Stacey Abrams: 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do
ستاسي أبراهم: ثلاثة أسئلة لتطرحوها على أنفسكم حيال كل شيء تقومون به
Former Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams made history in 2018 when she earned the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia. Full bio
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في سن 17 عامًا،
at the age of 17 --
in Decatur, Georgia,
في مدينة ديكاتور في ولاية جورجيا،
I had grown up in Mississippi,
ترعرعتُ في ولاية المسيسيبي،
as United Methodist ministers.
ككاهنين في الكنيسة الميثودية المتحدة.
كنا فقراء بما يكفي،
we were poor enough,
and I became valedictorian.
وأصبحتُ طالبة متفوقة.
valedictorian in the state of Georgia
to meet the governor of Georgia.
that he lived in a mansion,
of "General Hospital" and "Dynasty"
"General Hospital" و"Dynasty"
ready to go to visit the governor.
وأنا مستعدة للذهاب لزيارة الحاكم.
who were also invited, got up,
الذين تمت دعوتهما أيضًا،
a car is a necessary thing.
there aren't a lot of options.
لا يوجد العديد من الخيارات.
to live in a community
للعيش في مجتمعٍ
all the way to Buckhead,
على طول الطريق إلى مدينة باكهيد،
on this really beautiful acreage of land,
على قطعة جميلة حقًا من الأرض.
that ran the length of the property.
التي تشغلُ طول العقار.
that lets them know this is our stop,
ليعرفوا أن هذا المكان هو موقفنا،
we walk across the street.
because there are cars coming up,
بسبب وجود السيارات القادمة،
from all across the state of Georgia.
من كل أنحاء جورجيا.
على طول الممر،
I don't get hit by one of the cars
للتأكد من عدم اصطدام إحدى السيارات بي
the guard comes out.
يخرج الحارس،
and he looks at my parents,
this is a private event."
Stacey. She's one of the valedictorians."
إنها إحدى المتفوقات."
at the checklist that's in his hands.
التي في يديه.
of her very voluminous purse.
over our shoulder at the bus,
إلى الحافلة،
him a story about who should be there.
حول مَنْ يجب أن يحضر الفعالية.
to have our own car --
لتكون لدينا حافلة خاصة بنا،
something in my skin color,
to look at me again,
You don't belong here."
United Methodist ministers,
ليصبحا كاهنين للكنيسة المثودية الموحدة،
to engage this gentleman
of his decision-making skills.
حول مهاراته في اتخاذ القرارات.
in a very fiery place
on that checklist.
the checklist eventually,
في نهاية المطاف،
and he let us inside.
the governor of Georgia.
my fellow valedictorians
of the most powerful place in Georgia,
في أكثر الأماكن نفوذًا في جورجيا
I don't belong.
who got to open the gates.
the rest of the story.
كيف يمكنني المضي قدمًا؟
How do I move forward?
للفتيات الشابات ذوات البشرة السوداء فقط
to open the gates for young black women
and told they don't belong.
وأخبرن بأنهن لا ينتمين إلى المكان.
for Latinas and for Asian Americans.
من أصلٍ لاتيني وآسيوي.
على الوثائق القانونية والحائزين عليها.
for the undocumented and the documented.
مثليي الجنس ومزدوجيها والمتحولين والمتحيرين
as an ally of the LGBTQ community.
themselves the victims of gun violence.
for everyone in Georgia,
للجميع في جورجيا،
and this is our nation,
is that the first try wasn't enough.
لم تكن كافية.
How do I move forward?
كيف يمكنني المضي قدمًا؟
and the sadness and the lethargy
of television as I eat ice cream?
بينما أتناول الآيس كريم.
because going backwards isn't an option
ليس خيارًا
لتولي منصب الحاكم
and what I wanted to be.
وما تمنيتُ أن أكون.
I ask myself about everything I do,
حول كل شيء أقوم به،
أو البدأ في عملٍ تجاري،
or starting a business;
في مشروع جورجيا الجديد
the New Georgia Project
Fair Fight Georgia.
معركة جورجيا العادلة
I ask myself three questions:
أطرحُ على نفسي ثلاثة أسئلة:
I have to ask myself are:
على نفسي هي:
of my ambition?
that once you didn't get what you wanted,
في حالة عدم تحقيق ما تريدون،
have set your sights a little lower,
لتكونوا حازمين حول طموحاتكم.
to be aggressive about your ambition.
understand your mistakes.
doesn't work out,
بطريقة أفضل،
we could do better,
not to investigate too much
that our mistakes are ours alone,
أن أخطاءنا هي أخطاؤنا وحدنا.
is understand your mistakes,
and honest with those who support you.
