What's next for TEDWomen? A new chapter is unfolding — here’s what you need to know.

Some of you may have received the announcement this week already, but as friends, colleagues and a connected community of readers, I wanted to share a personal perspective on the news about TEDWomen. TEDWomen is evolving into TEDNext, expanding its platform with a change of name but with the same mission to spread the ideas and innovations that shape a better future for the world and to provide a platform for connection and for community.

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Flipping the Script on Black History Month

What if we re-imagined Black History Month as Black Futures Month? Activist Alicia Garza says that she thinks about it that way in her work at the Black Futures Lab and Black to the Future Action Fund. In a great interview in YES! magazine, she says that "One of the most important things that I take from Black history is that Black communities have always been futurists… Because of the way that the rules have been rigged against our communities, we’ve been forced to imagine a new future with possibilities for freedom."

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What Now? TEDWomen 2021 Speakers Announced Today!

“Don’t create a ‘pink’ TED," was one of the comments I heard in 2010 when we announced the first TEDWomen conference. Such comments almost sidelined the big idea which was that there were many more women in the world with ideas worth spreading than were getting opportunities to speak at the once-a-year TED conference. Now in our 11th year, I’m so thrilled that we will be convening in person in sunny Palm Springs. I hope to see you there!

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Emotional Courage For the Win

I believe that the examples of Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka are something that we should honor and practice in our own lives. We need to listen to ourselves, own our feelings and be kind — not only to ourselves, but to others who are going through struggles we may not understand.

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12 TEDWomen Talks to Watch and Share at This Moment

I share this post as a white woman of privilege. Ten years ago, I used that privilege to partner with the TED organization to create and curate a TED conference of TEDTalks by women — TEDWomen. In this time of deep listening and important learning, I wanted to share with you just a few of those talks from TEDWomen conferences that have informed my thinking and that live in my heart.

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What’s the definition of feminism? 12 TEDWomen talks that explain it to you

Looking ahead to 2018, I hope these talks can inform how we channel the new awareness and activism of 2017 into strategic decisions for women’s rights. Could we eliminate economic, racial, cultural and gender inequities? Imagine these as goals for a newly energized and focused global feminist community.

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