Black History
Talk & Read: Watch David Ikard’s Ted Talk: The Real Story of Rosa Parks–and Why We Need to Confront Myths about Black History.
Read about more powerful Black Women: Ella Baker and The Black Freedom Movement on Libby by Overdrive or Listen to Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Isabel Wilkerson’s Ted Talk: The Great Migration and the Power of a Single Decision.
Read Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration on Overdrive
Talk & Read: Watch Titus Kaphar’s Ted Talk: Can Art Amend History?
Read and Look at African American Art on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Curtis Austin ‘s Ted Talk: The Real Story of the Black Panther Party.
Read Bobby Seale’s Power To The People: The World Of The Black Panthers or Assata: An Autobiography or Listen to Fred Hampton’s Power To The People: Black Panther Speeches on Hoopla.
Talk & Read:Watch Ted Talk Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi: An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter Ted Talk.
Read or Listen To When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir on Libby by Overdrive.
Our Stories Our Lives
Talk & Read: Watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted Talk: The Danger of a Single Story.
Read Purple Hibiscus on Hoopla or Read Americanah or Adichie’s other books on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Lori Gottlieb’s Ted Talk: How Changing Your Story Can Change Your Life.
Read Maybe You Should Talk To Someone on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch America Ferrera’s Ted Talk: My Identity is a Superpower–Not an Obstacle.
Read American Like Me on Libby by Overdrive.
Writers On Writing
Talk & Read: Watch Jacqueline Woodson’s Ted Talk: What Reading Slowly Taught Me About Writing.
Read or Listen To Red at The Bone on Libby by Overdrive or Another Brooklyn on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch G. Willow Wilson’s Ted Talk: A Superhero for Generation Why.
Read Ms. Marvel No. 1: No Normal or The Bird King on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Charlie Jane Anders’ Ted Talk: Go Ahead, Dream About the Future.
Read All the Birds In the Sky on Libby by Overdrive.
Those Who Serve Our Country
Talk & Read: Watch Stacey Abrams’s Ted Talk: 3 Questions To Ask Yourself About Everything You Do.
Read or Listen To Lead From The Outside on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Ted Talk: Lessons From Past Presidents.
Read Leadership or Doris Kearns Goodwin’s other books on Libby by Overdrive or more books on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Wes Moore’s Ted Talk: How To Talk To Veterans About War.
Read or Listen To The Work: My Search for a Life that Matters on Libby by Overdrive.
Human Connection and Love
Talk & Read: Watch Brené Brown’s Ted Talk: The Power of Vulnerability.
Read Daring Greatly or Brené Brown’s other books on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Shonda Rhimes’ Ted Talk: My Years Of Saying Yes To Everything.
Read or Listen To The Year of Yes on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read:Watch Kai-Fu Lee’s Ted Talk: How AI Can Save Our Humanity.
Read AI Superpowers on Libby by Overdrive or Listen To Artificial Intelligence in 10 Lessons on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Priya Parker’s Ted Talk: 3 Steps To Turn Everyday Get-Togethers Into Transformative Gatherings.
Read or Listen To The Art of Gathering on Libby by Overdrive.
Feminism and Women
Talk & Read: Watch Roxane Gay’s Ted Talk: Confessions of a Bad Feminist.
Read Bad Feminist on Libby by Overdrive or Listen To Bad Feminist on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Ziauddin Yousafzai’s Ted Talk: My Daughter Malala.
Read or Listen To I am Malala on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted Talk: We Should All Be Feminists.
Read or Listen To We Should All Be Feminists on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Isabel Allende’s Ted Talk: Tales of Passion.
Read Daughter of Fortune on Hoopla or Isabel Allende’s other books on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read:Watch Sheryl Sandberg’s Ted Talk: Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders.
Read or Listen To Lean In on Libby by Overdrive.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leader
On Creativity
Talk & Read: Watch Young-Ha Kim’s Ted Talk: Be an Artist, RIght Now!
Read I Have the Right To Destroy Myself or Young-Ha Kim’s other books Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Elizabeth Gilbert’s Ted Talk: Your Elusive Creative Genius.
Read or Listen To Big Magic or Elizabeth Gilbert’s other books on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Amy Tan’s Ted Talk: Where Does Creativity Hide?
Read The Valley of Amazement or Amy Tan’s other books on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Tim Harford’s Ted Talk: How Frustration Can Make Us More Creative.
Read Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives on Libby by Overdrive or Listen To Adapt on Hoopla.
About The Mind
Talk & Read: Watch Oliver Sacks’ Ted Talk: What Hallucination Reveals About Our Minds.
Read Hallucinations or Oliver Sacks’ other books on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Temple Grandin’s Ted Talk: The World Needs All Kinds of Minds.
Read The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across The Spectrum or Temple Grandlin’s other books on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Jill Bolte Taylor’s Ted Talk: My Stroke of Insight.
Listen To My Stroke of Insight on Libby by Overdrive.
Be Brave Speak Up
Talk & Read: Watch Luvvie Ajayi’s Ted Talk: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable.
Read or Listen To I’m Judging You on Libby by Overdrive.
Talk & Read: Watch Tina Seelig’s Ted Talk: The Little Risks You Can Take to Increase Your Luck.
Read What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 or Tina Seelig’s other books on Hoopla.
Talk & Read: Watch Clint Smith’s Ted Talk: The Danger of Silence.
Read Counting Descent on Hoopla.