Stacey Abrams: 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do
Stacey Abrams: Trois questions à vous poser dans tout ce que vous faites
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 --
à l'âge de 17 ans --
in Decatur, Georgia,
I had grown up in Mississippi,
à faibles revenus,
as United Methodist ministers.
poursuivre leurs études
we were poor enough,
mais, à leur avis, pas assez pauvres
vers une pauvreté permanente.
and I became valedictorian.
et je suis devenue major du lycée.
valedictorian in the state of Georgia
dans l'État de Géorgie
to meet the governor of Georgia.
à rencontrer le gouverneur de la Géorgie.
that he lived in a mansion,
qu'il vive dans un manoir
of "General Hospital" and "Dynasty"
et « Alliances et trahisons ».
ready to go to visit the governor.
prête à aller voir le gouverneur.
who were also invited, got up,
également invités, se sont levés
a car is a necessary thing.
est quelque chose de nécessaire.
there aren't a lot of options.
de transports publics,
de vivre dans une communauté
to live in a community
aux transports publics.
all the way to Buckhead,
de Decatur jusqu'à Buckhead,
on this really beautiful acreage of land,
sur ce très beau terrain
that ran the length of the property.
qui courait le long de la propriété.
that lets them know this is our stop,
pour indiquer notre arrêt,
we walk across the street.
et avons traversé la rue.
because there are cars coming up,
car il y avait plein de voitures,
from all across the state of Georgia.
venant de tout l'État de Géorgie.
I don't get hit by one of the cars
je ne sois pas heurtée par une voiture
the guard comes out.
and he looks at my parents,
this is a private event."
à être ici, c'est un événement privé. »
Stacey. She's one of the valedictorians."
Elle fait partie des majors. »
at the checklist that's in his hands.
la liste dans ses mains.
of her very voluminous purse.
de son sac très volumineux.
over our shoulder at the bus,
par-dessus nos épaules,
him a story about who should be there.
qui devait être là.
to have our own car --
pour avoir notre propre voiture --
something in my skin color,
to look at me again,
de me regarder à nouveau
You don't belong here."
vous n'avez rien à faire ici. »
United Methodist ministers,
pasteurs de l’Église méthodiste unie
to engage this gentleman
of his decision-making skills.
sur ses compétences de prise de décision.
in a very fiery place
dans un lieu ardent
on that checklist.
mon nom sur cette liste.
the checklist eventually,
and he let us inside.
the governor of Georgia.
rencontré le gouverneur de Géorgie.
my fellow valedictorians
d'avoir rencontré les autres majors
que j'ai de ce jour-là
of the most powerful place in Georgia,
l'endroit le plus important de Géorgie,
I don't belong.
que je n'y avais pas ma place.
who got to open the gates.
pouvant ouvrir les portes.
the rest of the story.
le reste de l'histoire.
How do I move forward?
comment aller de l'avant.
to open the gates for young black women
ouvrir les portes aux jeunes filles noires
and told they don't belong.
qu'elles n'ont pas leur place.
for Latinas and for Asian Americans.
aux Latinas et aux Asio-Américaines.
for the undocumented and the documented.
aux personnes avec et sans papiers.
as an ally of the LGBTQ community.
en tant qu'alliée de la communauté LGBTQ.
themselves the victims of gun violence.
for everyone in Georgia,
à tout le monde en Géorgie
and this is our nation,
is that the first try wasn't enough.
que le premier essai ne suffisait pas.
How do I move forward?
comment aller de l'avant ?
and the sadness and the lethargy
la tristesse et la léthargie
of television as I eat ice cream?
trop de télé en mangeant de la glace ?
because going backwards isn't an option
car la marche arrière n'est pas une option
and what I wanted to be.
et qui je voulais être.
I ask myself about everything I do,
sur tout ce que je fais,
or starting a business;
ou monter une entreprise.
the New Georgia Project
le projet de nouvelle Géorgie
Fair Fight Georgia.
de lutte équitable en Géorgie,
I ask myself three questions:
je me pose trois questions :
I have to ask myself are:
que je dois me poser sont :
of my ambition?
l'ampleur de mon ambition ?
that once you didn't get what you wanted,
ce que vous vouliez, il est simple de dire
have set your sights a little lower,
viser un peu moins haut
to be aggressive about your ambition.
d'être agressif dans votre ambition.
des contretemps vous retarder.
understand your mistakes.
doesn't work out,
que si une chose ne marche pas,
we could do better,
not to investigate too much
that our mistakes are ours alone,
que les erreurs sont nôtres
c'est de comprendre vos erreurs
is understand your mistakes,
and honest with those who support you.
et envers ceux qui vous soutiennent.
ce que vous voulez,
revenge is not a good reason.
la vengeance n'est pas une bonne raison.
not that you should do,
que vous devriez faire,
that doesn't allow you to sleep at night
qui ne vous permet pas de dormir la nuit
and gets you excited about it;
et vous enthousiasme ;
something about it.
y faire quelque chose.
from across this world
venant du monde entier
doivent se produire.
the "what" to the "do"
si vous ignorez pourquoi.
when it gets tough,
quand les choses se corsent,
votre première élection --
you can't try again.
vous ne pouvez pas réessayer.
you're going to get it done.
je faisais face à quelques obstacles.
to ever become the nominee for governor
à être candidate au poste de gouverneur
of America for a major party.
dans l'histoire des États-Unis d'Amérique.
African American voters in Georgia.
d'électeurs afro-américains en Géorgie.
of the ticket in 2014.
aux élections de 2014.
le nombre de Latinos
dans l'État de Géorgie.
in the state of Georgia.
le nombre d'Asio-Américains
"This is our state, too."
également leur État.
how I can get it done.
comment je peux accomplir des choses.
the obstacles aren't insurmountable.
ne sont pas insurmontables.
that always hold us hostage.
qui nous prennent en otages.
I'm in a little bit of debt.
que je suis un peu endettée.
you did not go outside.
vous devez vivre reclus.
that holds us back so often,
qui nous freine si souvent,
by how much we have in resources.
par nos ressources à disposition.
those resource challenges.
les défis liés aux ressources.
something you don't talk about.
ce dont on ne parle pas.
to debt-shame me in my campaign.
m'embarrasser au sujet de ma dette.
that my lack of opportunity
que mon manque d'opportunité
me from running.
de me disqualifier des élections.
to tell me I shouldn't run.
de ne pas me présenter.
maybe I shouldn't run.
peut-être pas me présenter.
a reason we don't let ourselves dream.
une raison de ne pas nous laisser rêver.
overcome those obstacles,
vous surmonterez toujours ces obstacles,
you will be damned if you do not try.
si vous n'essayez pas.
what you're afraid of,
de quoi vous avez peur,
comment contourner cela.
about processes and politics
au sujet des processus, de la politique
from getting where you want to be.
d'aller où vous voulez aller.
position instead of power.
un poste plutôt que du pouvoir.
as a consolation prize,
comme prix de consolation
ce que nous voulons et l'obtiendrons,
and we're going to get it,
nous apprenons également
to evaluate how much we want it.
d'évaluer combien nous voulons cela.
aussi dur que vous le pouviez,
you said you should,
tout ce que vous aviez dit devoir faire
to the "why" of it.
au « pourquoi ».
who speak for the voiceless.
parlant pour ceux qui n'ont pas de voix.
of good conscience
des gens de bonne conscience
belongs to us all.
nous appartient à tous.
knowing what is in my past.
and creating new obstacles now.
et créent de nouveaux obstacles.
to figure it out.
and it is a stain on our nation.
et entache notre nation.
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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