Shaka Senghor: Why your worst deeds don’t define you
夏卡.桑格爾: 過錯不能定義你的人生
Using literature as a lifeline, Shaka Senghor escaped a cycle of prison and desperation. Now his story kindles hope in those who have little. Full bio
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neighborhood where I got shot.
to ever come into my life,
接觸過最好的人之一,
stereotype I had about myself.
my two-year-old son Sekou,
the same abusive environments,
and they wanted to turn it around,
也都希望一切能好轉,
一樣會說話的車。
and he responded back, "K."
(笑聲)
媒體實驗室的研究獎金,
afforded those opportunities.
of them accepting it,
women who are incarcerated
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shaka Senghor - AuthorUsing literature as a lifeline, Shaka Senghor escaped a cycle of prison and desperation. Now his story kindles hope in those who have little.
Why you should listen
At the age of 19, Shaka Senghor went to prison fuming with anger and despair. Senghor was a drug dealer in Detroit, and one night, he shot and killed a man who showed up on his doorstep. While serving his sentence for second-degree murder, Senghor discovered redemption and responsibility through literature -- starting with The Autobiography of Malcolm X -- and through his own writing.
Upon his release at the age of 38, Senghor reached out to young men following his same troubled path, and published Live in Peace as part of an outreach program bringing hope to kids in Detroit and across the Midwest. His activism attracted the attention of the MIT Media Lab, and as a Director’s Fellow, Senghor has collaborated on imagining creative solutions for the problems plaguing distressed communities. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs, was published in 2013.
Shaka Senghor | Speaker | TED.com