Natalie Warne: Being young and making an impact
Natalie Warne did not let being too young stop her from running a successful campaign for the Invisible Children project In this talk, she calls on young people everywhere not to let age stop them from changing the world. Full bio
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the same sense of strength and pride.
بالقوة والفخر.
by a single wall
on the South Side of Chicago.
في جنوب شيكاغو.
of my siblings and I
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I used to stand on my tippy-toes,
اعتدت الوقوف على أصابع قدمي.
and just pretend that it was me
the Civil Rights Movement,
في حركة الحقوق المدنية،
and who transformed a generation
most iconic speeches.
important moment for me as a kid,
that I realized
who led this revolution,
made up of anonymous extraordinaries.
استثنائيين مجهولين.
who work selflessly and vigorously
يعملون للغير وبنشاط
and not recognition.
the significance of this moment,
the most incredible family in the world.
struggle with a lot
and pancreatitis,
البنكرياس،
for me to watch my hero
I had an identity crisis.
during high school,
خلال المدرسة الثانوية
to an extremely racist high school.
they would tell me,
تختاري، بيضاء أو سوداء."
You have to choose, black or white."
I just resented being either.
my senior year rolls around, 2008,
ambiguous is this new cool fad,
الموضة الجديدة الرائعة.
for you to like you. You're pretty now."
أنت الآن جميلة."
about what other people thought
بأفكار الناس
التي كنت سأذهب إليها في المرحلة التالية،
whatever school I was going to be at next,
called "Invisible Children"
given AK-47s and forced to kill,
forced to kill their own parents,
على قتل أبائهم،
for no political or religious reason,
بدون سبب سياسي أو ديني،
five years older than me.
kind of stirring inside of me,
if it was pity,
because this was the first time
and I started asking questions.
في 17 أن تفعل؟
at Invisible Children told me
just get this bill passed,
one, it would apprehend Joseph Kony
على جوزيف كوني
for the recovery of these regions
سيتم توفير دعم لعملية إصلاح تلك المناطق
by 25 years of war.
to make this happen.
idealistic 18- to 20-year-olds
in San Diego with Invisible Children.
للتدرب مع الأطفال المخفيون.
We weren't getting paid for this
ولم نحصل على مقابل لفعل ذلك.
or crazy -- my parents did.
أو مجنون ... كما قال أبوي.
insane not to go.
and we would do whatever it took
وأننا سنفعل كل ما يمكن
the Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers
المجندين عند جوزيف كوني"
in a hundred cities worldwide
من مئات المدن حول العالم
on behalf of these child soldiers,
لمساعدة الأطفال المجندين،
ستشارك كل مدينة وستكون "منقذة."
leaving the cities until we were rescued.
إلى أن يتم تحريرنا.
لما لا نستهدف ملكة النحل؟ صح؟
why not go for the queen bee? Right?
but I mean, we were trying to think big.
لكننا كنا نفكر بشكل كبير.
more impossible things?
أمور أخرى مستحيلة؟
to April to get this done.
that I spent on logistics,
في التخطيط والتنفيذ،
to rallying participants
that I was rejected
or politicians' secretaries.
that I spent personally
to stay awake during this movement.
لأبقى مستيقظة خلال هذه الحركة.
from the kidney infection I got
متعلقة بالتهاب الكلى الذي أصابني
due to this event.
of the ridiculous things that we did
and the event begins.
They were beautiful.
كانوا رائعين.
were rescued but one:
جميع المدن شاركت في الإنقاذ عدا واحدة:
from all over the world,
تمركزنا حول استوديو أُوبرا
called "Together We Are Free"
and my attempt to get Oprah.
When I drove into the office,
عندما وصلتُ إلى المكتب،
was there a group outside?
هل كانت هناك مجموعة بالخارج؟
asking if I would talk to them
تطلب مني التحدث معهم
called "Invisible Children,"
to state their case.
so much for having us.
have seen the story of 30,000 children
شاهدوا قصة 30 ألف طفل
named Joseph Kony.
المدعو جوزيف كوني.
the profile of this issue
war in Africa and rescue those kids
وإنقاذ أولئك الأطفال
still in East Africa.
في شرق أفريقيا.
this girl Natalie here,
is to get Oprah."
hundreds started coming.
بدأ المئات بالحضور.
ألم يستحق الأمر هذا العناء؟
Together we are free!
معا نحن أحرار!
that this is the moment in my life,
made me an extraordinary.
watched the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
شاهدوا " برنامج أوبرا وينفري."
أُدرك أنها لم تكن كذلك.
on Facebook for a week.
على الفيسبوك لأسبوع.
my story was featured in this film,
to make this happen.
on his shoulders,
from day one in Chicago,
just as many sleepless nights as I did.
her name's Bethany Bylsma.
the most beautiful events that we held.
أكثر الأحداث روعة التي قمنا بها.
the day before the events
get to come to the rescue.
a hundred boxes of pizza for us,
of Michigan and Randolph
doing whatever they could,
from their shoulders,
on the way to that bill.
our eyes set on from day one.
هو ما ركزنا عليه منذ اليوم الأول.
end Africa's longest-running war.
على إنهاء أطول حرب في أفريقيا.
a hundred thousand people
from around the world.
cheesing in the background.
is what made all of it worth it.
هي ما جعلت الأمر يستحق كل ذلك.
anonymous extraordinaries
impossible can be done.
هو قابل للتحقق.
They boost our confidence.
strung together don't fuel a movement.
لا تنتج حركة.
the anonymous extraordinaries behind it.
والمميزين في الخلف.
pushing on through the rescue
ما حافظ على تحفيزي خلال حملة الإنقاذ
I was able to go to Africa at one point.
في لحظة ما كنت مستعدة للذهاب إلى أفريقيا.
living in this conflict their entire life,
في هذا التناقض طوال حياتهم،
what drives you.
أن يكون الشيء الذي دفعني.
to be the next Shepard Fairey
قد تود لو تكون "شيبرد فاري" القادم.
لكن بغض النظر عمن تريد أن تكون،
with everything that you have --
that's what you believe in,
to define our generation,
after the things that we love
والنضال من أجل الأمور التي نحب
about what people thought about me.
بنظرة الناس اتجاهي.
about this conference,
that you love, and just chase after it.
واسعى خلفه.
is going to change this world
my being on TED, doesn't define me,
وجودي في TED، لا يحدد من أنا،
to follow me home to LA,
إلى البيت في لوس أنجلوس،
and nannying to pay the bills
وأربي الأطفال على دفع الفواتير
of becoming a filmmaker.
to be extraordinary.
is closed and the cameras are off,
عندما تكون الأبواب مغلقة والكاميرات مطفآة،
that I want to drive home to you,
أريدكم تذكره بالعودة إلى البيت.
not just to you but to myself,
ليس فقط لكم ولكن لنفسي أيضا،
that make us extraordinary,
شكرا جزيلا لكم.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Natalie Warne - ActivistNatalie Warne did not let being too young stop her from running a successful campaign for the Invisible Children project In this talk, she calls on young people everywhere not to let age stop them from changing the world.
Why you should listen
When she was 17, Natalie Warne learned about the Invisible Children Project -- a campaign to rescue Ugandan children from Joseph Kony’s child armies. As an intern for Invisible Children, she led a nation-wide campaign for the project. She successfully got the campaign featured on the Oprah Winfrey show, a victory that dramatically raised the profile of the movement. Natalie now works as a film editor in Los Angeles.
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