The power of words | TEDxYouth Christchurch
Sala Tiatia experienced domestic violence for the first time when he was 6 years old however verbal abuse hurt Sala’s internal world the most—until one particular English class, with one particular English teacher, turned Sala’s dark world around. In this compelling and emotional TEDxTalk, Sala shares the words that bought light to his world and how he speaks light into the world of some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable young people now because of it.
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