By MG StaffFemale Genital Mutilation, also known as FGM, is a violation of girls’ and women’s human rights, as it takes away their rights to their own bodies. In fact, at least “200 million girls and women have been cut in 30 countries,” according to UNICEF. Watch this talk given by Khadija Gbla, an award-winning human rights…
By MG StaffThere are many stereotypes about what Muslim women are and are not, especially in the West. Mexican-American Muslim comedian Sofie Lovern is here to chat about “the American Muslim experience.” According to Sofie, she enjoys “bunnies, long walks on the beach, and world domination.” Does that world domination happen due to item 7,8965 on the…
By MG StaffHave you ever been in a situation where you were asked inappropriate questions? Imagine…you’re in a room full of colleagues (pre-COVID) and one of your male peers strikes up a conversation with you. At first it’s fine – strictly platonic. And then he says, “You’re so pretty. Why are you still single?” Do you answer?…
By MG StaffIn this TED Talk from TEDWomen, cultural theorist Brittney Cooper explores the racial politics of time: how time has been stolen from Black people by white supremacy, and with it, opportunities, health, and joy. This TED Talk will make you think about time in a whole new way. Check it out above. Have you ever…
By MG StaffOkalani Dawkins plans to be a human rights lawyer one day, but before that happens, she is paving her way as a strong and passionate speaker for civil rights. Watch this video as she speaks about African American societies in America’s history past the Civil Rights Movement.
By MG StaffEveryone needs help sometimes. Asking for help can be challenging, and being vulnerable enough to do so can be uncomfortable. In this TED Talk, social psychologist Heidi Grant details how to ask for help and get a “yes,” while also making the process rewarding for the giver of help as well. We need to help…
By MG StaffIn this TED Talk, policymaker and poet Aaron Maniam speaks about how the language we use to talk about COVID shapes the way that we think about our experience with pandemic. He touches upon the inequality of COVID, and how some of us are experiencing relief: more time with our families; while others are suffering…
By MG StaffIn this TED Talk, Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses how money has corrupted democracy and our government, creating a system of inequality where only 0.02% of the U.S. population is represented by the so-called representative government. According to Lessig, this flawed system must be repaired before we can ever even adequately begin to address the…
By MG StaffWhat does it mean to you to be Muslim? What does a Muslim look like? Who is and isn’t a Muslim? In this TEDx Talk, Sahar Habib Ghazi, managing editor for Global Voices, talks about how Muslims are not a monolithic group, and how “Muslim” isn’t a one-dimensional identity. “We practice different. We identify with being…
By MG StaffAfter leaving her job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth decided to take on employment as a teacher, where she taught math to seventh graders in a New York public school. Ms. Duckworth soon noticed that IQ or intelligence weren’t the only predictors of success for her students, even in those who struggled or had a…
By MG StaffIn this TED Talk, Melissa Boigon, a graduate of the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, discusses the relationship between international political dynamics and prejudices against Muslims in the United States.
By MG StaffEveryone has probably been told to “be more confident” at some point in their lives, but who actually knows what that even means? What does being more confident look like? How does someone who is “more confident” behave? How can we learn to be more confident and have an increased sense of self-esteem? Amy Adkins…
By MG StaffDo you think race has an impact on health? David R. Williams developed a scale that measures the impact of discrimination and racism on well-being. Traditional measures such as the impacts of systemic racism on income and education are known; the scale Williams developed exlores how factors like negative stereotypes, implicit bias, and resedential segregation…
By MG StaffAccording to TED Talk’s homepage, “T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women — and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million women and girls to prioritize their self-care, lacing up their shoes…
By MG StaffThe following summary is provided to TED by TEDxAminuKanoWay. Ramadan Yusuf is an activist and a spoken word artist. He speaks especially to the youth, to stand to what’s right and shun violence. He speaks to the leaders to be true role models to the upcoming generations. He pose the questions to all – leaders and…
