How to recover from activism burnout | Yana Buhrer Tavanier
When you're feeling burned out as an activist, what's the best way to bounce back? TED Senior Fellow Yana Buhrer Tavanier explores the power of "playtivism" -- the incorporation of play and creativity...
30 Apr 20197min
Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn
Research shows that helping others makes us happier. But in her groundbreaking work on generosity and joy, social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn found that there's a catch: it matters how we help. Learn ...
26 Apr 201914min
3 lessons on starting a movement from a self-defense trailblazer | Rana Abdelhamid
At 16, Rana Abdelhamid started teaching self-defense to women and girls in her neighborhood. Almost 10 years later, these community classes have grown into Malikah: a global grassroots network creatin...
12 Apr 201910min
How centuries of sci-fi sparked spaceflight | Alexander MacDonald
Long before we had rocket scientists, the idea of spaceflight traveled from mind to mind across generations. With great visuals, TED Fellow and NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shows how 300 years o...
1 Apr 201913min
A short history of trans people's long fight for equality | Samy Nour Younes
Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community, filled with courageous stories, inspiring triumphs -- and a fight for civil...
28 Mar 20196min
How to overcome apathy and find your power | Dolores Huerta
"Sí, se puede!" -- "Yes, we can!" It's the rallying cry Dolores Huerta came up with as a young activist in the 1970s, and she's lived by it in her tireless pursuit of civil rights ever since. With her...
22 Feb 201913min
A love story about the power of art as organizing | Aja Monet and phillip agnew
In a lyrical talk full of radical imagination, poet Aja Monet and community organizer phillip agnew share the story of how they fell in love and what they've learned about the powerful connection betw...
14 Feb 201911min
3 ways to practice civility | Steven Petrow
What does it mean to be civil? Journalist Steven Petrow looks for answers in the original meaning of the word, showing why civility shouldn't be dismissed as conversation-stifling political correctnes...
13 Feb 201914min
