Michael Tubbs: The political power of being a good neighbor
迈克尔·塔布斯: 做一个好邻居的政治力量
Michael Tubbs is the youngest mayor in the history of the US to represent a city with a population of more than 100,000 residents. Full bio
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one thing I have in common with dentists.
the holiday of Halloween.
not from a dislike of cavities,
from a particular incident
I was 20 years old,
with mayors and councilors nationwide.
的市长和议员合作。
began just like any other day.
and prepared to write my news clips.
准备写新闻简报。
which isn't that out the norm,
email, Facebook, Instagram, all that.
发电邮、上各种社交媒体等。
to hear maybe some church gossip,
听到关于教堂的八卦,
she had discovered.
发现的什么东西。
anything I had ever heard from my mother.
still, muffled tone
很平静,很低沉,
was murdered last night,
in this country,
dealing with anger, rage, nihilism,
都在应对愤怒和迷茫,
between action and apathy.
to put purpose to this pain.
with feelings of survivor's guilt.
来应付幸存者的负罪感。
being at Stanford,
of me being at the White House
quite literally.
a little selfish and say,
to make the world a better place?
又有什么意义呢?
of all the opportunities given to me
所有面临的机会,
and my immediate family is comfortable.
我的亲人也会满足。
as a senior in college,
我做了一个疯狂得决定,
for a couple of reasons,
并且并非只因为我的年龄,
is far from a political dynasty.
have been incarcerated than in college.
my father is still incarcerated.
我父亲仍在监狱。
we had warm feelings from.
neighborhoods I grew up in.
and no grocery stores,
没有食品商店,
and concentrated poverty.
far too many people in our country.
that created the school funding formulas,
receive less per pupil spending
that made it likely for me to choose
a government actor.
Stockton was a very unlikely place.
斯托克顿的可能性也很低。
a city of 320,000 people.
一个拥有32万人口的城市。
people run from, rather than come back to.
逃离而非涌入的城市。
35 percent white,
10 percent African American,
in the country at that time
per capita than Chicago.
beyond the scope of any 21-year-old.
能力范围的挑战和问题。
when I feel overwhelmed,
通常做的事情,
were far bigger than me
的问题比我大得多,
a little divine intervention.
for my first council meeting,
第一次理事会会议时,
my grandmother taught me.
the governing frame we're using
my grandmother told me
我祖母告诉我,
"Who was my neighbor?
“谁是我的邻居?
Jesus replied with a parable.
而是用寓言回答。
left on the side of the road,
and left to die.
saw the man on the side of the road,
看见路边的那人,
prayers that he gets better.
this particular group
there's nothing I can do to change it.
maybe a politician walked by.
and saw how beat up the man was,
看到这个被打得很惨的人,
of violence, or fleeing violence.
"You know what?
let's build a wall.
to be on the side of the road."
by his bootstraps,
and there's nothing I could do."
a good Samaritan came by,
一个好心的撒玛利亚人来了,
犹太人和撒玛利亚人之间
because things are changing."
a reflection of himself.
he saw his common humanity.
他看到了共同的人性。
he did something about it,
at that nice Fairmont,
他在费尔蒙的高档酒店,
the diversity of Stockton,
will be to again answer the same question:
再次回答同样的问题。
was tied up in everyone.
的命运与每个人息息相关,
on the side of the road.
that charity isn't justice,
is necessary but not sufficient,
Jericho Road, has a nickname.
杰里科路,有一个昵称。
the Ascent of Red,
is structured for violence.
it's conducive for ambushing.
of the road wasn't abnormal.
that was structured to happen,
violence in our society.
is the avoidable impairment
about structural violence
our policies, our culture
some people and disadvantage others.
对另一些人不利的结果的。
much like the road in Jericho,
for the outcomes we complain about.
don't do well in school,
to see wealth gaps by race and ethnicity.
的贫富差距感到惊讶。
income pay disparities between genders,
historically, has been structured to do,
就是这样建构的,
I want to share,
figured everything out,
所有问题都解决了,
conservative members in our community
最保守的一名成员合作,
for undocumented people
and I loved it.
lifetime membership pin.
what he did to get such a gift.
得到这样一份礼物的。
I had no idea how he got it.
to open a health clinic,
来开设一家健康诊所,
for undocumented people,
this is for my neighbors."
at least in that instance.
他证明了这一点。
I decided to run for mayor,
我决定竞选市长,
councilman wasn't enough
changes we need to see in Stockton,
需要看到的结构性改革,
by looking at the data.
where I grew up,
我长大的地方,
from a more affluent district.
zip code 95205 and 95219
和95219的两个地区,
people are making.
to live in an unsafe community
一个不安全的社区,
多过食品商店的社区。
than grocery stores in the community.
but that's the reality.
I wanted to see,
in the rate of unemployment,
difference in income,
was not going to cut it.
on the robbers and the road.
在关注劫匪和道路。
with violent crime.
to run for office in the first place.
