Ilona Szabo: Lessons I Learned from Taking a Stand Against Drugs and Gun Violence
TEDGlobal
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October 19, 2015
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Throughout her career in banking Ilona Szabo de Carvalho never imagined she’d someday start a social movement. But living in her native Brazil, which leads the world in homicidal violence, she realized she couldn’t just stand by and watch drugs and guns tear her country apart.

Szabo de Carvalho reveals four crucial lessons she learned when she left her cushy job and took a fearless stand against the status quo.

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