Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
ډیمن ډیوس: فرګوسن مظاهرو کې مې څه ولیدل
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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لیدلي
when they are afraid.
خپریږي
from St. Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis my entire life.
in Ferguson, Missouri --
پولیسو وواژه
to lose his life to law enforcement.
کې خپل ژوند له لاسه ورکوي
trying to use fear as a weapon.
د ویرې په څير استعمالوه
in mourning was to use force
تر څو په زوره
to make us afraid of each other
have worked in the past.
this time it was different.
اوس وخت بدل دی
treatment of the community
په ټول لیوس او فرګسن
Ferguson and St. Louis.
about the fourth or fifth day,
مظاهرو راووتم
minutes away from Ferguson,
into the conversation:
the same thing going on.
with something else inside of them.
to back down from the police.
شاته کیږي
something in me changing,
was doing the same thing.
زما په څير چغې وهي
to do something more.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
زه یو هنرمند یم،
specific to the protest,
in a spiritual war,
for the road ahead.
of the hands of protesters
عکسونه مې ویستل
the boarded-up buildings
ودانۍ
and to raise the morale.
مورال ورکول ول
the stories of these people
راپورته کړم
courageous in the moment.
that was given to me.
of our job as artists.
دنده ده
of courage in the work that we do.
کار څخه ګټه واخلو
between the normal folks
یو
to spread fear and hate,
the binds us every day?
کړئ؟
was not put in me to cripple me,
ویره مې دوه ټوټې کوي نه
how to use that fear,
وکاروم
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmakerTED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression.
Why you should listen
Musician, visual artist and filmmaker working at the intersection of art and activism, exploring the experience of contemporary black Americans. His documentary, Whose Streets?, premiered at Sundance 2017 and tells the story of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri that took place after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police in 2014.
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