# How to build community when you feel isolated

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Salon: Belonging
- Speaker: Chitra Aiyar
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/chitra_aiyar_how_to_build_community_when_you_feel_isolated)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

College can feel like a lonely place, especially if you're a student of color, a low-income individual, a first-generation youth -- or all three. Educator Chitra Aiyar outlines how she encourages her students to cultivate spaces for other marginalized students to connect and help each other grow.

## Lectures

1. [How to build community when you feel isolated](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chitra_aiyar_how_to_build_community_when_you_feel_isolated/946eea245c45), 10 min (TED's player)