East Hartford Public Library Receives License to Hold Monthly TEDx Events

Mayor Marcia A. Leclerc and Library Director Susan Hansen are proud to announce that the East Hartford Public Libraries have received an official TEDx license this week and will be holding monthly TEDx events, on the second Tuesday of every month, starting March 8, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The license, which is the first to be received by a public library in the state of Connecticut, officially allows Raymond Library to host a TEDx event, under the program title of TEDxEastHartfordLibrary. These events will be two hours in length and consist of 2-3 videos of TED talks, which are interesting and informative lectures from experts in different fields. Following the viewing of the TED talks, there will be a discussion and question and answer session, where participants will be able to analyze and review all materials presented in the lectures.

The first TEDxEastHartfordLibrary event will feature two videos of TED talks, entitled “Why Aren’t We More Compassionate?,” a talk by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence and “A Radical Experiment in Empathy,” by sociologist Sam Richards, who is the founder of the World in Conversation project.

Each event is free and open to the public and pre-registration to the event is suggested. At the end of the March 8 event and all future events, library staff will also be taking talk or topic suggestions for all future TEDxEastHartfordLibrary events. To pre-register for the event, please visit https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18641 or call the Raymond Library at 860-289-6429.