# Love letters to strangers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@New York
- Speaker: Hannah Brencher
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_brencher_love_letters_to_strangers)
- 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: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Hannah Brencher's mother always wrote her letters. So when she felt herself bottom into depression after college, she did what felt natural -- she wrote love letters and left them for strangers to find. The act has become a global initiative, The World Needs More Love Letters, which rushes handwritten letters to those in need of a boost.

## Lectures

1. [Love letters to strangers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/hannah_brencher_love_letters_to_strangers/15ea46feb1ff), 5 min (TED's player)