Aja Monet and phillip agnew: A love story about the power of art as organizing | TED

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.

ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…: Hasan Mothaffar ุงู„ู…ุฏู‚ู‘ู‚: Karema Abd Alkareem
00:13
Aja Monet: Our story begins like all great, young love stories.
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"ุขุฌุง ู…ูˆู†ูŠู‡": ุจุฏุฃุช ู‚ุตู‘ุชู†ุง ูƒูƒู„ู‘ ู‚ุตุตู ุงู„ุญุจู‘ ุงู„ุนุธูŠู…ุฉู ุจูŠู† ุงู„ูŠุงูุนูŠู†
00:17
Phillip Agnew: She slid in my DMs ...
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ ุขุฌู†ูˆ": ุฃุฑุณู„ุช ู„ูŠูŽ ุฑุณุงุฆู„ูŽ ุฎุงุตู‘ุฉ
00:19
AM: He liked about 50 of my photos,
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"ุขุฌุง": ุฃูุนุฌุจ ู‡ูˆ ุจู€ 50 ุตูˆุฑุฉู ู„ูŠ
00:21
back-to-back, in the middle of the night --
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ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ุชู„ูˆูŽ ุงู„ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ููŠ ู…ู†ุชุตูู ุงู„ู„ูŠู„
00:23
PA: What I saw was an artist committed to truth and justice --
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุฑุฃูŠุชู ููŠู‡ุง ูู†ู‘ุงู†ุฉู‹ ู…ู„ุชุฒู…ุฉู‹ ุจุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉู ูˆุงู„ุนุฏุงู„ุฉ
00:28
and she's beautiful, but I digress.
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ู‡ูŠูŽ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉุŒ ู„ูƒู† ู‡ุฐุง ู„ูŠุณูŽ ู…ูˆุถูˆุนู†ุง.
00:30
AM: Our story actually begins across many worlds,
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"ุขุฌุง": ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนุŒ ุจุฏุฃุช ู‚ุตู‘ุชู†ุง ุนุจุฑ ุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏู ู…ู† ุงู„ุจู„ุฏุงู†
00:33
over maqluba and red wine in Palestine.
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ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ู ุงู„ู…ู‚ู„ูˆุจุฉ (ุทุจู‚ูŒ ุดุนุจูŠู‘) ูˆุงู„ู†ุจูŠุฐู ุงู„ุฃุญู…ุฑู ููŠ ูู„ุณุทูŠู†.
00:37
But how did we get there?
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ู„ูƒู† ูƒูŠููŽ ูˆุตู„ู†ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ู‡ู†ุงูƒุŸ
00:39
PA: Well, I was born in Chicago,
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุญุณู†ุงู‹ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ูˆูู„ุฏุชู ููŠ "ุดูŠูƒุงุบูˆ"
00:41
the son of a preacher and a teacher.
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ูˆุงุจู†ูŒ ู„ู…ุนู„ู‘ู…ู ูˆูˆุงุนุธ
00:43
My ears first rung with church songs sung by my mother on Saturday mornings.
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ูุฃูˆู„ ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ูŠุฑู†ู ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุณุงู…ุนูŠ ุฃุบุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุชุฑู†ู‘ู… ุจู‡ุง ุฃู…ู‘ูŠ ุตุจุงุญ ูƒู„ ุณุจุช
00:48
My father's South Side sermons summoned me.
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ูˆุฌุฐุจุชู†ูŠ ู…ูˆุงุนุธู ุฃุจูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฌู†ูˆุจ
00:50
My first words were more notes than quotes.
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ูุทุบุชู ุงู„ุชุฑู†ูŠู…ุงุชู ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ู…ุงุชูŠ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ุŒ ุจุฏู„ุงู‹ ู…ู† ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู† ู…ุญุถูŽ ุงู‚ุชุจุงุณุงุช
00:54
It was music that molded me.
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ูุงู„ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ุง ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุดูƒู‘ู„ุชู†ูŠ.
00:56
Later on, it was Florida A&M University that first introduced me to organizing.
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ูˆุนุฑู‘ูุชู†ูŠ ุฌุงู…ุนุฉ "ูู„ูˆุฑูŠุฏุง" (A&M) ููŠู…ุง ุจุนุฏู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชู‘ู†ุธูŠู….
