Marlon Peterson: Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform
مارون پیترسون: آیا من انسان نیستم؟ یک دعوت برای اصلاح عدالت کیفری
Marlon Peterson is a writer, youth development expert and human justice advocate. Full bio
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I will tell everyone
مارلو پترسون.»
way to open a talk
یه صحبت نیست
going through your head about that.
such a thing about himself?
می گوید؟
when he sees himself as garbage?
حالی او به دید نخاله به خودش نگاه می کند؟
than we do from answers.
یاد میگیریم تا از پاسخها.
سوال می پرسیم،
some sort of new information,
سرمایه گذاری می کنیم،
that makes us feel uncomfortable.
می کنیم در حال دست و پنجه نرم کردن هستیم.
to the only acoustic instrument
اکوستیک (صوتی) است
of one of the ghettos in Trinidad,
یهودی نشین ترینیداد می شود
of the American military ...
military bases set up in Trinidad,
ترینیداد داشت،
with empty oil drums --
خالی ترک کردند ---
repurposed the old drums left behind
آنها را دوباره بازسازی کردند
to Bob Marley to 50 Cent,
در ۵۰ سنت می نوازد ،
music out of garbage.
in a violent robbery attempt
دستگیر شدم
in a coffee shop,
of Trinidad and Tobago.
and millions of Americans easily malign.
میلیون ها آمریکایی به راحتی بدنام کردند.
and seven days of a prison sentence.
حبس زندان محکوم شدم.
in a correctional institution.
یک موسسه اصلاح شدم.
that a series of letters redeemed me,
از نامه ها من را بازگرداند
the darkness and the guilt
و گناهی
moment of my young life.
همرا شده بود.
یک قهرمان دیده بود .
را می خواندم،
when I read those words.
وقتی آن کلمات را خواندم
a mentoring correspondence program
تربیتی مرتبط نوشتم
مشارکت میکردم
at a middle school in Brooklyn,
shared their stories with me,
خودشون را برای من می گفتند.
of their favorite cartoon character
علاقه شان می کشیدند
on my letters or my words of advice,
و یا کلمات پند من وابسته شده اند،
I could contribute to this planet.
در این سیاره همکاری کنم.
and what they shared with me,
مرا با آن سهیم کردند،
to admit to myself
را تضمین کنم
for that fateful day in October of 1999;
در اکتبر ۱۹۹۹؛
with living in a community
در اجتماع همراه می شود
to get than sneakers;
raped at gunpoint at the age of 14;
۱۴ سالگی همراه می شود؛
mattered so much to me,
with those folks
تاثیر گذاشت
with some friends of mine
از دوستانم سهیم شود
with the young people as well,
به اشتراک گذاشتم،
of relevancy in return.
and youth program innovators
و نوآوران های برنامه جوانان
return of investment.
سرمایه گذاری می نامم.
taught me was that when we sow,
آن بود که وقتی ما بذر میکاریم،
of people no matter where they're at,
کجا هستند هزینه می کنیم،
را درو کنیم.
of criminal justice reform,
of nonviolent drug offenses
محکوم شده اند
شناخته می شوند؟
that amplify the relevancy of people
که ربط مردم را تقویت می کند
نزدیک تان،
the communities that we want.
می خواهیم.
in law enforcement as a resource,
در قانون اجرایی به عنوان یک منبع
a sense of relevancy
do so many harmful things
خیلی کارهای خطرناک را انجام میدهیم
display of a lot of underlying traumas.
بسیاری از زخم های پنهان است
value of relevancy,
هزینه می کنیم،
personal responsibility and healing.
شخصیتی را ارائه دهیم
که کار می کنند،
to do the hard work,
سخت کار کنید،
undeserved kindness
منتسب کنیم
بی توجهی کنیم و دور اندازیم
while walking home.
دریک درایو بای گیر می افتد.
while eating breakfast,
صبحانه می خورده،
the redemptive value of relevancy
of seeing the value in me.
our own capacity
خودمان هل می دهم
easily choose not to see,
انتخاب کنیم بینیم یا نه ،
to be recognized,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marlon Peterson - Human justice advocateMarlon Peterson is a writer, youth development expert and human justice advocate.
Why you should listen
Marlon Peterson is the host of the podcast, Decarcerated, which highlights the journeys of resilience, redemption and success of formerly incarcerated people.
Since his release from prison in 2009, after serving 10 years, Peterson has spearheaded the creation of two youth development programs in New York City, How Our Lives Link Altogether (H.O.L.L.A!) and Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO SOS). With a focus on gun violence prevention and youth advocacy, both programs have provided programming for hundreds of young people.
In 2015 Peterson left his full-time work in the nonprofit sector to create The Precedential Group, a social justice consultancy that works to address the trauma revolving around the intersections of race, gender, violence, police violence and community violence. His work through the Precedential Group has allowed him to provide support for organizations throughout the United States and Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
As a writer, advocate, program developer and public speaker Peterson has been recognized as a Soros Justice Fellow, Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar, Ebony Magazine Power 100 Honoree and TED Resident. His writings have appeared and been cited in The Nation, Gawker, The Atlantic, Huff Post, Black Press USA, Ebony and the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian. He has contributed to Kiese Laymon's aaward-winning novel, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America and Love Lives Here, Too by former New York Times columnist, Sheila Rule.
Peterson is Brooklyn born and bred with a Trinidadian heart. He is a graduate of New York University and is currently working on his first Pulitzer, a memoir.
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