# How to build community as a newcomer

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxNashvilleSalon
- Speaker: Zulfat Suara
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/zulfat_suara_how_to_build_community_as_a_newcomer)
- 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)

When Nigerian-American immigrant Zulfat Suara decided to run for public office in Tennessee, she was prepared to face opposition from a local community known for being resistant to newcomers. In this talk, she explains how her successful journey to an at-large council seat was not one of overcoming impossible odds but, rather, an example of how diversity is key to building community ties.

## Lectures

1. [How to build community as a newcomer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/zulfat_suara_how_to_build_community_as_a_newcomer/ac6bf7c35884), 21 min (TED's player)