Cleo Wade: Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care
کلیۆ وەید: کێ دەیەوێت جیهان بگۆڕێت؟ ئەوەندە ئازا بە کە گرنگی بدەیت
Cleo Wade creates uplifting messages, blending simplicity with positivity and arresting honesty. Full bio
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beautiful being enter into our lives.
و شیرینەی هاتبووە ژیانمانهوه
that he wasn't just entering our lives,
تهنیا نههاتۆته ژیانی ئێمهوه
feels so incredibly challenging.
.ههستدهكهم سهركێشییهكی زۆر بێوێنهیه
قسه بۆ خهڵكی دهكهم دهربارهی ئهوهی
talking to people about who we are,
پێویستە كێ بین؟
that the way we find our strength
کە ئێمە هێزی خۆمان لە ڕێگەی
that we can all do something big
دەتوانین شتی گەورە بکەین
that each of us is more resilient
لە ئێمە زۆر بەهێزترین
a single word I say to him.
بیرم کردەوە دەکرا بیرۆکەیەکی باشتر بێت
it would probably be a better idea
at walking down the street.
لە پیاسەکردن لەنێو شەقامدا
and listen to what they say.
.چۆنن و گوێ لەوە بگرە کە دەیڵێن
a better child to your parents;
:منداڵکی باشتر بە بۆ خێزانەکەت
a better partner.
خۆشەویستێکی باشتر، هاوبەشێکی باشتر
and get to know them.
and do what you can do.
.ئەوە بکە کە دەتوانیت بیکەیت
سەنتەکان ببەخشە، کاتت ببەخشە
or created with others
لەگەڵ کەسی دیکە دروست ناکرێ
disagrees with you,
the triumph of radical empathy --
سەرکەوتن بەدەستبهێنیت لە هاوخەمی و
the stories you are told.
.بدۆزەرەوە کە دەیانگێریتەوە
.بدۆزەرەوە کە شتەکان دیارن
how to forgive yourself.
،فێر بیت چۆن خۆت ببوریت
than who we were yesterday.
.لەوەی کە دوێنێ هەبووین
if the other is not free.
.ئەگەر ئەوانی تر ئازاد نەبن
and not with my actions."
.چارەسەر بکەین
I don't need a plastic bag."
".پێویستم بە جانتای پلاستیکی نییە
one piece of trash on your block.
.خاشاک کۆڵانەکەت
to be a part of the solutions.
.بە بەشێک لە چارەسەرەکان
.زاڵبین کە پشتگوێی دەخەین
that the issues are connected
".ڕەگەزپەرستی بهێنین
.دەست پێبکە
.مێزی چێشتخانەکەی خۆت ئەنجام بدەیت
at your own kitchen table.
that you can love others
.بتوانی کەسانی ترت خۆشبوێت
that require big answers,
.پێویستە وەڵامگەڵێکی گەورەمان پێبێت
or unqualified, we do nothing.
.زۆر و نەشیاو بکەین و هیچ نەکەین
and qualify ourselves.
.دەستپێبکەین و خۆمان بگونجێنین
and there were no senate confirmations,
،و ئەنجومەنی پیران قایل نەبووبێت
to be more secure,
،بۆئەوەی زیاتر پاریزراو بێت
that says, "Are you OK?
تۆ باشیت؟
"What should we do?"
when I see my family and friends?
دەبینم ئایا ئاشتیخواز دەردەکەوم؟
،کۆتایی بە ڕق و کینە بهێنێت
not only for those I know,
دەردەکەوم بۆ ئەوانە نا کە دەیانناسم
whose ideas conflict with my own?
بیرۆکەکانیان دژی بیرۆکەی منە؟
who are suffering on my street corner?
لە کونجی شەقامەکاندا ئازار ئەچێژن؟
to change our own lives?
of the people in our communities?
کەسانە بگۆڕین کە لە کۆمەڵگاکەمانن؟
we must assume is in our own hands;
شتێ لە نێو دەستەکانی خۆمانە
Harriet Tubman to her purpose,
،نەهێنا بۆ ئامانجەکەی
in the fight to abolish
لە بەرنگاربوونەوە بۆ لابردنی
making 19 trips,
،بە ئەنجامدانی ١٩ گەشت
of those 300 people,
the great-grandchildren and beyond.
.نەوەی منداڵەکانیان و سەروتریش
immeasurable ripples
نەرمییەکی گەورە دروست دەکەن
Irma or Maria, people did not say,
،ئیرما، یاخود ماریا بێت، خەڵک نەیانگوت
What should I do?"
چوونە ناوی
man and child they came across.
.و پیاو منداڵانەی کە توشیان دەبوون
the power to change the world.
someone's life is always in our hands.
.کەسێک هەمیشە لەنیو دەستەکانی ئێمە دایە
to one group of people;
:هى کۆمەڵە خەڵکێک نییە
on anyone to tell you
هیچ کەس بکەیت پێت بڵێت
with what you've got,
،لەگەڵ ئەوەی کە بە دەستت هێناوە
of a man named Gene Moretti.
.پیاوێک بەناوی جین مۆرێت
through the Depression, World War II,
.ئاستی ئابووری و جەنگی جیهانی دووەم
of a woman's right to vote,
of the first black president.
in America for 100 years.
ساڵە لە ئەمریکا دەژیت
during these current times?"
of his family and hundreds of people,
نەوەکانی خێزانەکەی و سەدان خەڵک
to be there to celebrate him,
ئەوەى لەوێ بن و ئاهەنگی بۆ بگێڕن
just given me advice,
is capable of making
a real, wholehearted impact
کاریگەری بۆ هەموو دڵێک هەبێت
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cleo Wade - Artist, poet, authorCleo Wade creates uplifting messages, blending simplicity with positivity and arresting honesty.
Why you should listen
Cleo Wade is an artist, poet and author of the forthcoming book Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom For a Better Life. Her writing, accessible yet empowering, speaks to a greater future for all women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community, preaching love, acceptance, justice, peace, equity and equality.
Wade's artwork is founded on the idea that art should be in the name of all people and should serve all people. This idea has inspired some of her larger scale public art installations, including a 25-foot love poem in the skyline of the New Orleans French Quarter titled "Respect," as well as her follow up piece, "She," which was created in collaboration with graffiti artist Brandon Odums and is permanently installed on the face of a 50-foot warehouse building in the New Orleans Bywater neighborhood. In the summer of 2017, Wade created the "ARE YOU OK" project, a public booth for free, peaceful and loving conversation at the Hester Street Fair in New York City. Her latest public art installation of 10-word mantras on 46-foot screens entitled "Show Love Spread Love" is currently on view in Los Angeles on the facade of the Beverly Center. Other mediums of Wade's art include drawing, painting, sculpture, and neon text. Wade contributes regularly to W magazine and Teen Vogue.
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