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Building resilience as an advocate for social change | Jessica Soule | TEDxPlaceMuseux

Being an advocate for social change requires a huge amount of personal buy-in, blood, sweat, and tears. Building resilience is something that takes time, but will make you a stronger advocate, whatever your passion may be. Join us to learn about approaching “tough topics”, spreading your message of social change, communicating with people who don’t understand or support your message, as well as taking care of yourself while advocating, including setting boundaries and dealing with burnout. These skills can help you if you want to work in diplomacy, buisness, or politics. Jessica is a 2nd year EURAM Political Humanities student in the UBC Dual Degree. She is a social change advocate for healthcare reform, mental health destigmatization, and policy reform regarding the opioid crisis. She strongly believes in the importance of conversation, learning from people with lived experience, and cultural competency. She has worked with various public health organizations in Vancouver and started her own organization, ‘This is: Harm Reduction”, in order to destigmatize and educate around the opioid crisis in Canada. Jessica considers herself an expert in baking burnt cookies, country music, and fun facts about Canada (did you know it has a the longest coastline in the world?). 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