وكونوا صريحين مع مَنْ يدعمونكم.
revenge is not a good reason.
فالانتقام ليس سببًا وجيهًا.
not that you should do,
that doesn't allow you to sleep at night
لا يسمح لكم بالنوم ليلًا
and gets you excited about it;
something about it.
from across this world
the "what" to the "do"
لماذا تقومون بهذا الشيء.
when it gets tough,
you can't try again.
لن تستطيعوا المحاولة مرة أخرى.
اعرفوا ما هو الشيء الذي تريدونه.
you're going to get it done.
to ever become the nominee for governor
لتكون مرشحة لمنصب الحاكم
of America for a major party.
لحزب أساسي.
African American voters in Georgia.
من أصول أفريقية في جورجيا.
of the ticket in 2014.
لقسائم الانتخابات عام 2014.
عدد الناخبين من أصل لاتيني
in the state of Georgia.
في ولاية جورجيا.
عدد الأمريكيين من أصل أسيوي
"This is our state, too."
how I can get it done.
كيف أستطيع القيام بذلك.
the obstacles aren't insurmountable.
أن أفهم العقبات المُستعصية.
that always hold us hostage.
I'm in a little bit of debt.
you did not go outside.
فأنتم لا تخرجون.
that holds us back so often,
by how much we have in resources.
those resource challenges.
الذين تغلبوا على تحديات مصادر المال.
لا تتحدثون عنه.
something you don't talk about.
to debt-shame me in my campaign.
في حملتي الانتخابية.
that my lack of opportunity
أن عدم توفري على فرص
me from running.
to tell me I shouldn't run.
بأنه لا يتعينُ علي الترشح.
maybe I shouldn't run.
أنه ربما تعين عليّ عدم الترشح.
a reason we don't let ourselves dream.
السبب في أننا لا نسمحُ لأنفسنا أن نحلم.
overcome those obstacles,
على تلك العقبات.
you will be damned if you do not try.
ستُدانون إن لم تحاولوا ذلك.
what you're afraid of,
about processes and politics
from getting where you want to be.
إلى حيثُ ترغبون الوصول إليه.
position instead of power.
بدلًا من النفوذ.
as a consolation prize,
and we're going to get it,
وأننا عازمون على الحصول عليه،
to evaluate how much we want it.
لتقييم مدى رغبتنا في الشيء.
قلتم أنه يتوجبُ عليكم القيام به،
you said you should,
to the "why" of it.
who speak for the voiceless.
ممن يتحدثن عن المهمشين.
of good conscience
belongs to us all.
أن العدالة الاجتماعية تخصنا جميعًا.
knowing what is in my past.
وأنا أعرفُ ما كان في ماضيّ.
and creating new obstacles now.
أنهم يُحدثون ويسعون إلى عقبات جديدة الآن.
to figure it out.
and it is a stain on our nation.
وهو وصمة عار في أمتنا.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stacey Abrams - PoliticianFormer Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams made history in 2018 when she earned the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia.
Why you should listen
Stacey Abrams's 2018 campaign for governor of Georgia turned more voters than any Democrat in Georgia history, including former President Barack Obama, and invested in critical infrastructure to build progress in the state. After witnessing the gross mismanagement of the election by the Secretary of State's office, Abrams launched Fair Fight to ensure every Georgian has a voice in our election system.
Abrams received degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas and Yale Law School. Dedicated to civic engagement, she founded the New Georgia Project, which submitted more than 200,000 registrations from voters of color between 2014 and 2016.
Under the pen name Selena Montgomery, Abrams is the award-winning author of eight romantic suspense novels, which have sold more than 100,000 copies. As co-founder of NOW Account, a financial services firm that helps small businesses grow, Abrams has helped create and retain jobs in Georgia. And through her various business ventures, she has helped employ even more Georgians, including hundreds of young people starting out. As House Minority Leader, she has worked strategically to recruit, train, elect and defend Democrats to prevent a Republican supermajority in the House, and she has worked across the aisle on behalf of all Georgians. During her tenure, she has stopped legislation to raise taxes on the poor and middle class and to roll back reproductive healthcare. She has brokered compromises that led to progress on transportation, infrastructure, and education. In the legislature, she passed legislation to improve the welfare of grandparents and other kin raising children and secured increased funding to support these families.
Abrams and her five siblings grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi with three tenets: go to school, go to church, and take care of each other. Despite struggling to make ends meet for their family, her parents made service a way of life for their children -- if someone was less fortunate, it was their job to serve that person. This ethic led the family to Georgia. Abrams's parents attended Emory University to pursue graduate studies in divinity and become United Methodist ministers. Abrams and her younger siblings attended DeKalb County Schools, and she graduated from Avondale High School.
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