Hannah Brencher
Founder | The World Needs More Love Letters
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Hannah Brencher is the founder of The World Needs More Love Letters, a global organization that has delivered over 600,000 handwritten letters to those in need of encouragement. Her inspiring TED talk on the power of human connection has reached millions.
Brencher's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Through her keynotes, she shares how we can use empathy and vulnerability to build a more compassionate world.
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Love letters to strangers
Hannah Brencher's mother always wrote her letters. So when she felt herself bottom into depression after college, she did what felt natural -- she wrote love letters and left them for strangers to find. The act has become a global initiative, The World Needs More Love Letters, which rushes handwritten letters to those in need of a boost.
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