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Danielle R. Moss: How we can help the "forgotten middle" reach their full potential
丹尼尔 R·莫斯: 如何帮助“被遗忘的中间人群”充分发挥潜能？
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大家知道 “被遗忘的中间层”：他们是学生，同事还有那些通常被忽略的人们，因为他们并不突出也不成为问题。我们怎样使他们发挥自己的全部潜能？通过分享帮助年轻人进入并进入大学的工作经验，社会活动家达尼尔 R·莫斯让我们更深入地思考谁应该得到帮助和关注，并告诉我们如何鼓励那些处于中间位置的人去追求更大的梦想。
Danielle R. Moss - Social activist
Danielle R. Moss is chief executive officer of Oliver Scholars, helping it prepare high-potential Black and Latinx students from underserved New York City communities for success. Full bio
Danielle R. Moss is chief executive officer of Oliver Scholars, helping it prepare high-potential Black and Latinx students from underserved New York City communities for success. Full bio
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00:12
So, I want to talk to you
about the forgotten middle.
about the forgotten middle.
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我想要和你们讨论下
被遗忘的中间人群。
被遗忘的中间人群。
00:18
To me, they are the students,
coworkers and plain old regular folks
coworkers and plain old regular folks
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对我而言，他们是学生、同事
和普通人，
和普通人，
00:24
who are often overlooked
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他们通常会被忽视，
00:26
because they're seen
as neither exceptional nor problematic.
as neither exceptional nor problematic.
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因为他们既不是“三好学生”，
也不是“问题儿童”，
也不是“问题儿童”，
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They're the kids we think we can ignore
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他们是我们认为可以忽略的孩童，
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because their needs for support
don't seem particularly urgent.
don't seem particularly urgent.
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因为他们的需求看起来
并不特别紧迫。
并不特别紧迫。
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They're the coworkers
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他们是让
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who actually keep the engines
of our organizations running,
of our organizations running,
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让组织引擎保持运行的同事，
00:45
but who aren't seen as the innovators
who drive excellence.
who drive excellence.
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他们却不被视为驱动创新的卓越者。
00:50
In many ways, we overlook
the folks in the middle
the folks in the middle
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在很多方面，我们忽视了
中间人群，
中间人群，
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because they don't keep us
up awake at night
up awake at night
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因为他们不会让我们夜不能寐，
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wondering what crazy thing
they're going to come up with next.
they're going to come up with next.
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不会担心他们做出什么疯狂的事情。
01:00
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:02
And the truth is that we've come
to rely on their complacency
to rely on their complacency
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但事实是，我们依赖着他们的自足
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and sense of disconnection
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和脱离感，
01:10
because it makes our work easier.
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因为这会让我们的工作更容易。
01:14
You see, I know a little bit
about the forgotten middle.
about the forgotten middle.
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我对被遗忘的中间人群比较了解。
01:18
As a junior high school student,
I hung out in the middle.
I hung out in the middle.
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在初中时，我是中间人群中
的一员。
的一员。
01:23
For a long time,
I had been a good student.
I had been a good student.
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在很长一段时间内，
我都是一个好学生。
我都是一个好学生。
01:27
But seventh grade was a game changer.
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但是七年级成了一个转折点。
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I spent my days gossiping, passing notes,
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我在传八卦，传纸条以及
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generally goofing off with my friends.
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跟朋友的嬉闹中荒度光阴。
01:38
I spent my homework time on the phone,
reviewing each day's events.
reviewing each day's events.
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我把做作业的时间用在手机上，
浏览每天的事件。
浏览每天的事件。
01:44
And in many ways, although I was
a typical 12-year-old girl,
a typical 12-year-old girl,
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在很多方面，尽管我只是
一个普通的12岁的女孩，
一个普通的12岁的女孩，
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my ambivalence about my education
led to pretty average grades.
led to pretty average grades.
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我对教育游离不定的态度
导致了我平平淡淡的成绩。
导致了我平平淡淡的成绩。
01:59
Luckily for me, my mother understood
something important,
something important,
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令我幸运的是，我妈妈知道一些
重要的东西，
重要的东西，
02:05
and that was that my location
was not my destination.
was not my destination.
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那就是我所处的位置，
并不是我的目的地。
并不是我的目的地。
02:11
As a former research librarian
and an educator,
and an educator,
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作为一个前研究图书馆员和教育家，
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my mother knew that I was capable
of accomplishing a lot more.
of accomplishing a lot more.
