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Malika Whitley: How the arts help homeless youth heal and build
玛丽卡·惠特利: 艺术如何帮助无家可归的青少年疗伤和规划
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玛丽卡·惠特利 (Malika Whitley) 是 ChopArt 的创始人，ChopArt 是通过艺术给无家可归的青少年提供引导、尊严和机会的机构。在这个感人的演讲中，她分享了自己无家可归的故事以及她如何通过艺术找到了自己的声音。她的使命是给那些被逼到社会边缘的其他人提供一个创意的出口。
Malika Whitley - Arts curator, activist
Malika Whitley is an arts curator and activist in Atlanta, Georgia. Full bio
Malika Whitley is an arts curator and activist in Atlanta, Georgia. Full bio
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00:12
Don't you love a good nap?
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你一定喜欢睡午觉吧？
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
00:16
Just stealing away
that small block of time
that small block of time
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借着偷走的一点光阴，
00:20
to curl up on your couch
for that sweet moment of escape.
for that sweet moment of escape.
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蜷缩在你的沙发上，
仿佛逃离了整个世界。
仿佛逃离了整个世界。
00:23
It's one of my favorite things,
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这是我很喜欢做的一件事，
00:25
but something I took for granted
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是我认为理所当然的事，
00:26
before I began experiencing
homelessness as a teenager.
homelessness as a teenager.
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直到我成了一个
无家可归的青少年。
无家可归的青少年。
00:31
The ability to take a nap is only reserved
for stability and sureness,
for stability and sureness,
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睡午觉的特权是只给
有着稳定生活的人预留的，
有着稳定生活的人预留的，
00:36
something you can't find
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这种特权是可能被剥夺的——
当你把所有的家当
都背在身上的时候，
都背在身上的时候，
00:37
when you're carrying
everything you own in your book bag
everything you own in your book bag
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00:40
and carefully counting the amount of time
you're allowed to sit in any given place
you're allowed to sit in any given place
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当你要小心数着每一刻
坐在一个地方的光阴的时候——
坐在一个地方的光阴的时候——
00:45
before being asked to leave.
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因为你下一刻就可能被赶走。
00:48
I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia,
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我在美国乔治亚州的
亚特兰大长大，
亚特兰大长大，
00:50
bouncing from house to house
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从一个地方辗转到另一个地方，
00:51
with a loving, close-knit family
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我有一个充满爱的亲密家庭，
00:54
as we struggled to find stability
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虽然我们的经济状况
不太稳定。
00:57
in our finances.
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01:00
But when my mom temporarily
lost herself to mania
lost herself to mania
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但是当我的妈妈患上精神病
01:04
and when that mania chose me
as its primary scapegoat
as its primary scapegoat
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并把我当做替罪羊的时候，
01:07
through both emotional and physical abuse,
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当我经受情感上和
肉体上的虐待的时候，
肉体上的虐待的时候，
为了我的人身安全，我逃离了。
01:10
I fled for my safety.
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01:13
I had come to the conclusion
that homelessness was safer for me
that homelessness was safer for me
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我得出结论，比起回家，
无家可归对我来说
无家可归对我来说
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than being at home.
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是个更安全的选择。
01:19
I was 16.
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那时我 16 岁。
01:22
During my homelessness,
I joined Atlanta's 3,300 homeless youth
I joined Atlanta's 3,300 homeless youth
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无家可归的我成了亚特兰大
3300 名无家可归的青少年中的一员，
3300 名无家可归的青少年中的一员，
夜幕降临时，感觉无人关心，
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in feeling uncared for,
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被抛弃，成了隐形人。
01:28
left out and invisible each night.
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01:32
There wasn't and still is not any place
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那时候没有，至今也还没有一个
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for a homeless minor
to walk off the street
to walk off the street
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无家可归的未成年人可以去，
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to access a bed.
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并睡上一觉的地方。
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I realized that most people
thought of homelessness
thought of homelessness
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我知道，很多人觉得无家可归的人
都是懒惰的、有毒瘾的、
肮脏的社会负担，
肮脏的社会负担，
01:41
as some kind of lazy, drug-induced
squalor and inconvenience,
squalor and inconvenience,
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但这不能代表我那个
装满了衣服和书的书包，
装满了衣服和书的书包，
01:47
but that didn't represent my book bag
full of clothes and schoolbooks,
full of clothes and schoolbooks,
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01:50
or my A+ grade point average.
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和我全优的成绩。
01:54
I would sit on my favorite bench downtown
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我会坐在市中心最爱的长椅上，
01:57
and watch as the hours passed by
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看着时光流逝，
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until I could sneak in
a few hours of sleep
a few hours of sleep
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直到我能够偷偷睡上几个小时，
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on couches, in cars,
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不管是在沙发上、车上，
02:05
in buildings or in storage units.
