About Delia Cohen

Criminal Justice Reform and Prison TEDx Events

Delia Cohen founded Proximity for Justice (PfJ) around 2014 to humanize the prison experience via TEDx events inside facilities nationwide.[8][12][15] These events, like TEDxSanQuentin, TEDx Attica, TEDx Farmington, and Fluvanna Women’s Prison, feature speakers from incarcerated people, staff, and advocates, promoting dialogue on reform.[4][6][7][10][11][14][16][17] Cohen partners with departments like New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and Virginia Department of Corrections.[4][7] Milestones include emcee Walter Ball's homecoming after TEDx Attica.[11]

Human Connection and Shared Humanity

Central to Cohen's mission is revealing shared humanity between 'inside' and 'outside' worlds. TEDxInside events invite civilians into prisons for transformative experiences, changing lives including her own.[8][10][14] She describes herself as a 'vision architect' turning arts, tech, and media ideas into reality for justice.[12][13][15]

Women's Journeys and Personal Transformation

In podcast episodes under Delia Quigley (likely alias), Cohen explores womanhood stages from 'maiden' to 'whore' archetypes, addressing societal judgments, puberty education gaps, motherhood, and self-discovery.[1] Her yoga journey spans decades, from 1980s Bikram to masters like Sri K Pattabhi Jois, embodying 'Practice yoga, all is coming' for holistic life change.[2]

Interdisciplinary Innovation and Expertise

Cohen specializes in arts, cutting-edge technology, new media, health/biotech, education, finance/investing, creator economy, and design.[12][15] Papers on musico-poetic Arabic traditions and ISO/IEEE11073 e-health standards suggest academic depth in cultural and biotech fields.[18][19] Unrelated content like Ed Delia (family business branding) appears as name similarity noise.[3]

Community and Advisory Impact

As PfJ founder, Cohen leads events with 40+ speakers, including incarcerated women, and serves on advisory boards. She engages donors and reflects on personal inspirations.[5][6][9][12][13]