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我妈妈知道我能够完成更多的事情。
02:22
But she also understood
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但是她同样理解
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that because I was a young
black woman in America,
black woman in America,
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由于我是一个美国的年轻黑人女孩，
02:28
I might not have opportunities
out of the middle
out of the middle
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我可能不会有从中间人群脱颖而出
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if she wasn't intentional
about creating them.
about creating them.
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如果她不刻意创造这些机会的话。
02:36
So she moved me to a different school.
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所以她把我转到另一所学校。
02:40
She signed me up for leadership
activities in my neighborhood.
activities in my neighborhood.
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她为我报名参加社区的领导活动。
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And she began to talk to me more seriously
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她开始更认真地和我谈论
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about college and career options
I could aspire to.
I could aspire to.
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我可以渴望的大学和职业选择。
02:53
My mother's formula for getting me
out of the middle was pretty simple.
out of the middle was pretty simple.
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我妈妈帮助我从中间人群走出的方法
非常简单。
非常简单。
02:59
She started with high expectations.
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她从一个高的期望开始。
03:03
She made it her business to figure out
how to set me up for success.
how to set me up for success.
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她把如何让我成功当成她的工作。
03:08
She held me accountable
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她要我负责起来，
03:12
and, along the way,
she convinced me that I had the power
she convinced me that I had the power
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并且同时，她说服我拥有能力
03:18
to create my own story.
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去创造我自己的故事。
03:22
That formula didn't just help me
get out of my seventh grade slump --
get out of my seventh grade slump --
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这个方法不仅帮我走出了
七年级的低谷——
七年级的低谷——
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I used it later on in New York City,
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我后来在纽约城也使用它，
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when I was working with kids
who had a lot of potential,
who had a lot of potential,
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当我与那些有很多潜能的孩子，
03:33
but not a lot of opportunities
to go to and complete college.
to go to and complete college.
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但没有很多机会去上及完成大学
的孩子一起工作时。
的孩子一起工作时。
03:38
You see, high-performing students
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您知道，高表现的学生
03:41
tend to have access
to additional resources,
to additional resources,
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趋向于有更多额外的资源，
03:45
like summer enrichment activities,
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比如夏季的充实活动，
03:48
internships
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实习，
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and an expansive curriculum
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以及一种广泛的课程
03:51
that takes them out of the classroom
and into the world
and into the world
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可以把他们带出教室，走向世界，
03:55
in ways that look great
on college applications.
on college applications.
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这些经历在他们申请大学时
非常占优。
非常占优。
03:59
But we're not providing
those kinds of opportunities for everyone.
those kinds of opportunities for everyone.
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但是我们并没有把这种机会
提供给每一个人。
提供给每一个人。
04:04
And the result isn't just
that some kids miss out.
that some kids miss out.
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结果是不只是一些小孩掉队了。
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I think we, as a society, miss out too.
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我认为我们整个社会，也掉队了。
04:11
You see, I've got a crazy theory
about the folks in the middle.
about the folks in the middle.
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对于中间人群，我有一个疯狂的理论。
04:16
I think there are some unclaimed
winning lottery tickets in the middle.
winning lottery tickets in the middle.
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我认为中间人群中有
一些无人认领的彩票。
一些无人认领的彩票。
04:22
I think the cure for cancer
and the path to world peace
and the path to world peace
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我认为癌症的治疗和世界和平的道路
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might very well reside there.
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很可能就在那里。
04:29
Now, as a former middle school teacher,
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现在，作为一个前中学老师，
04:31
I'm not saying that magically everyone
is suddenly going to become an A student.
is suddenly going to become an A student.
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我并不是说每个人都会神奇地
突然成为一名A类学生。
突然成为一名A类学生。
04:37
But I also believe
that most folks in the middle
that most folks in the middle
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但是我同时相信中间的大多数人士
04:40
are capable of a lot more.
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有能力做更多的事情。
04:43
And I think people stay in the middle
because that's where we relegated them to
because that's where we relegated them to
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并且我认为人们留在中间是
因为我们把他们降级于此，
因为我们把他们降级于此，
04:48
and, sometimes, that's just
where they're kind of chilling
where they're kind of chilling
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而有时候，中间地带只是人们
04:51
while they figure things out.
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思考人生时喜欢待的地方。
04:54
All of our journeys
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我们的所有旅途
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are made up of a series of rest stops,
accelerations, losses and wins.
accelerations, losses and wins.
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都由一系列的休息，加速，
损失和获得组成。
损失和获得组成。
05:03
We have a responsibility to make sure
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我们有责任确保
05:06
that one's racial, gender, cultural
and socioeconomic identity
and socioeconomic identity
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一个人的种族，性别，文化
和社会经济身份
和社会经济身份
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is never the reason you didn't have
access out of the middle.
access out of the middle.
