HopeBook - Cancer Survivor

Decribe your idea

Eight months ago I created a project in the US called "Hope Book". I have been searching and saving regular questions that cancer patients might have like: Why me? What should I do in the future? Should I continue to study? Me and my team are sending each question to different celebrities and successful people around the word that had cancer before. Once we receive a significant amount of answers the idea is to make a book and donate it to thousands of young adults with cancer around the world. Patients will first answer a question themselves, then by turning the page they will compare their question with others and eventually find hope and maybe a new perspective for life. More description and details are found at: www.hopebook.org

Why do you want to share your idea with TEDxUChicago in 2013?

TEDxUChicago is a beautiful place to share thoughts and ideas with
a very diverse audience. I had the opportunity to attend in 2012, and
I liked the way everyone was interested to hear new ideas and
projects. Cancer is a topic that is around all of us, I mean, everyone
knows someone that has or had cancer and TEDxUChicago could help with the wide spread of my cancer project. I wish to hear feedback from the audience from students and to get more people involved. My project in general is a way in which people can help without going to hospitals or speaking face to face with cancer patients. People can help by sharing comments in the website, drawings, poetry, or whatever you want to give us help inspire these young adults.

How will you share your idea in a creative way?

I will talk about experience with cancer and how I feel as a survivor. I will talk about the way I see life and what I have accomplished. I will show some pictures of the young cancer patients I have met and share with the audience some of their thoughts on as well. Then, I will explain my idea and how it has been shaped and measured. At the end I will say to the audience how they can help in the cause. I want to use pictures and ask open questions to the audience with the goal of making them feel what its like in the shoes of others. TEDxUChicago will also provide a unique environment in the sense that it is mostly students that are within the age group that the book is actually aimed for.

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