It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh. Today, an inspiring talk about how better connecting with each other has the power to lead to positive change.

Philanthropy disruptor Sarah Lomelene offers a guide to creating and bettering communities through giving circles in her talk from TED 2020.

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I want to invite you over for dinner at my house.

When you walk in, their chairs cramped everywhere.

Smells delicious. You hear people laughing.

You see friends hugging and telling stories. There are more than 20 of us here tonight. Teachers, tech leaders, lawyers, moms.

It's loud. And it's chaotic. But even if this is your first time,

it feels like home.

And then we'll sit down to work,

because tonight is not a regular dinner.

Tonight is a culmination of months of conversations

and learning in my living room.

At the end of this night,

$30,000 will go out to a local grassroots

non-profit that is doing amazing work in our community. And that money came from everyone in the

room. And the decision of where that money is going included all of our voices.

This is a giving circle, a group of people with shared values that comes together to create change.

My giving circle, the Peninsula Latina Giving circle, is what I know philanthropy to be.

It's joyful and transformative and collaborative and intentional.

Most people don't see us as philanthropist or this process when they think of philanthropy.

But I'm here to show you the powerful possibility that exists in all of us to be philanthropist,

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