Selected to further our diversity, equity, and inclusion work, the following TED talks are offered to help us reflect on and engage in conversation of how we understand ourselves and others.

• The videos will play from this page.  
• Use the associated hyperlinked text to read the corresponding transcripts. 
  • Access to a transcript may help you select your sentence, phrase, and word for our discussion in the fall.

You are invited (and encouraged!) to add your sentence, phrase, and word in the comment section below as you watch and reflect. (Please be sure to include the title of the talk in your comment.) 

Baratunde Thurston: How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time

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Cleo Wade: Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care 

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Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor: Why it’s so hard to talk about the N-word

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Lindsay Amer: Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

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Ivan Coyote: Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms

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Yifat Susskind: In uncertain times, think like a mother

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