Stop Cancelling Yourself | Cat Hoke | TEDxCornellUniversity

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Over 17 years, Cat's efforts have led 7,000 executives, entrepreneurs, and investors to volunteer as mentors and employers for 8,500 formerly incarcerated program graduates. Her programs reduce violence and have produced leading recidivism rates of under 8%.

As the only girl on the high school wrestling team and as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter, Cat mastered the art of “breakfall”: how to prevent injury when you get taken down. Breakfall proved to be a transferable skill in her career as a three-time entrepreneur, disrupting the American prison industry. Cat works with gang leaders in the most notorious prisons, leading gang intervention programs. She has survived career-ending threats and devastating takedowns. Seth Godin published her best-selling book, A Second Chance: For You, For Me, and for the Rest of Us. Fast Company named Cat one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business, Forbes named her on 40 Women to Watch Over 40, and she has received the MDC Partners Humanitarian Award. Over 17 years, Cat's efforts have led 7,000 executives, entrepreneurs, and investors to volunteer as mentors and employers for 8,500 formerly incarcerated program graduates. Her programs reduce violence and have produced leading recidivism rates of under 8%.

As the only girl on the high school wrestling team and as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter, Cat mastered the art of “breakfall”: how to prevent injury when you get taken down. Breakfall proved to be a transferable skill in her career as a three-time entrepreneur, disrupting the American prison industry.

Cat works with gang leaders in the most notorious prisons, leading gang intervention programs. She has survived career-ending threats and devastating takedowns. Seth Godin published her best-selling book, A Second Chance: For You, For Me, and for the Rest of Us. Fast Company named Cat one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business, Forbes named her on 40 Women to Watch Over 40, and she has received the MDC Partners Humanitarian Award. 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

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