Creating the Human Library: fighting taboos and stigma through dialogue
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Ronni Abergel |
TEDxBucharest
• November 2017
Imagine a safe space where we could all sit together and talk openly about taboos and stigma! A place where a conversation with a refugee, a transgender, a bipolar person or someone living with an eating disorder is equally possible, open and informative.
Ronni Abergel has been developing this space for 17 years with his concept of Human Library™, a movement designed to build a positive framework for conversations , where real people are on loan to readers, a place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered.
Would you let somebody "borrow" you? We all have our stories that are relevant to someone. Feel free to share a moment with a complete stranger - your story may be of great need to somebody.
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Ronni Abergel, born and raised in Denmark, is the creator of the Human Library™ as well as a journalist and social change activist working full time at the Human Library Organization, which he founded. He is also a co-founder of the Danish Stop The Violence Organisation | http://humanlibrary.org