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永远不会成为你无法从中间人群
出来的原因。
出来的原因。
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So, just as my mother did with me,
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所以，就像我妈妈对我做的那样，
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I began with high expectations
with my young people.
with my young people.
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我开始对我的年轻人设定高的期望。
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And I started with a question.
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我从一个问题开始。
05:28
I stopped asking kids,
"Hey, do you want to go to college?"
"Hey, do you want to go to college?"
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我不再问孩子们：
“嘿，你想要上大学吗？”
“嘿，你想要上大学吗？”
05:33
I started asking them,
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我开始问他们，
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"What college would you like to attend?"
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“你想要读什么样的大学？”
05:38
You see, the first question --
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你看，这第一个问题 --
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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The first question leaves
a lot of vague possibilities open.
a lot of vague possibilities open.
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第一个问题留下了
许多模糊的可能性。
许多模糊的可能性。
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But the second question
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但是第二个问题
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says something about what I thought
my young people were capable of.
my young people were capable of.
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说了一些我认为年轻人
有能力做到的事情。
有能力做到的事情。
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On a basic level,
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在基本层面，
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it assumes that they're going to
graduate from high school successfully.
graduate from high school successfully.
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这句话假定他们都能够成功
从高中毕业。
从高中毕业。
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It also assumed
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这同样假定
06:05
that they would have
the kinds of academic records
the kinds of academic records
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他们的学科成绩
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that could get them college
and university admissions.
and university admissions.
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好到可以让他们获取
大学录取通知书。
大学录取通知书。
06:13
And I'm proud to say
that the high expectations worked.
that the high expectations worked.
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我很荣幸的告诉大家
高期望起作用了。
高期望起作用了。
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While black and Latinx students
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虽然全国的黑人与拉丁裔学生
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nationally tend to graduate from college
in six years or less,
in six years or less,
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在6年或更短的时间从大学毕业的
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at a percent of 38,
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比例是38%，
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we were recognized by the College Board
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我们帮助学生进入大学
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for our ability not to just
get kids into college
get kids into college
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和帮助他们顺利毕业的能力
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but to get them through college.
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得到了美国大学理事会的认可。
06:37
(Applause)
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（掌声）
06:43
But I also understand
that high expectations are great,
that high expectations are great,
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我同样知道，高期望值很棒，
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but it takes a little bit more than that.
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但这需要更多的东西。
06:49
You wouldn't ask a pastry chef
to bake a cake without an oven.
to bake a cake without an oven.
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你不能让糕点师在没有
烤箱的情况下烤蛋糕。
烤箱的情况下烤蛋糕。
06:54
And we should not be asking
the folks in the middle to make the leap
the folks in the middle to make the leap
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我们若要求中间的人们取得飞跃，
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without providing them with the tools,
strategies and support they deserve
strategies and support they deserve
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就必须提供必要的工具、策略
以及支持，
以及支持，
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to make progress in their lives.
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让他们在生活中取得进步。
07:08
A young woman I had been
mentoring for a long time, Nicole,
mentoring for a long time, Nicole,
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妮可，一个我曾经长期辅导的
年轻女性，
年轻女性，
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came to my office one day,
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有一天来到我办公室，
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after her guidance counselor
looked at her pretty strong transcript
looked at her pretty strong transcript
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就在她的指导顾问看到
她相当优秀的成绩，
她相当优秀的成绩，
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and expressed utter shock and amazement
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并对她有兴趣上大学表达出了
07:22
that she was even interested
in going to college.
in going to college.
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极度的震惊和惊讶之后。
07:26
What the guidance counselor didn't know
was that through her community,
was that through her community,
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指导顾问不知道的是，
通过她的社区，
通过她的社区，
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Nicole had had access
to college prep work,
to college prep work,
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妮可可以参加大学预科、
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SAT prep and international
travel programs.
travel programs.
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SAT预科和国际旅行项目。
07:40
Not only was college in her future,
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她的未来不只有大学，
07:43
but I'm proud to say that Nicole
went on to earn two master's degrees
went on to earn two master's degrees
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但我很自豪地说，
妮可从普渡大学毕业后，
妮可从普渡大学毕业后，
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after graduating from Purdue University.
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继续获得了两个硕士学位。
07:51
(Applause)
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（掌声）
07:57
We also made it our business
to hold our young people accountable,
to hold our young people accountable,
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我们的工作是教导年轻人负责，
08:02
but also to instill a sense
of accountability in those young people
of accountability in those young people
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灌输负责感给这些年轻人，
08:07
to themselves, to each other,
to their families and their communities.
to their families and their communities.
