Date: 26 January at 17.30-18.30
Venue: American Corner Debrecen (19/D Bem Tér, Debrecen)
Presenter: Christian Picciolini
American Corner Debrecen and the Embassy of the United States in Budapest cordially invite you to a thought-provoking presentation by Christian Picciolini.
Christian Picciolini is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer, an author, and a reformed extremist. His work and life purpose are born of an ongoing and profound need to atone for a grisly past, and to make something of his time on this planet by contributing to the greater good.
After leaving the violent hate movement he helped create during his youth, he began the painstaking process of rebuilding his life. Christian earned a degree with honors in International Relations from DePaul University, began his own global entertainment and media firm, and was appointed a member of the Chicago Grammy Rock Music Committee and the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival.
Most notably, in 2010 he co-founded Life After Hate, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities and organizations gain the knowledge necessary to implement long-term solutions that counter all types of racism and violent extremism. In 2016, Life After Hate launched ExitUSA, North America’s only program, run by former extremists, focused on helping people disengage from white supremacist ideologies.
Life After Hate: http://www.lifeafterhate.org/
In 2015, Christian published his memoir, Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead, where he details his involvement in the early American white power skinhead movement. The book is being used in courses at Yale University and the New York Institute of Technology.
An explorer by nature, Christian loves to learn new things and thrives on challenging himself with “positive disruptive thinking.” He values kindness, unselfishness, sincerity, and respect for all people, and believes that small ideas can change the world.
Please register for the event until January 24, 2017 by clicking on the link provided:
https://goo.gl/forms/lFdydqxoROdWm6Ly2
Admission is free.