01:00
In 2012, a young black male named Trayvon Martin was murdered,
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ููŠ ุนุงู… 2012ุŒ ู‚ูŒุชู„ูŽ ุดุงุจูŒ ุฃุณูˆุฏ ุงู„ุจุดุฑุฉ ูŠูŒุฏุนู‰ "ุชุฑูŠููˆู† ู…ุงุฑุชูŠู†"
01:04
and it changed my life and millions of others'.
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ูˆู‚ุฏ ุบูŠู‘ุฑ ุฐู„ูƒูŽ ุญูŠุงุชูŠุŒ ูˆุญูŠุงุฉูŽ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ุบูŠุฑูŠ.
01:06
We were a ragtag group of college kids and not-quite adults
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ูƒู†ุง ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉู‹ ุทุงุฆุดุฉู‹ ู…ู† ุทู„ุจุฉ ุงู„ูƒู„ู‘ูŠุฉ ุงู„ูŠุงูุนูŠู†ุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู„ู… ูŠู†ุถุฌ ุชููƒูŠุฑู‡ู… ุจุนุฏ
01:10
who had decided enough was enough.
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ู…ุนุจู‘ุฑูŠู† ุนู† ุงูƒุชูุงุฆู†ุง ุจู…ุง ูŠุญุฏุซ.
01:12
Art and organizing became our answer to anger and anxiety.
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ูุฃุตุจุญูŽ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ู ูˆุงู„ุชู†ุธูŠู…ู ุฌูˆุงุจู†ุง ู„ู…ุนุงู„ุฌุฉู ุงู„ุบุตุจู ูˆุงู„ู‚ู„ู‚.
01:16
We built a movement and it traveled around the world
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฃุณู‘ุณู†ุง ุญู…ู„ุฉู‹ ุงู†ุชุดุฑุช ุญูˆู„ูŽ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…
01:19
and to Palestine, in 2015.
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ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ูู„ุณุทูŠู†ุŒ ุนุงู… 2015
01:21
AM: I was born to a single mother
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"ุขุฌุง": ูˆู„ุฏุชู ูˆูƒุงู† ูˆุงู„ุฏุงูŠูŽ ู…ู†ูุตู„ุงู†ุŒ
01:23
in the Pink House projects of Brooklyn, New York.
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ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุงู„ูˆุฑุฏูŠู‘ ู„ู…ุดุงุฑูŠุน "ุจุฑูˆูƒู„ูŠู†" ููŠ "ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ"
01:26
Maddened by survival,
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ู…ุฏููˆุนุฉู‹ ุจุฌู†ูˆู† ุงู„ุนูŠุดุŒ
01:28
I gravitated inwards towards books, poems and my brother's hand-me-down Walkman.
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ุงู†ุฌุฐุจุชู ู†ุญูˆูŽ ุงู„ูƒุชุจู ูˆุงู„ู‚ุตุงุฆุฏ ูˆุฌู‡ุงุฒ ุงุณุชู…ุงุนู ุฃุฎูŠ ุงู„ู…ุณุชุนู…ู„.
01:32
I saw train-station theater,
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ูู„ู‚ุฏ ุฑุฃูŠุชู ู…ุณุงุฑุญูŽ ู…ุญุทู‘ุงุชู ุงู„ู‚ุทุงุฑ
01:35
subwoofing streets and hood murals.
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ูˆุงู„ุดูˆุงุฑุน ุงู„ู…ุญููˆูุฉ ุจู…ูƒุจุฑุงุช ุงู„ุตูˆุชุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงุก ุฐุงุช ุงู„ู„ูˆุญุงุช ุงู„ุฌุฏุงุฑูŠุฉ
01:38
In high school, I found a community of metaphor magicians
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ูˆุฌุฏุชู ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉู ุงู„ุซุงู†ูˆูŠู‘ุฉ ู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงู‹ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณู‘ุญุฑุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฌุงุฒูŠูŠู†
01:41
and truth-telling poets
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ูˆุดุนุฑุงุกูŽ ุงู„ุฅูุตุงุญู ุนู† ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ
01:43
in an organization called Urban Word NYC.
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ููŠ ู…ู†ุธู‘ู…ุฉู ุชุฏุนู‰ "Urban Word NYC"
01:46
Adopted by the Black Arts movement,
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ุจุฏุนู…ู ู…ู† ุญู…ู„ุฉู ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูŠู† ุงู„ุณูˆุฏุŒ
01:49
I won the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam title.