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让每一个人对自己、家庭和社区
都负起责任。
都负起责任。
08:14
We doubled down
on asset-based youth development.
on asset-based youth development.
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我们加倍重视基于资产的青年发展。
08:18
We went on leadership retreats
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我们参加领导力静修课程，
08:20
and did high ropes courses
and low ropes courses
and low ropes courses
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参与高绳课程和低绳课程，
08:24
and tackled life's biggest
questions together.
questions together.
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一起应对生活中最大的问题。
08:29
The result was that the kids
really bought into the notion
really bought into the notion
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结果，孩子们真的接受了
08:33
that they were accountable
for achieving these college degrees.
for achieving these college degrees.
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他们有责任获得大学学位的观念。
08:38
It was so gratifying to see the kids
calling each other and texting each other
calling each other and texting each other
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我们非常振奋得看到这些孩子
互相打电话和发短信
互相打电话和发短信
08:44
to say, "Hey, why are you late
for SAT prep?"
for SAT prep?"
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说：“嘿，为什么你SAT备考迟到这么久？”
08:48
And, "What are you packing
for the college tour tomorrow?"
for the college tour tomorrow?"
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以及 “你为明天的大学参观
准备什么东西？”
准备什么东西？”
08:53
We really worked to kind of make
college the thing to do.
college the thing to do.
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我们真的努力在让上大学
成为一件可以实现的事。
成为一件可以实现的事。
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We began to create programs
on college campuses
on college campuses
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我们开始在大学校园里
创建项目和活动，
创建项目和活动，
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and events that allow young people
to really visualize themselves
to really visualize themselves
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让年轻人真正把自己想象成
09:07
as college students and college graduates.
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大学生和大学毕业生。
09:11
Me and my staff
rocked our own college gear
rocked our own college gear
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我们穿着“大学装备”，
09:14
and had lots of fun, healthy competition
about whose school was better than whose.
about whose school was better than whose.
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玩得很开心，就谁的学校比谁的好
展开健康有趣的竞争。
展开健康有趣的竞争。
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The kids really bought into it,
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孩子们真的乐在其中，
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and they began to see that something more
was possible for their lives.
was possible for their lives.
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他们开始看到人生中更多的可能性。
09:28
Not only that -- they could look around
at that college-going community
at that college-going community
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不仅如此，他们可以观察
”进大学”的社群，
”进大学”的社群，
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and see kids who came
from the same backgrounds
from the same backgrounds
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看到那些来自相同背景
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and the same neighborhoods
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和街区，
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and who were aspiring to the same things.
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具有同样抱负的孩子们。
09:42
That sense of belonging was really key,
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那种归属感真的至关重要，
09:45
and it showed up in a remarkable,
beautiful way one day
beautiful way one day
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有一天，它以一种非凡而美丽的方式
出现了，
出现了，
09:49
when we were in the Johannesburg airport,
waiting to go through customs
waiting to go through customs
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当时我们在约翰内斯堡机场，
等待通过海关
等待通过海关
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on our way to Botswana
for a service learning trip.
for a service learning trip.
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前往博茨瓦纳的服务学习之旅。
09:58
I saw a group of kids
kind of huddled in a circle.
kind of huddled in a circle.
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我看到一群孩子挤成一圈。
10:01
Usually, with teens,
that means something's going on.
that means something's going on.
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通常对于十多岁的孩子，
这意味着发生了什么。
这意味着发生了什么。
10:04
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
10:06
So I kind of walked up behind the kids
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所以，我特意走在孩子们后面
10:08
to figure out what they were
talking about.
talking about.
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想弄清楚他们在讨论什么。
10:11
They were comparing passport stamps.
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他们在比较护照上的盖戳。
10:14
(Laughter)
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10:15
And they were dreaming out loud
about all the other countries
about all the other countries
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他们大声地梦想着
10:19
they planned to visit in the future.
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未来要去的其他国家。
10:22
And seeing these young people
from New York City
from New York City
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看到这些来自纽约的年轻人，
10:27
go on to not just become college students
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不仅仅努力成为大学生，
10:30
but to participate
in study abroad programs
in study abroad programs
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并且在参与海外的学习项目，
10:34
and to then take jobs around the world
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然后在全球工作
10:37
was incredibly gratifying.
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确实非常鼓舞人。
10:39
When I think of my kids
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当我想到我的孩子们
10:41
and all the doctors, lawyers,
teachers, social workers,
teachers, social workers,
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还有所有的大夫，律师，教师，社会职员，
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journalists and artists
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记者和艺术家，
10:48
who came from our little nook
in New York City,
in New York City,
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想到他们都来自纽约的小角落，
10:52
I hate to think
of what would have happened
of what would have happened
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我不愿去想象如果我们不投资
10:55
if we hadn't invested in the middle.
