The Revolutionary Power of Diverse Thought

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February 28, 2022 a project of ServiceSpace I learned silence from the talkative and tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind. - Kahlil Gibran - The Revolutionary Power of Diverse Thought Elif Shafak is a Turkish author, columnist and speaker who writes stories of women, minorities, immigrants, subcultures, and youth in both Turkish and English. In this Ted Talk, she exposes the unprecedented challenges facing the world today, the attraction to and fallacy of following demagogues, and how these same problems will show us the way forward: the indispensability of democracy, the need for global solidarity, the beauty of cosmopolitanism and diversity, the portability of homeland, and the telling of stories that evoke the taste of freedom { read more } Be The Change Today, make an effort to learn from someone or something outside of your usual orbit. For those interested, Udemy is offering a free, hour-long introductory course on "Ukraine: History, Culture and Identities," you can check it out here. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Barbara Kingsolver on Knitting as Creation Story Translating Meaning Into Life: A Taoist Parable Two Words That Can Change a Life 16 Teachings from COVID-19 Thich Nhat Hanh: Ten Love Letters to the Earth On the Road with Thomas Merton NBA Mental Coach Shares 7 Ways You Can Thrive Under Pressure The Phone Call DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 242,511 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More