The social and political climate of our society pushes our world in to a war that has seemingly reached the point of no return. Every single day, people open their phones only to find hate and anger overtaking their social media feeds, fracturing the already broken state of our nation. In her 2022 TEDxHopeCollege talk, JaneEllen Altevogt addresses this issue and seeks to unwrap the complex web that holds everything in place. It just takes one conversation, one compliment, one person to start the journey of healing that our world so desperately needs. JaneEllen is a sophomore at Hope College majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology. She is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She wanted to be a speaker in order to share new ideas with her community. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx