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Helena Bala, author of the online series "Craigslist Confessional," is speaker for Elms College opening convocation ceremony Sept.

'Craigslist Confessional' blogger to speak at Elms College

Bala started her series four years ago after placing an ad on Craigslist for people willing to anonymously share life stories. The New York City resident has said her hope is that "by listening to strangers' stories, I can give the people I meet some perspective and catharsis.

Recent strangers' stories she retells deal with a year-old woman sharing a broken relationship built on a lie, memories of a woman in her 50s being abused and neglected as a child, and a year-old man recounting his journey to acceptance as a homosexual. Some of her series stories also appear as read more column on Quartz.

Walter C. Breau, the college's vice president of academic affairs, said in a statement craigslist Bala's selection as speaker fits with what first-year students will study and read - including "Walking to Listen: Walking to Listen https://gesetz.pro/bella-poarch-onlyfans-leak.php, Miles Across America, One Story at a Time" by Andrew Forsthoefel - around the theme of solidarity.

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Bala's project is directly aligned with the Solidarity theme, reminding us that we need to listen to each other deeply, to break through the generalities and assumptions that we can make so quickly, and to truly understand craigslist person as a full human.

Breau added that Bala, who has written about her mother, a doctor in Albania, having to work cleaning houses here, "came to chicopee country as a refugee, along with her parents who were seeking political asylum. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we chicopee receive compensation.