Stacey Abrams: 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do
Stacey Abrams: Yaptığınız her şeyde kendinize sormanız gereken üç soru
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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at the age of 17 --
in Decatur, Georgia,
okulumdan mezun oldum,
I had grown up in Mississippi,
Mississippi'de büyüdüm,
as United Methodist ministers.
din insanı olabileceklerdi.
we were poor enough,
farkında değillerdi,
and I became valedictorian.
ve veda konuşmacısı oldum.
valedictorian in the state of Georgia
en eğlenceli yanlarından biri,
to meet the governor of Georgia.
davet edilmekti.
that he lived in a mansion,
ilgimi daha çok çekiyordu.
of "General Hospital" and "Dynasty"
"General Hospital"
ready to go to visit the governor.
ziyaret etmek için kalktım.
who were also invited, got up,
a car is a necessary thing.
there aren't a lot of options.
yani çok seçeneğimiz de yok.
to live in a community
all the way to Buckhead,
otobüsle gittik.
on this really beautiful acreage of land,
uzun siyah kapılarıyla
that ran the length of the property.
üzerinde kuruluydu.
that lets them know this is our stop,
ineceğimiz durağı haber verdik,
we walk across the street.
yol boyunca yürüdük.
because there are cars coming up,
çünkü arabalar geçip duruyordu,
from all across the state of Georgia.
öğrenci getiriyordu.
I don't get hit by one of the cars
çarpmasın diye beni aralarına almıştı.
the guard comes out.
and he looks at my parents,
this is a private event."
bu özel bir etkinlik" dedi.
Stacey. She's one of the valedictorians."
veda konuşmacılarından." dedi.
at the checklist that's in his hands.
of her very voluminous purse.
kocaman çantasında duruyordu.
over our shoulder at the bus,
otobüse baktı
him a story about who should be there.
gerekenlerle bir hikâye anlatıyordu.
to have our own car --
alamayacak kadar fakirdik,
uydurduğu bir hikâyeydi.
something in my skin color,
to look at me again,
You don't belong here."
Buraya ait değilsiniz."
United Methodist ministers,
olmaya çalışıyordu
to engage this gentleman
karar alma mekanizmasıyla ilgili
of his decision-making skills.
girmeye hazırlandılar.
in a very fiery place
geçireceğini söylemiş olabilir.
on that checklist.
the checklist eventually,
and he let us inside.
the governor of Georgia.
tanıştığımı hatırlamıyorum.
my fellow valedictorians
diğer veda konuşmacılarıyla
of the most powerful place in Georgia,
önünde duran adam
I don't belong.
oraya ait olmadığımı söyleyişi.
who got to open the gates.
the rest of the story.
okumuş olabilirsiniz.
How do I move forward?
Nasıl ilerlerim?
to open the gates for young black women
ait olmadığı söylenmiş
and told they don't belong.
for Latinas and for Asian Americans.
için de açmak istedim.
for the undocumented and the documented.
ve alamamışlar için de açmak istedim.
as an ally of the LGBTQ community.
bir dostu olarak da açmak istedim.
themselves the victims of gun violence.
aileler için de açmak istedim.
for everyone in Georgia,
sonuna kadar açmak istedim
and this is our nation,
bizim milletimiz
is that the first try wasn't enough.
ilk denemenin yeterli olmadığıydı.
How do I move forward?
Nasıl ilerlerim?
and the sadness and the lethargy
ve rehavetin ötesine nasıl geçebilirim
of television as I eat ice cream?
nasıl daha fazla televizyon izlerim?
because going backwards isn't an option
bir seçenek değil,
and what I wanted to be.
bu valilik yarışına girdim.
I ask myself about everything I do,
kendime sorduğum üç soru var,
or starting a business;
bir iş kurmak için de geçerli;
the New Georgia Project
Fair Fight Georgia.
faaliyetine başladığımda.
I ask myself three questions:
kendime üç soru soruyorum:
I have to ask myself are:
şunlar olduğunu biliyorum:
of my ambition?
dürüst müyüm?
that once you didn't get what you wanted,
elde edemediğinizde
have set your sights a little lower,
to be aggressive about your ambition.
agresif olmalısınız diyorum.
geriletmediğinden emin olun.
understand your mistakes.
doesn't work out,
we could do better,
daha iyi bir şey olur
not to investigate too much
konu insanlar.
that our mistakes are ours alone,
bize ait olduğu söylenir
is understand your mistakes,
anlamanızı söylüyorum
and honest with those who support you.
karşı dürüst olsun.
revenge is not a good reason.
intikam iyi bir neden değil.
not that you should do,
bir şey olmalı.
that doesn't allow you to sleep at night
and gets you excited about it;
ve sizi heyecanlandıran
something about it.
yapmanız gerektiğini bilesiniz.
from across this world
kadınları dinlediniz,
gerektiğini anlattılar.
the "what" to the "do"
when it gets tough,
you can't try again.
tekrar deneyemezsiniz.
you're going to get it done.
to ever become the nominee for governor
of America for a major party.
bunu gerçekleştiren ilk siyahi kadın.
African American voters in Georgia.
seçmen sayısı 1,2 milyona ulaştı.
kullanılan oydan
of the ticket in 2014.
Georgia'da seslerini duyurmak isteyen
in the state of Georgia.
"This is our state, too."
how I can get it done.
söyleyen başarılar.
the obstacles aren't insurmountable.
aşılamaz olmadığını anlamamı sağladı.
that always hold us hostage.
I'm in a little bit of debt.
you did not go outside.
that holds us back so often,
bizi o kadar zapt etti ki
by how much we have in resources.
kaynağımız kaldığına bağlı.
those resource challenges.
hikâyelerini duyuyoruz.
something you don't talk about.
üstesinden gelemezsiniz.
to debt-shame me in my campaign.
beni suçlamalarınaizin vermedim.
that my lack of opportunity
fırsat yetersizliğim yüzünden
söylemesine izin vermedim.
me from running.
to tell me I shouldn't run.
bu yarışa girmememi söyleyip durdu.
maybe I shouldn't run.
konusunda atıfta bulundu.
a reason we don't let ourselves dream.
balta vurduğunu fark ettim.
overcome those obstacles,
aşacağınızı söyleyemem
you will be damned if you do not try.
ne olacağını asla bilemezsiniz.
what you're afraid of,
about processes and politics
from getting where you want to be.
sizi alıkoyan şeylerden yorulursunuz.
position instead of power.
yeri kabul ettiğimizi gösterir.
as a consolation prize,
ünvan verilmesine izin veririz,
and we're going to get it,
elde edeceğimizi anlayamamışızdır,
uykuyu yarattı.
to evaluate how much we want it.
istediğimizi ölçmenin bir fırsatı.
you said you should,
to the "why" of it.
geri dönersiniz.
who speak for the voiceless.
konuşacak kadınlara ihtiyacımız var.
of good conscience
ait olduğuna inanan insanlara
belongs to us all.
knowing what is in my past.
bilerek ilerliyorum.
and creating new obstacles now.
topluyor ve plan yapıyorlardır.
to figure it out.
sadece dört yılları var.
and it is a stain on our nation.
ve ülkemizin kara lekesi.
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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