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还是在楼里或仓库里。
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I, like thousands of other homeless youth,
disappeared into the shadows of the city
disappeared into the shadows of the city
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像上千名无家可归的其他青少年一样，
我消失在了这个城市的影子里，
我消失在了这个城市的影子里，
02:13
while the whole world kept spinning
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而世界依然在不停转动，
02:15
as if nothing at all
had gone terribly wrong.
had gone terribly wrong.
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就好像什么都没发生一样。
02:19
The invisibility alone
almost completely broke my spirit.
almost completely broke my spirit.
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仅仅这种隐形感
就几乎彻底击垮了我。
就几乎彻底击垮了我。
02:25
But when I had nothing else,
I had the arts,
I had the arts,
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但是当我一无所有的时候，
我还有艺术，
我还有艺术，
02:29
something that didn't demand
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它不向我索取
02:30
material wealth from me
in exchange for refuge.
in exchange for refuge.
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任何回报作为交换。
02:33
A few hours of singing, writing poetry
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几个小时的唱歌、写诗，
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or saving up enough money
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或者攒足够的钱
然后消失到一个戏剧的世界里，
02:39
to disappear into another world at a play
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02:42
kept me going and jolting me back to life
when I felt at my lowest.
when I felt at my lowest.
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它们让我坚持下去，
并在我最低迷的时候把我拉了回来。
并在我最低迷的时候把我拉了回来。
02:47
I would go to church services
on Wednesday evenings
on Wednesday evenings
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每个星期三晚上我都会去教堂，
02:50
and, desperate for the relief
the arts gave me,
the arts gave me,
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如此渴望艺术带给我的心灵放松，
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I would go a few hours early,
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我通常会提前几个小时去，
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slip downstairs
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然后溜到楼下，
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and into a part of the world
where the only thing that mattered
where the only thing that mattered
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进入另一个世界，
那里唯一重要的事情
那里唯一重要的事情
03:01
was whether or not I could hit
the right note in the song
the right note in the song
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就是我能不能把我那个星期
练的那首歌的旋律唱准。
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I was perfecting that week.
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03:06
I would sing for hours.
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我会练上好几个小时，
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It gave me so much strength
to give myself permission
to give myself permission
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它给了我力量，让我允许自己
忘记一切并尽情歌唱。
03:12
to just block it all out and sing.
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03:17
Five years later,
I started my organization, ChopArt,
I started my organization, ChopArt,
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五年后，我创办了
自己的组织 ChopArt，
自己的组织 ChopArt，
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which is a multidisciplinary
arts organization for homeless minors.
arts organization for homeless minors.
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这是一个针对无家可归的
青少年的多学科艺术组织。
青少年的多学科艺术组织。
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ChopArt uses the arts
as a tool for trauma recovery
as a tool for trauma recovery
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ChopArt 借助艺术
这个工具来修复创伤，
这个工具来修复创伤，
将我们对打造社区、
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by taking what we know
about building community
about building community
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03:33
and restoring dignity
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重塑尊严的认识
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and applying that to the creative process.
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运用到艺术创作的过程中去。
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ChopArt is headquartered
in Atlanta, Georgia,
in Atlanta, Georgia,
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ChopArt 的总部在
乔治亚州的亚特兰大，
乔治亚州的亚特兰大，
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with additional programs
in Hyderabad, India, and Accra, Ghana,
in Hyderabad, India, and Accra, Ghana,
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在印度的海德拉巴
和加纳的阿克拉也有项目。
和加纳的阿克拉也有项目。
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and since our start in 2010,
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从 2010 年创立至今，
我们已经服务了
全球 4 万名青少年。
全球 4 万名青少年。
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we've served over 40,000 teens worldwide.
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03:51
Our teens take refuge
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我们的青少年
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in the transformative
elements of the arts,
elements of the arts,
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在艺术的魔力中找到慰藉，
03:56
and they depend on the safe space
ChopArt provides for them to do that.
ChopArt provides for them to do that.
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他们需要 ChopArt
给他们提供这样的安全空间。
给他们提供这样的安全空间。
04:01
An often invisible population
uses the arts to step into their light,
uses the arts to step into their light,
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隐形的人群可以借助
艺术站到灯光下，
艺术站到灯光下，
但是踏出那个隐形的区域
却并不是那么容易的。
却并不是那么容易的。
04:07
but that journey out of invisibility
is not an easy one.
is not an easy one.
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04:11
We have a sibling pair, Jeremy and Kelly,
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我们有一对兄妹，杰里米和凯莉，
他们来我们机构已经三年多了。
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who have been with our program
for over three years.
for over three years.
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They come to the ChopArt classes
every Wednesday evening.
every Wednesday evening.
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他们每个星期三晚上
都会来上 ChopArt 的课。
都会来上 ChopArt 的课。
04:23
But about a year ago,
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但是大约一年前，
04:25
Jeremy and Kelly witnessed their mom
seize and die right in front of them.
seize and die right in front of them.