起初竞选公职的原因。
was helping our community
就是帮助我们社区
victimized by violence
who enact pain in our society,
and contributing to gun violence,
they have been shot at,
自己也被枪击过,
但这有助于解释其行为,
but it helps explain it,
把这些人看作自己人。
we have to see these folks as us, too.
we've been working on two strategies:
我们执行了两个策略:
as much attention, as much love
通过提供机会,去掉纹身,
from opportunities, from tattoo removals,
来自执法部门的礼物,
a 40 percent reduction in homicides
in violent crime.
has a 23 percent poverty rate.
it's a personal issue for me.
这对我来说也是个人问题。
wouldn't just do a program,
to go around the edges,
the very structure
we launched a basic income demonstration,
我们开展了基本收入示范,
randomly selected,
the median income of the city,
for a couple of reasons.
wrong in America,
不起400美元的紧急情况。
can't afford one 400-dollar emergency.
that something is structurally wrong
肯定出现了结构性的错误,
只增长了6%时。
six percent between 1979 and 2013.
something is structurally wrong
一定有什么结构性的问题。
no one in here wants to do,
like childcare.
we have real issues.
about the homelessness issue,
关于无家可归的问题,
we're still experiencing.
we would be wise to go back
我们最好明智地回到
we were taught growing up,
那些古老的圣经故事上,
each other as neighbors,
different from us,
我们的恐惧,焦虑,不安,
our anxieties, our insecurities,
our biases -- but we should see ourselves.
而是视做我们自己。
of restructuring the road.
some listening are saying,
structural violence and structural this,
结构性暴力和结构性问题,
if you could come up from poverty,
毕竟你在父亲入狱的情况下,
the term for that is exceptionalism.
for people to escape the structures.
这种结构是不寻常的。
in our world are by design.
都是经过设计的。
just people, moral people,
有道德的人来说,
of not just joining hands as neighbors,
携手合作,而且用双手
to restructure our road,
rooted in things like white supremacy.
has been rooted in things like misogyny.
基于对女性的厌恶。
for far too many people.
we have a chance to change that.
我们有机会去改变它。
and I'll end with one.
我同样将以一个故事结束演讲。
to go on the Freedom Rides
about restructuring the road.
Bob Singleton, asked me a question
问了我一个
Alabama, and he said, "Michael,"
的安尼斯顿,他说:“迈克尔,”
on August 4, 1961.
we wouldn't be on this bus.
我们也不会在这趟车上。
we wouldn't have the rights we enjoy."
也不会拥有我们享受的权利。”
Barack Obama was born."
巴拉克·奥巴马出生了。”
that the choice he made
a cup of water at a counter,
50 years later, to be president.
to be president?"
the question before us today.
我们面前的问题。
recently isn't abnormal
看到的情况并不反常,
that's been structured
aren't acts of God
不是上帝的旨意,
they're policy choices,
像你们这样的选民的支持。
approved by voters like you.
and the awesome opportunity
What are we prepared to do today,
我们今天打算做的是,
50 years from now
rooted in white supremacy;
riddled with misogyny;
with homophobia and transphobia
恐同、恐跨性别、
and Islamophobia and ableism,
that's structured
to be self-evident?
with certain unalienable rights,
不可剥夺的权利,
and the pursuit of happiness.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Tubbs - Mayor of the City of Stockton, CaliforniaMichael Tubbs is the youngest mayor in the history of the US to represent a city with a population of more than 100,000 residents.
Why you should listen
On November 8, 2016, Michael Tubbs was elected to serve as the mayor of the City of Stockton, California. Upon taking office in January 2017, Michael Tubbs became both Stockton’s youngest mayor and the city’s first African-American mayor.
Included in Fortune's 2018 "40 under 40," Forbes' 2018 list of the "30 Under 30" and The Root's 100, Tubbs's leadership, paired with an ambitious agenda, has received national recognition.
Tubbs has secured over $20 million in philanthropic capital to launch the Stockton Scholars, a place-based scholarship that aims to triple the number of Stockton students entering and graduating from college. Tubbs also brought Advance Peace to Stockton, a data-driven program that works to reduce gun violence in communities. Additionally, with an innovative public-private partnership supported by a $1,000,000 seed grant from the Economic Security Project, Tubbs launched the nation’s first municipal level basic income pilot, the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration.
Before becoming mayor, Tubbs served as Stockton's District 6 City Councilmember. Elected at age 22 in 2013, he became one of the youngest city councilmembers in the country. As a councilmember, Tubbs created the Reinvent South Stockton Coalition, championed the creation of the City's Office of Violence Prevention and was part of the council that led the city out of bankruptcy as Chair of the Audit and Legislative Committee.
Tubbs graduated from Stanford University in 2012 with a bachelor's and master's degree with honors. He has been a college course instructor for Aspire Public Schools and a Fellow at the Stanford Institute of Design and the Emerson Collective. He is a Stockton native and product of Stockton public schools.
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