The journey from exclusion to inclusion is an inner journey | Ewan Aitken | TEDxQMU

Ewan Aitken’s Tedx talk inspires us to consider homelessness and challenges us to walk the inner journey from exclusion to inclusion. Ewan Aitken was appointed CEO of Cyrenians in May 2014. A former Convenor of Education and Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, Ewan has 30 years’ experience in the 3rd and Public sectors including 3 years as CoSLA spokesperson on Education. He was a parish minister for 7 years. He has founded several charities and two Credit Unions. He is chair of BBC Children in Need Scotland grants committee, former chair of the National Prison Visitor Centre Steering Group, a trustee of the Ripple Project and an advisor to Circle Scotland. He is a Council member of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, and a member of University of Edinburgh’s Academy of Government reference group on in/equality and the CoSLA Commission on Strength Local Democracy. 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