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杰里米和凯莉亲眼目睹了
他们的母亲病情发作并死亡。
他们的母亲病情发作并死亡。
04:30
They watched as the paramedics
failed to revive her.
failed to revive her.
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他们亲眼看着急救医护人员
未能抢救回她的生命。
未能抢救回她的生命。
04:34
They cried as their father
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他们哭着，看着他们的父亲
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signed over temporary custody
to their ChopArt mentor, Erin,
to their ChopArt mentor, Erin,
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把临时监护权签给了
ChopArt 的艾琳老师，
ChopArt 的艾琳老师，
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without even allowing them to take
an extra pair of clothes on their way out.
an extra pair of clothes on their way out.
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他们甚至都没来得及
在出门时多拿上一件衣服。
在出门时多拿上一件衣服。
04:45
This series of events broke my heart,
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这件事让我感到心碎，
04:49
but Jeremy and Kelly's faith
and resolve in ChopArt
and resolve in ChopArt
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但是杰里米和凯莉
对 ChopArt 的信仰和决心
对 ChopArt 的信仰和决心
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is what keeps me grounded in this work.
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是鼓励我坚持做这项工作的动力。
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Kelly calling Erin in her lowest moment,
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凯莉会在最低落的时候
给艾琳打电话，
给艾琳打电话，
因为她知道艾琳会尽自己最大的努力
04:58
knowing that Erin would do
whatever she could
whatever she could
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05:00
to make them feel loved and cared for,
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让他们感觉到被爱和被关心，
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is proof to me that by using
the arts as the entry point,
the arts as the entry point,
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这些都让我相信
用艺术作为切入点，
用艺术作为切入点，
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we can heal and build
our homeless youth population.
our homeless youth population.
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我们可以给无家可归的
青少年人群疗伤，帮助他们重建生活。
青少年人群疗伤，帮助他们重建生活。
05:13
And we continue to build.
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我们的脚步一刻也没有停下。
05:15
We build with Devin,
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我们帮助德文重建生活，
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who became homeless with his family
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德文一家变得无家可归，
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when his mom had to choose
between medical bills or the rent.
between medical bills or the rent.
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因为他妈妈不得不
在医疗账单和房租之间做出选择。
在医疗账单和房租之间做出选择。
05:24
He discovered his love
of painting through ChopArt.
of painting through ChopArt.
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他通过 ChopArt
发现了自己对油画的热爱。
发现了自己对油画的热爱。
05:27
We build with Liz,
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我们帮助丽兹重建生活，
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who has been on the streets
most of her teenage years
most of her teenage years
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她的整个青少年时代
几乎都是在大街上度过的，
几乎都是在大街上度过的，
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but turns to music to return to herself
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但是她通过音乐找回自己，
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when her traumas feel too heavy
for her young shoulders.
for her young shoulders.
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尤其在她年轻的肩膀
不堪重压的时候。
不堪重压的时候。
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We build for Maria,
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我们帮助玛利亚重建生活，
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who uses poetry to heal
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她用诗歌疗伤。
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after her grandfather died in the van
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在她的祖父在面包车中死去后，
05:47
she's living in
with the rest of her family.
with the rest of her family.
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她和她的家人现在住在车里面。
05:50
And so to the youth out there
experiencing homelessness,
experiencing homelessness,
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无家可归的青少年们，
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let me tell you,
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让我告诉你们，
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you have the power to build within you.
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你们内心有重建生活的力量，
06:02
You have a voice through the arts
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你可以通过艺术找到你的声音，
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that doesn't judge
what you've been through.
what you've been through.
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艺术不会评判你的过往。
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So never stop fighting
to stand in your light
to stand in your light
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永远不要放弃站到灯光下的努力，
06:09
because even in your darkest times,
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因为即使在你最黑暗的时刻，
我们也在注视着你！
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we see you.
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Thank you.
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谢谢！
06:15
(Applause)
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（掌声）
Translated by Peipei Xiang
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Malika Whitley - Arts curator, activistMalika Whitley is an arts curator and activist in Atlanta, Georgia.
Why you should listen
At age 6, Malika Whitley began to experience homelessness with her family, then on her own at 16. During her homelessness, she found the arts as a tool for resistance from fully succumbing to the hardships of youth homelessness. After her experience, Whitley founded ChopArt, which is a multidisciplinary arts organization for homeless middle and high schoolers. Her work has been internationally recognized, as well as highlighted in Atlanta's local media. Most notably, Whitley has been named in Creative Loafing's "20 People to Watch", and ChopArt has been featured in Atlanta Magazine and on WSBTV. To support ChopArt's teens, please consider sponsoring a full year of programming for a homeless teen here.
Malika Whitley | Speaker | TED.com