Welcome to a special edition of the Edge. Many of us are looking for guidance on how to move forward after the tragedies last week: The cowardly ambush that killed five police officers in Dallas, and the police shootings in the days before that killed two black men, Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

Announcing the fifth annual TEDxSanAntonio “Ideas in Action” Speakers World-changing conversations about the most innovative, creative, intriguing, and sometimes disruptive, ideas alive in our city on the rise.  Speaker topics range from art, science, education and health, to technology, social justice, and the environment.  They include:

Update: TEDxSanAntonio extended its speaker application deadline to July 20 for the for the event to be held at Rackspace Global Headquarters on Saturday, Oct. 18. The theme for  2014 is “Ideas in Action.”

What is beauty? It's intelligence, creativity, diversity, wisdom, strength, health, joy, nature...  These are some of the answers given by attendees at the TEDxSanAntonio "Redefining Beauty" Salon aka “Transcending Negative Body Image and Gender Stereotypes.” The purpose --"to raise awareness of the media’s portrayal of a negative body image and its implications"--made it one of the most thoughtful and fun events I've been to in a long time.

REPLAY VIDEO: NOWCastSA webcast One in Five Minds Presents: A Conversation with Liza Long, a free community presentation with the author of the viral blog post, "I am Adam Lanza's Mother," on Oct. 14, 2013.

Volunteer positions are still available for the TEDx San Antonio event on Saturday, Oct.13 at Trinity University. This is a great opportunity to get involved with community, especially the TEDx community, meet great people and hear brain-expanding ideas. The TEDx San Antonio website lists the speakers. Volunteers are still needed in the following areas.