The League of Women Voters of New Castle County invites you to its monthly TED Discussion, Saturday October 19th. The format is to watch the TED Talk and then discuss the "Ideas Worth Sharing." Contact Kay Palmer with questions or to RSVP.

In October we will view and discuss Melinda Gate's TED Talk entitled "Let's put birth control back on the table." 

Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids. In this significant talk at TEDxChange in 2012, she makes the case for the world to re-examine an issue to which she has lent her powerful voice.

Melinda French Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2012, Gates spearheaded the London Summit on Family Planning, with the goal of delivering contraceptives to 120 million women in developing countries by 2020. When asked why she got involved in this issue, Gates said,

We knew that 210 million women were saying they wanted access to the contraceptives we have here in the United States and we weren't providing them because of political controversy in our country. To me, that was just a crime. I kept looking around trying to find the person to get this back on the global stage. I realized I just had to do it.

 Join us at our LWVNCC TED viewings to engage in genuine small-group dialogue on important societal issues. Mark this on your calendar - recurring from 1 to 3 pm on the third Saturday of each month.