, encouraging them to "go for it, do it, be it!"
Warren is the founder of BlackBox Blackout, which is an organization that celebrates Black creativity and hosts an annual month-long festival every February. She is also the founder of Mural series, which is a filmed performance series that features the work of local songwriters and muralists. To learn more about both these projects, see here.
Kristen Warren’s TED Talk
Samir Ibrahim, MyVerse, Kristen Warren
How hip-hop can make climate action cool
9 minutes 46 secondsMusic can amplify social issues and inspire people to care about new (and sometimes unexpected) topics. But can it take something as dire as climate change and make it mainstream? With artists MyVerse and Kristen Warren as an inspiring opening act, social entrepreneur Samir Ibrahim suggests hip-hop and its stars can help us move from talking about the problem to rapping about (and acting on) solutions.Posted Jul 2022
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Countdown, TED’s climate action initiative founded in partnership with Future Stewards, launched three years ago with a focus on accelerating solutions to climate change. The goal: to highlight possible pathways forward and weave a story of how we can help build a safer, cleaner, fairer and net-zero future for all. After creating more than 100 […]
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