How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills | Tiffani Ashley Bell

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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When programmer Tiffani Ashley Bell learned that thousands of people in Detroit were facing water shutoffs because they couldn't afford to pay their bills, she decided to take action -- in the simplest, most obvious way possible. It's an inspiring story of how one person with tenacity and an idea can create monumental change -- and a demonstration that each of us can find our own way to help the world, even if it means starting without all the answers.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	You're listening to Ted Talks daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:14.0	What could we each individually do to create change?
0:18.5	What is the smallest, most obvious thing?
0:22.0	Humanitarian programmer Tiffany Ashley Bell asked herself this and it led to the work she
0:26.9	shares in her talk from Ted 2022.
0:29.9	After the break, hear the link between doing the smallest thing and much more powerful
0:35.0	systemic change.
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