Ideas change everything

Your creative superpowers can help protect democracy

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Sofia Ongele |

TED Democracy

• November 2023

"Democracy is more fun and inviting when you take it into your own hands," says creator and activist Sofia Ongele. Sharing how she's using coding and social media to defend democracy, Ongele invites us to identify our own creative superpowers — whether it's community organizing, making music or telling stories — and use them to cause a ruckus and bring movements to life.

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"Democracy is more fun and inviting when you take it into your own hands," says creator and activist Sofia Ongele. Sharing how she's using coding and social media to defend democracy, Ongele invites us to identify our own creative superpowers — whether it's community organizing, making music or telling stories — and use them to cause a ruckus and bring movements to life.

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Sofia Ongele develops tools to bring digital civic engagement to the forefront, tackling issues from the climate crisis to inclusive education.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

Read our curation guidelines.

Check out Gen-Z for Change, a collective of meddling kids using our skills and platforms to build the world we wish to see.