Why My Education Matters To You | Jimmy Arwood | TEDxASU

Is there a return on investing in people to attend college, people that you have never known, and probably will never meet or even hear of in your lifetime? Jimmy Arwood, a sophomore at Arizona State University, shares why his education matters directly to you, and why we as a society should give more people the opportunity to attend college. Jimmy Arwood has been a rising student organizer and activist on behalf of the collegiate community. Not only has he aided the Andrew Goodman Foundation in registering nearly 1,000 voters this past year, but he has also operated his own student organization. Students for Affordable Tuition (SFAT) is a non-partisan campus organization Arwood founded last fall in response to the $99 million in cuts to universities. Currently SFAT spans 3 campuses including Arizona State Universities Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, and the University of Arizona in Tucson. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx