Stand Up to Stigma
Stand Up to Stigma
How We Reject Fear and Shame
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Pages: 168
Publication Date: 23 October, 2017
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Celebrated AIDS activist and nonprofit CEO Dr. Pernessa Seele demands that it's time to stop stigmatizing others. She outlines a way to move beyond shaming, drawing from experience working in church communities where love is the operating principle.
“Stigma” is a simple two-syllable word yet a powerful expression that conjures up a variety of feelings for many people based on an array of social factors. We all have the tendency to sit on our high horses and proclaim how progressive and civilized we've become. However, the reality is that we experience the burden of stigma in the United States in our public and private lives every day.
Dr. Pernessa Seele teaches readers that with practical stigma management, beginning with exposing the problems, we can transform the public conversation to be guided by accepting others and reserving our negative judgments. If we are honest and committed to exposing the problems, each of us can vividly see how we privately mark people who are and have been incarcerated, those addicted to drugs, people who live in low-income neighborhoods, same-gender loving people, and individuals suffering from certain diseases. It is in such conversations that we can educate ourselves and engage with others we have stigmatized in the past, ultimately leading us to change our language from a negative outlook to that of inclusion and the mending of social divides.
Supported by her wealth of knowledge and decades of experience, Dr. Seele imagines a world that few people can. She envisions that in eliminating stigmas about people different from us, we can change representations in the media, get rid of laws and policies targeting stigmatized groups, and set an example for future generations.
“Stigma” is a simple two-syllable word yet a powerful expression that conjures up a variety of feelings for many people based on an array of social factors. We all have the tendency to sit on our high horses and proclaim how progressive and civilized we've become. However, the reality is that we experience the burden of stigma in the United States in our public and private lives every day.
Dr. Pernessa Seele teaches readers that with practical stigma management, beginning with exposing the problems, we can transform the public conversation to be guided by accepting others and reserving our negative judgments. If we are honest and committed to exposing the problems, each of us can vividly see how we privately mark people who are and have been incarcerated, those addicted to drugs, people who live in low-income neighborhoods, same-gender loving people, and individuals suffering from certain diseases. It is in such conversations that we can educate ourselves and engage with others we have stigmatized in the past, ultimately leading us to change our language from a negative outlook to that of inclusion and the mending of social divides.
Supported by her wealth of knowledge and decades of experience, Dr. Seele imagines a world that few people can. She envisions that in eliminating stigmas about people different from us, we can change representations in the media, get rid of laws and policies targeting stigmatized groups, and set an example for future generations.
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Celebrated AIDS activist and nonprofit CEO Dr. Pernessa Seele demands that it's time to stop stigmatizing others. She outlines a way to move beyond shaming, drawing from experience working in church communities where love is the operating principle.
“Stigma” is a simple two-syllable word yet a powerful expression that conjures up a variety of feelings for many people based on an array of social factors. We all have the tendency to sit on our high horses and proclaim how progressive and civilized we've become. However, the reality is that we experience the burden of stigma in the United States in our public and private lives every day.
Dr. Pernessa Seele teaches readers that with practical stigma management, beginning with exposing the problems, we can transform the public conversation to be guided by accepting others and reserving our negative judgments. If we are honest and committed to exposing the problems, each of us can vividly see how we privately mark people who are and have been incarcerated, those addicted to drugs, people who live in low-income neighborhoods, same-gender loving people, and individuals suffering from certain diseases. It is in such conversations that we can educate ourselves and engage with others we have stigmatized in the past, ultimately leading us to change our language from a negative outlook to that of inclusion and the mending of social divides.
Supported by her wealth of knowledge and decades of experience, Dr. Seele imagines a world that few people can. She envisions that in eliminating stigmas about people different from us, we can change representations in the media, get rid of laws and policies targeting stigmatized groups, and set an example for future generations.
“Stigma” is a simple two-syllable word yet a powerful expression that conjures up a variety of feelings for many people based on an array of social factors. We all have the tendency to sit on our high horses and proclaim how progressive and civilized we've become. However, the reality is that we experience the burden of stigma in the United States in our public and private lives every day.
Dr. Pernessa Seele teaches readers that with practical stigma management, beginning with exposing the problems, we can transform the public conversation to be guided by accepting others and reserving our negative judgments. If we are honest and committed to exposing the problems, each of us can vividly see how we privately mark people who are and have been incarcerated, those addicted to drugs, people who live in low-income neighborhoods, same-gender loving people, and individuals suffering from certain diseases. It is in such conversations that we can educate ourselves and engage with others we have stigmatized in the past, ultimately leading us to change our language from a negative outlook to that of inclusion and the mending of social divides.
Supported by her wealth of knowledge and decades of experience, Dr. Seele imagines a world that few people can. She envisions that in eliminating stigmas about people different from us, we can change representations in the media, get rid of laws and policies targeting stigmatized groups, and set an example for future generations.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Venom of Stigma
- 2. The Audacity of Stigma
- 3. The Process of Stigmatization
- 4. The Outcome of Stigma: Stereotypes and Prejudices
- 5. Stigma and Health
- 6. Levels of Intervention
- 7. Changing How We Think about Stigmatized Diseases
- 8. Practical Stigma Management
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
Review quote
“Pernessa's book can make a difference in your life. In a powerful way, it gets to the heart of a complex issue. Many people stigmatize others without realizing it, and Seele helps readers understand what they can do to change their attitudes and actions.”
-Jeff Pegues, Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent, CBS News, and author of Black and Blue
“We all dream of living in a world without stigma and bias, but a quick glance at the news proves that this is a dream deferred. Pernessa Seele pulls no punches in identifying the cost of stigma and steps to take away the power of stigma and bias.”
-Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman, Conference on National Black Churches, Inc.
“Dr. Pernessa Seele's tireless efforts to remove disparities in health care-and wherever we need more understanding and acceptance-is nothing short of inspirational. I will gladly share this book with anyone who questions the toll that stigma takes on our human community-or the path we can take to escape it.”
-John Hope Bryant, Chairman, Operation HOPE
“In sharing cogent reflections based upon her pioneering experiences as a courageous health advocate, Pernessa Seele squarely identifies the societal toll taken by stigma and stereotyping-and delineates the steps we can take to reaffirm the dignity we each innately possess by virtue of our humanity.”
-Natalia Kanem, MD, Acting Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
“Dr. Seele puts a human face on the consequences of stigma, shows the need to examine our biases, and gives me the uneasy personal reminder that as a public health official and researcher, I must drive outside my lane of numbers and statistics.”
-Willi McFarland, MD, PhD, MPH&TM, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, and Director, Center for Public Health Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health
“The Balm In Gilead founded by Dr. Pernessa Seele has saved lives in
the United States, Africa and beyond. Through education, treatment
and prevention, Pernessa has enabled tens of thousands to walk the
earth with health, hope and wholeness. We are blessed to have Dr.
Seele's narrative of healthcare and wellness in a wounded world.”
-Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. International pastor, theologian, speaker, author,
and activist
-Jeff Pegues, Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent, CBS News, and author of Black and Blue
“We all dream of living in a world without stigma and bias, but a quick glance at the news proves that this is a dream deferred. Pernessa Seele pulls no punches in identifying the cost of stigma and steps to take away the power of stigma and bias.”
-Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman, Conference on National Black Churches, Inc.
“Dr. Pernessa Seele's tireless efforts to remove disparities in health care-and wherever we need more understanding and acceptance-is nothing short of inspirational. I will gladly share this book with anyone who questions the toll that stigma takes on our human community-or the path we can take to escape it.”
-John Hope Bryant, Chairman, Operation HOPE
“In sharing cogent reflections based upon her pioneering experiences as a courageous health advocate, Pernessa Seele squarely identifies the societal toll taken by stigma and stereotyping-and delineates the steps we can take to reaffirm the dignity we each innately possess by virtue of our humanity.”
-Natalia Kanem, MD, Acting Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
“Dr. Seele puts a human face on the consequences of stigma, shows the need to examine our biases, and gives me the uneasy personal reminder that as a public health official and researcher, I must drive outside my lane of numbers and statistics.”
-Willi McFarland, MD, PhD, MPH&TM, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, and Director, Center for Public Health Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health
“The Balm In Gilead founded by Dr. Pernessa Seele has saved lives in
the United States, Africa and beyond. Through education, treatment
and prevention, Pernessa has enabled tens of thousands to walk the
earth with health, hope and wholeness. We are blessed to have Dr.
Seele's narrative of healthcare and wellness in a wounded world.”
-Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. International pastor, theologian, speaker, author,
and activist
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