TED Talk Virtual Book Club at BCC

Welcome!

The TED Talk Virtual "Book" Club is an opportunity to gather with others in our community and use short TED Talk videos as a catalyst for conversation and personal growth. All events are open to faculty, staff, students and community members.

Each week we watch a TED Talk on a theme related to inclusion, then gather together to talk about the arguments, ideas, and questions raised in the video.

We hope you'll join us as we gather to talk about big ideas and think about how these ideas impact us and our community. Students can also earn forum credit for participating in this event.

Please join our mailing list and feel free to email us if you have questions or suggestions!

How it works:

  • Each week we'll send out an email with a specific TED Talk and Zoom link (sign up below).
  • Watch the video(s) on your own (most are less than 20 minutes long).
  • Join the rest of the Virtual "Book" Club via Zoom.
  • At the end of each meeting, we'll vote on the next week's selection.
  • Sign up for our email or come back to this page to access links to this week's Talk and Zoom meeting in the "Up Next" section (below, updated Wednesdays).

Sign up for our weekly email which includes the next scheduled TED Talk, the meeting date and time, the Zoom link, guiding questions, and general series updates. Occasionally, we may also include suggestions for further viewing or reading related to Talks in the series.

Contact Us

Sign up for weekly updates, email nmccabe@berkshirecc.edut.

Ted Talk TV

Current Theme: Indigenous Indentities and Concerns

With gratitude and humility, we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the Indigenous peoples of this land. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

At each meeting we use several guiding questions to help focus our discussion. The guiding questions for this theme are:

  • In what ways do our educational institutions and our own practices as educators today continue to be influenced by our country's colonializing past?
  • How can building a deeper understanding of the history of native nations and peoples help us create a culture of inclusion and belonging at BCC?
  • In what ways are we complicit in the historical genocide and ongoing erasure of native peoples, and how can we increase awareness and move toward active resistance?

You do not need to already be an expert! We encourage all interested parties to attend, regardless of your background knowledge in this subject.

  • Up Next in the TED Talk "Book" Club Series

    We've wrapped up our meetings for this year. Thanks to everyone who particpated, and stay tuned for what's coming up next!

    Email nmccabe@berkshirecc.edu to request a Zoom link.

  • Past Events in the Series

    May 2, 2022: – short film directed by Ryan Ward (2017, 13m44s) and Tai Simpson – "" (2019, 17m30s)

    Apr. 25, 2022: Aaron Huey – "" (2010, 15m11s)

    Apr. 11, 2022: "" from the Vox series, Missing Chapter, produced by Ranjani Chakraborty (2019, 13m41s)

    Apr. 4, 2022: Lindsay Morcom – "" (2019, 13m21s)

    Mar. 21, 2022: Sean Sherman – "" (2020, 17m59s)

    Mar. 7, 2022: Without a Whisper – short film directed by Katsitsionni Fox (2020, 26m48s)

    Feb. 28, 2022: Gregg Deal – "" (2018, 13m21s)

    Feb. 14, 2022: Mercedes Peters – "" (2019, 13m55s)

    Feb. 7, 2022: Tara Houska – "" (2017, 10m55s) and "" from the New York Times "Conversation on Race" series, directed by Michèle Stephenson and Brian Young (6m23s)

    Indigenous Identities and Concerns Theme: began February 7, 2022

    Jan. 31, 2022: Archie Crowley – "" (2020, 13m18s)

    Dec. 13, 2021: Morgana Bailey – "" (2014, 10m14s)

    Dec. 6, 2021: Yoruba Richen – "" (2014, 17m29s)

    Nov. 29, 2021: LZ Granderson – "" (2012, 17m35s)

    Nov. 22, 2021: Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols – "" (2015, 11m42s)

    Nov. 15, 2021: Crystal Rasmussen – "" (2021, 10m22s)

    Nov. 8, 2021: LB Hannahs – "" (2017, 13m35s)

    Nov. 1, 2021: Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin Milan – "" (2016, 16m28s)

    Oct. 25, 2021: Karissa Sanbonmatsu – "" (2018, 13m2s)

    Oct. 18, 2021: iO Tillet Wright – "" (2012, 18m)

    Oct. 4, 2021: D-L Stewart – "" (2019, 15m10s) and Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile – "" (2017, 5m40s)

    Sept. 27, 2021: France Villarta – "" (2020, 10m43s) and Geena Rocero – "" (2014, 9m46s)

    May 10, 2021: Lindsay Amer – "" (2019) and Ivan Coyote – "" (2015)

    May 3, 2021: Panti Bliss – "" (2014)

    Apr. 26, 2021: Kelly Lepley – "" (2015)

    Apr. 12, 2021: Justin Baldoni – "" (2017)

    Apr. 5, 2021: Jo Michael Rezes – "" (2020)

    Mar. 29, 2021: Coby Everton – "" (2019)

    Mar. 22 and 29, 2021: Samy Nour Younes – "" (2018)

    Mar. 22 and 29, 2021: Jackson Bird – "" (2017)

    Mar. 22 and 29, 2021: Lee Mokobe – "" (2015)

    Gender Identity and Expression Theme: Mar. 22, 2021 - Jan. 31, 2022

    Mar. 8, 2021: Taiye Selasi – "" (2014)

    Mar. 1, 2021: Baratunde Thurston – (2019)

    Feb. 22, 2021: Chloé Valdary – (2020)

    Feb. 1, 2021: Bryan Stevenson – (2012)

    Dec. 14, 2020: Brittany Cooper – (2016)

    Dec. 7, 2020: Dorothy Roberts – (2015)

    Nov. 30, 2020: Rich Benjamin – (2015)

    Nov. 23, 2020: Kimberlé Crenshaw – "" (2016)

    Nov. 16, 2020: Ibram X. Kendi – "" (2020)

    Nov. 9, 2020: Vernā Myers – "" (2014)

    Nov. 2, 2020: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – "" (2009)

    Race and Identity Theme: Nov. 2, 2020 - Mar. 8, 2021