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.
és büszkeséget nevelte.
by a single wall
on the South Side of Chicago.
két hálószobás kis lakásunkban.
of my siblings and I
rólam a testvéreimmel,
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
néz szembe.
I used to stand on my tippy-toes,
a szemem s elképzeltem,
and just pretend that it was me
aki szemét mereszti arra,
the Civil Rights Movement,
a polgárjogi mozgalmat,
and who transformed a generation
s egész nemzedéket alakított át
dr. Kinggel,
dolgozott Kinggel,
most iconic speeches.
important moment for me as a kid,
that I realized
who led this revolution,
made up of anonymous extraordinaries.
mozgalom vette őt körül.
who work selflessly and vigorously
amiben hittek.
and not recognition.
nem pedig elismerés iránti vágyuk.
the significance of this moment,
e pillanat jelentőségét:
the most incredible family in the world.
legcsodálatosabb családja.
struggle with a lot
and pancreatitis,
és Parkinson-kórban szenvedett.
for me to watch my hero
I had an identity crisis.
during high school,
to an extremely racist high school.
középiskolába kerültem.
they would tell me,
You have to choose, black or white."
választanod kell -- fekete vagy fehér."
I just resented being either.
my senior year rolls around, 2008,
ambiguous is this new cool fad,
fajilag kevertnek lenni:
for you to like you. You're pretty now."
Csinos vagy."
hogy érdekeljen mások véleménye.
about what other people thought
whatever school I was going to be at next,
mindegy, melyik iskolában,
called "Invisible Children"
gyerekeket raboltak el.
given AK-47s and forced to kill,
és gyilkolásra kényszerítették őket.
forced to kill their own parents,
hanem sokszor szüleiket,
for no political or religious reason,
elkövető lázadó csoport.
five years older than me.
kind of stirring inside of me,
if it was pity,
because this was the first time
mert először hallottam
and I started asking questions.
és kérdéseket kezdtem feltenni.
at Invisible Children told me
film alkotói elmondták,
just get this bill passed,
one, it would apprehend Joseph Kony
és lázadó csoportja fővezéreit.
for the recovery of these regions
tartományok helyreállítására.
by 25 years of war.
to make this happen.
idealistic 18- to 20-year-olds
18-20 év közötti idealistával együtt
a Láthatatlan gyerekek alapítványban.
in San Diego with Invisible Children.
We weren't getting paid for this
évet halasztottam az egyetemen.
or crazy -- my parents did.
tarthatnak – a szüleim azt tették –,
insane not to go.
lett volna őrültség.
and we would do whatever it took
mindent elkövetni
the Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers
nevű esemény megtervezése következett,
in a hundred cities worldwide
a világ száz városába gyűltek tüntetni,
személy vagy politikus
on behalf of these child soldiers,
"megmentettnek" nyilvánítottuk.
leaving the cities until we were rescued.
el várost, amíg nem "mentenek meg".
why not go for the queen bee? Right?
próbálkozzunk a méhkirálynőnél:
but I mean, we were trying to think big.
Csak merészen próbáltunk gondolkozni.
more impossible things?
to April to get this done.
that I spent on logistics,
a résztvevőkig összegyűjtéséig
to rallying participants
that I was rejected
or politicians' secretaries.
vagy politikusok titkárai.
that I spent personally
Red Bullra vagy diétás kólára,
to stay awake during this movement.
from the kidney infection I got
due to this event.
of the ridiculous things that we did
and the event begins.
és kezdetét vette az esemény.
They were beautiful.
were rescued but one:
meg voltak mentve, egy kivételével:
from all over the world,
called "Together We Are Free"
vagyunk" c. filmből,
and my attempt to get Oprah.
és próbálkozásomat, hogy bevonjam Oprah-t.
When I drove into the office,
bejöttem az irodába,
Mikor ti jöttetek, volt kint csoport?"
was there a group outside?
asking if I would talk to them
called "Invisible Children,"
csoporthoz tartoznak.
to state their case.
so much for having us.
"Oprah, köszönjük, hogy fogad.
have seen the story of 30,000 children
látták a 30 000 gyerek történetét,
named Joseph Kony.
szolidaritásból vannak itt,
the profile of this issue
war in Africa and rescue those kids
tartó afrikai háborúnak,
still in East Africa.
Kelet-Afrikában.
this girl Natalie here,
hogy ez a lány, Natalie
is to get Oprah."
"Célom, hogy elérjek Oprah-hoz."
hogy idejöjjenek szombaton,
hundreds started coming.
százak kezdtek jönni.
Together we are free!
Együtt szabadok vagyunk!
that this is the moment in my life,
pillanat az életemből,
made me an extraordinary.
watched the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
on Facebook for a week.
a Faceboook oldalamon.
my story was featured in this film,
jelent meg ebben a filmben,
to make this happen.
on his shoulders,
from day one in Chicago,
velem dolgozott Chicagóban
just as many sleepless nights as I did.
és álmatlan éjszakát, akárcsak én.
her name's Bethany Bylsma.
the most beautiful events that we held.
események, amiket átéltünk.
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,
megtették, amit tudtak,
hogy bejutottunk Oprah-hoz,
from their shoulders,
azokról a vállakról,
on the way to that bill.
a törvényhez vezető úton.
our eyes set on from day one.
end Africa's longest-running war.
megállítására szolgált.
a hundred thousand people
from around the world.
műsorába kerültünk,
cheesing in the background.
is what made all of it worth it.
megért minden erőfeszítést.
anonymous extraordinaries
impossible can be done.
is megvalósítható.
They boost our confidence.
strung together don't fuel a movement.
sem tartja fenn a mozgalmat.
the anonymous extraordinaries behind it.
a névtelen rendkívüli emberek a háttérből.
pushing on through the rescue
I was able to go to Africa at one point.
Alkalmam volt Afrikába menni.
living in this conflict their entire life,
akik abban a viszályban élnek,
what drives you.
to be the next Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey kíván lenni
with everything that you have --
that's what you believe in,
to define our generation,
after the things that we love
az áhított dolgokért,
about what people thought about me.
mások véleményével.
about this conference,
that you love, and just chase after it.
amit szeretnek és kövessék!
is going to change this world
my being on TED, doesn't define me,
ez a TED-beszédem,
to follow me home to LA,
and nannying to pay the bills
láttak volna pincérnőként,
of becoming a filmmaker.
amint fizetem a számláim,
to be extraordinary.
hogy rendkívüli vagyok.
is closed and the cameras are off,
kamerák nélkül,
that I want to drive home to you,
not just to you but to myself,
that make us extraordinary,
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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