Lisa McElherron gave – for me – the most heartfelt and memorable talk at this year’s TEDxBelfast event.
Belfast has a long history of dissent, and at times their challenge has been used for positive outcomes. Lisa spoke passionately about her life-long admiration for …
… those who speak out, who challenge consensus, who speak for those who can’t, and who go against the grain.
She finished:
Dissent. It’s our word and we want it back.
Alan Meban. Tweets as @alaninbelfast. Blogs about cinema and theatre over at Alan in Belfast. A freelancer who writes about, reports from, live-tweets and live-streams civic, academic and political events and conferences. He delivers social media training/coaching; produces podcasts and radio programmes; is a FactCheckNI director; a member of Ofcom’s Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland; and a member of the Corrymeela Community.