Sangha of Auspicious Companions

February 28, 2022

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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 }

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