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Hässlebladet community newspaper launches in May

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Key Points
  • Hässlebladet, a community newspaper written by residents, launches in May through a collaboration with Ordpalatset and Hässlehuset.
  • Key figures include Umurahma Ramadahn, Mikael Wahl, and Kristoffer Lundberg, who aim to address stigma and conflicting narratives about Hässleholmen.
  • The project involves workshops for residents and a democratic vision to shift narratives and strengthen community voice.

The project involves key individuals including Umurahma Ramadahn, a 22-year-old resident and coordinator at the association Hej Främling, Mikael Wahl, a pedagogue at Ordpalatset, and Kristoffer Lundberg, activity coordinator at Hässlehuset who was previously active in the Left Party in Angered. According to SVT Väst, Kristoffer Lundberg described three narratives about Hässleholmen: the police's, the municipality's, and those who live or work here. According to SVT Väst, Umurahma Ramadahn described that people outside Hässleholmen have an image of the area that makes them perhaps not want to be there, noting that high school students might rather take the bus past Hässle and hang out in Hulta because Hässleholmen is perceived as 'dangerous', but that is not true.

According to SVT Väst, Umurahma Ramadahn described that it is not the everyday life for everyone who lives there, adding that things happen in other places too because society has changed, and the most important thing is to remove the stigma, and one should not be ashamed, but proud to live in Hässle. As part of the project, workshops have been held with residents on how to interview and write. According to SVT Väst, Mikael Wahl described that they want it to be their words and thoughts, even though they go through the articles together.

There are three narratives about Hässleholmen: the police's, the municipality's, and those who live or work here.

Kristoffer Lundberg, Activity coordinator at Hässlehuset

According to SVT Väst, Kristoffer Lundberg described that this is the future, and every time you give the voice to a local community to describe their own reality, you shift the positions and it strengthens democracy. Specific events contributing to Hässleholmen's reputation as 'dangerous' are not detailed, and the number of residents involved as writers, circulation plans, and success metrics remain unclear.

People outside Hässleholmen have an image of the area that makes them perhaps not want to be here.

Umurahma Ramadahn, Resident and coordinator at Hej Främling

High school students might rather take the bus past Hässle and hang out in Hulta because Hässleholmen is perceived as 'dangerous', but that is not true.

Umurahma Ramadahn, Resident and coordinator at Hej Främling

It is not the everyday life for everyone who lives here.

Umurahma Ramadahn, Resident and coordinator at Hej Främling

Things happen in other places too because society has changed, and the most important thing for me is to remove the stigma.

Umurahma Ramadahn, Resident and coordinator at Hej Främling

One should not be ashamed, but proud to live in Hässle.

Umurahma Ramadahn, Resident and coordinator at Hej Främling

We want it to be their words and thoughts, even though we go through the articles together.

Mikael Wahl, Pedagogue at Ordpalatset

No, I believe this is the future.

Kristoffer Lundberg, Activity coordinator at Hässlehuset

Every time you give the voice to a local community to describe their own reality, you shift the positions and it strengthens democracy.

Kristoffer Lundberg, Activity coordinator at Hässlehuset
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