'Ask Me': What LGBTQ Students Want Their Professors to Know
Suzanne Barakat
On February 10, 2015, Suzanne Barakat's brother Deah, her sister-in-law Yusor and Yusor's sister Razan were murdered by their neighbor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The perpetrator's story, that he killed them over a traffic dispute, went unquestioned by the media and police until Barakat spoke out at a press conference, calling the murders what they really were: hate crimes. As she reflects on how she and her family reclaimed control of their narrative, Barakat calls on us to speak up when we witness hateful bigotry and express our allyship with those who face discrimination.
This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.
Black Lives Matter
Alicia Garza · Writer, activist, launched a global movement with a single Facebook post that ended with the words: “Black lives matter.”
Patrisse Cullors · Artist, organizer, created the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter as a tonic against years of injustice by police forces and prisons.
Opal Tometi · Human rights activist. By taking the phrase "Black Lives Matter" onto social media, Opal Tometi helped turn a hashtag into a networked movement.
Mia Birdsong · Family activist, advocates for strong communities and the self-determination of everyday people.
Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols
This Is What LGBT Life Is Like Around the World
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw The urgency of intersectionality
Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias — and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.
As a pioneer in critical race theory, Kimberlé Crenshaw helped open the discussion of the double bind faced by victims of simultaneous racial and gender prejudice.
Adam Foss
When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step back and ask if saddling young people with criminal records is the right thing to do every time. In this searching talk, Adam Foss, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Boston, makes his case for a reformed justice system that replaces wrath with opportunity, changing people's lives for the better instead of ruining them.
Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
Ibram X. Kendi
Fernanda Ponce
"What Being Hispanic and Latinx Means in the United States" | Fernanda Ponce
The Trevor Project Video
The Trevor Project is the premier organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ teens and young adults.
Vanessa Vancour
"I’m Mexican. Does that change your assumptions about me?" | Vanessa Vancour
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