[Lekooks] Ted Talks Friday January 8, 2016

[Phil Smith]

TED Talks will be meeting this Friday, January 8 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Milwaukee Street Traders (523 Milwaukee St. in Delafield).  At last months meeting we decided to focus on TED Talks dealing with immigration and fear of terrorism. While there are many talks on each of these subjects I didn't find any that really addressed both. The collection below though are great TED Talks that are either very informative and/or deeply moving. Feel free to bring a suggestion of your own also. I'm going to be busy on other endeavors Friday, John Prestby will facilitate.

António Guterres: Refugees have the right to be protected 
http://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_guterres_refugees_have_the_right_to_be_protected

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres thinks that we can solve the global refugee crisis - and he offers compelling, surprising reasons why we must try. In conversation with TED's Bruno Giussani, Guterres discusses the historical causes of the current crisis and outlines the mood of the European countries that are trying to screen, shelter and resettle hundreds of thousands of desperate families. Bigger picture: Guterres calls for a multilateral turn toward acceptance and respect - to defy groups like ISIS's anti-refugee propaganda and recruiting machine. 

Karima Bennoune: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism

http://www.ted.com/talks/karima_bennoune_the_side_of_terrorism_that_doesn_t_make_headlines

Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities - refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for crime, attacks and murder. These personal stories humanize one of the most overlooked human-rights struggles in the world.


Melissa Fleming How to help refugees rebuild their world 

http://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_fleming_let_s_help_refugees_thrive_not_just_survive

Today's refugee crisis is the biggest since World War II, and it's growing. When this talk was given, 50 million people had been forcefully displaced from their homes by conflict and war; now, a year later, the number is 60 million. There were 3 million Syrian refugees in 2014; now there are 4 million. Inside this overwhelming crisis are the individual human stories - of care, growth and family, in the face of lost education, lost home, lost future. Melissa Fleming of the UN's refugee agency tells the refugees' stories - and asks us to help them rebuild their world. 
Enjoy!!


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