# A crash course in making political change

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Democracy
- Speaker: Katie Fahey
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_fahey_a_crash_course_in_making_political_change)
- 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)

You don't need political power to make real change, says activist Katie Fahey. She tells the story of how she led a successful movement in Michigan to end gerrymandering — the practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party — and how it all started with a simple social media post.

## Lectures

1. [A crash course in making political change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/katie_fahey_a_crash_course_in_making_political_change/bacb68ad3c30), 16 min (TED's player)