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Gary Padmore: Using Music and Art as a Vehicle for Healing and Restoration

Gary Padmore: Using Music and Art as a Vehicle for Healing and Restoration
Gary: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! With the help of health experts and community leaders, we're using music and the arts as a vehicle for healing and restoration. This happens naturally through all of our education concerts, but more specifically through a program that we've named Take a Breath. Our hope is that people walk away with tangible tools that allow them to move through whatever path towards wellness they may be on. 

Mayank Dhingra: Helping Bridge Digital Equity in Education

Mayank Dhingra: Helping Bridge Digital Equity in Education
Mayank: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! We’re helping bridge digital equity in education, supporting future skilling of students, and the capacity-building of educators and policy makers, through a portfolio stack consisting of the following programs: HP IDEA, HP Cambridge EdTech Fellowship, HP Classeasy, HP Futures, HP Gaming Garage, HP Innovation Garage, HP READ, HP School Improvement Coach, World Education Medals, and HP EdTech Incubator.

Kavindya Thennakoon: Building Foundational Skills by a Child’s Tenth Birthday

Kavindya Thennakoon: Building Foundational Skills by a Child’s Tenth Birthday
Kavindya: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Research shows us that one in every three children born in the developing world don’t reach their full developmental potential, both in terms of their cognitive growth and their social-emotional skills. The ages between 0-10 form the most critical developmental window of a human being’s life—did you know that over 80% of a human’s brain development is done before the age of ten?