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中间人群的话会发生什么。
10:58
Just think about all
that their communities and the world
that their communities and the world
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想想他们的社区和世界
11:01
would have missed out on.
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将会错过的一切。
11:04
This formula for the middle
doesn't just work with young people.
doesn't just work with young people.
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这个针对中间人群的方法
不止对年轻人有效。
不止对年轻人有效。
11:09
It can transform
our organizations as well.
our organizations as well.
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它同样会改变我们的组织。
11:13
We can be more bold
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我们可以更大胆地
11:16
in coming up and articulating a mission
that inspires everyone.
that inspires everyone.
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去倡导和阐明一个使命，
激励每一个人。
激励每一个人。
11:21
We can authentically
invite our colleagues to the table
invite our colleagues to the table
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我们可以真诚地邀请我们的同事
参加会议
参加会议
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to come up with a strategy
to meet the mission.
to meet the mission.
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一起谋划实现使命的战略。
11:30
We can give meaningful feedback
to folks along the way,
to folks along the way,
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我们可以给途中的人们
提供有意义的反馈，
提供有意义的反馈，
11:35
and -- and sometimes most importantly --
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并且——并且有时候更重要的是——
11:38
make sure that you're sharing credit
for everyone's contributions.
for everyone's contributions.
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确保你在分享每个人的贡献。
11:45
What happened when my staff
aimed high for themselves
aimed high for themselves
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当我的员工把目标定得很高的时候，
11:49
is that what they were able
to do for young people
to do for young people
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他们能够为年轻人做的事情
11:53
was pretty transformational.
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是非常具有变革意义的。
11:55
And it's been so wonderful to look back
and see all of my former colleagues
and see all of my former colleagues
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我回首时感到很棒，
看到以前所有的同事
看到以前所有的同事
12:00
who've gone on to get doctorates
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获取了博士学位
12:03
and assume leadership roles
in other organizations.
in other organizations.
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并在其它组织中担任领导角色。
12:08
We have what it takes to inspire
and uplift the folks in the middle.
and uplift the folks in the middle.
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我们有能力激励和提升中间人群。
12:15
We can extend love
to the people in the middle.
to the people in the middle.
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我们可以把爱传播到中间人群中。
12:20
We can challenge our own biases
about who deserves a hand-up, and how.
about who deserves a hand-up, and how.
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我们可以挑战自己的偏见，
即谁该举手，及如何举手。
即谁该举手，及如何举手。
12:27
We can structure our organizations,
communities and institutions
communities and institutions
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我们可以以包容和坚持
公平原则的方式
公平原则的方式
12:33
in ways that are inclusive
and that uphold principles of equity.
and that uphold principles of equity.
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来构建我们的组织，社区和机构。
12:38
Because, in the final analysis,
what is often mistaken for a period
what is often mistaken for a period
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因为，归根到底，生活没有句号
12:45
is really just a comma.
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只有逗号。
12:48
Thank you.
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谢谢。
12:49
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Danielle R. Moss - Social activistDanielle R. Moss is chief executive officer of Oliver Scholars, helping it prepare high-potential Black and Latinx students from underserved New York City communities for success.
Why you should listen
Dr. Danielle R. Moss is Chief Executive Officer of Oliver Scholars, an organization committed to preparing high-potential Black and Latinx students from underserved New York City communities for success at top independent schools, prestigious colleges and careers. She is also a member of The New York Women's Foundation board of directors and serves as an NYC Commissioner of Gender Equity. She began her career as a middle school teacher in the Bronx and Brooklyn, building a distinguished career as an academic and a leader in the education and the social sector. Dr. Moss's contributions to education and the social sector have been recognized by the New York State Education Department, The New York Women's Foundation, The New York Coalition for 100 Black Women, The College Board, The Network Journal's 25 Most Influential Black Women in Business and The Council of Urban Professionals.
Moss has been featured in the New York Times "Corner Office" and in Crain's New York for her leadership in the movement toward intersectional gender equity. Her writing has been featured by The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, Edutopia, The Amsterdam News, City Limits Magazine, Ms. Magazine online and the Feminist Wire. She's appeared on WABC-TV's Here and Now and New York Viewpoint, on WNBC's Positively Black, Fox 5's Street Talk, Bronx Net's Perspectives and NY1's Inside City Hall. Stanley Crouch, formerly of the New York Daily News, once dubbed her one of the most important players in public education for her ability to respectfully meet young people and families where they are and to give them the tools and agency to transform their own lives.
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