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ูุฒุช ุจุงู„ู„ู‚ุจ ุงู„ุฃุณุทูˆุฑูŠ ู„ู…ุณุฑุญ ุงู„ูู†ูˆู† ุงู„ุงุณุชุนุฑุงุถูŠุฉ "Nuyorican Poets Cafe"
01:52
(Applause and cheers)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚ูŒ ูˆู‡ุชุงู)
01:54
At Sarah Lawrence College, I worked with artists
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ุนู…ู„ุชู ููŠ ุฌุงู…ุนุฉ "Sarah Lawrence" ู…ุน ุนุฏู‘ุฉ ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูŠู†
01:56
to respond to Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake;
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ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ู ุงู„ุชุตุฏู‘ูŠ ู„ู„ุฒู„ุงุฒู„ ูˆุฅุนุตุงุฑู "ูƒุงุชุฑูŠู†ุง"
02:00
I discovered the impact of poetry
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ูู‚ุฏ ุงูƒุชุดูุชู ุชุฃุซูŠุฑูŽ ุงู„ุดู‘ุนุฑ
02:02
and the ability to not just articulate our feelings,
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ูˆุงู„ู‚ุฏุฑุฉูŽ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู„ุง ุชู†ุญุตุฑู ููŠ ุงู„ุชู‘ุนุจูŠุฑู ุนู†ู ุงู„ู…ุดุงุนุฑู ูู‚ุทุŒ
02:05
but to get us to work towards changing things
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ุจู„ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฌุนู„ูู†ุง ู†ุนู…ู„ู ุฃูŠุถุงู‹ ู†ุญูˆ ุชุบูŠูŠุฑู ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก
02:09
and doing something about it,
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ูˆุนุฏู… ุงู„ูˆู‚ูˆูู ู…ูƒุชูˆููŠ ุงู„ุฃูŠุฏูŠ.
02:11
when a friend, Maytha Alhassen, invited me to Palestine ...
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ุนู†ุฏู‡ุง ุฏุนุชู†ูŠ ุตุฏูŠู‚ุฉูŒ ุงุณู…ู‡ุง "ู…ูŠุซุงุก ุงู„ุญุณูŠู†" ุฅู„ู‰ ูู„ุณุทูŠู†.
02:14
PA: We were a delegation of artists and organizers,
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ" : ูƒู†ู‘ุง ูˆูุฏุงู‹ ู…ู† ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูŠู† ูˆุงู„ู…ู†ุธู‘ู…ูŠู†
02:17
and we immersed ourselves in Palestinian culture,
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ูˆู‚ุฏ ุงู†ุบู…ุณู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุซู‘ู‚ุงูุฉ ุงู„ูู„ุณุทูŠู†ูŠู‘ุฉ
02:19
music, their stories.
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ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ุงู‡ู… ูˆู‚ูุตุตู‡ู…
02:21
Late into the night,
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ุญุชู‰ ููŠ ูˆู‚ุชู ู…ุชุฃุฎุฑู ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ูŠู„
02:22
we would have discussions about the role of art in politics
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ุฃุฏุฑู†ุง ู†ู‚ุงุดุงุชู ุญูˆู„ูŽ ุฏูˆุฑ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ููŠ ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณุฉ
02:26
and the role of politics in art.
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ูˆุฏูˆุฑู ุงู„ุณู‘ูŠุงุณุฉู ููŠ ุงู„ูู†.
02:28
Aja and I disagree.
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ู„ู… ุฃุชู‘ูู‚ ุจุงู„ุฑุฃูŠู ู…ุน "ุขุฌุง"
02:30
AM: Oh, we disagree.
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"ุฃุฌุง": ู†ุนู…ุŒ ุฃูุคูƒู‘ุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ.
02:31
PA: But we quite quickly and unsurprisingly fell in love.
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุฅู„ุง ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ ุจุณุฑุนุฉู ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉุŒ ูˆูƒู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ู…ุชูˆู‚ู‘ุนุŒ ู„ู‚ุฏ ูˆู‚ุนู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุญุจ
02:35
Exhibit A:
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ูˆูƒู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ูˆุงุถุญ
02:36
me working my magic.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุงุณุชุฎุฏู…ุชู ุณุญุฑูŠูŽ ู„ุฌุฐุจู‡ุง
(ุถุญูƒ)
02:38
(Laughter)
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02:40
AM: Obvious, isn't it?
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"ุขุฌุง": ูˆุงุถุญูŒุŒ ุฃู„ูŠุณูŽ ูƒุฐู„ูƒุŸ
02:42
Four months later, this artist --
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ูˆุจุนุฏ ุฃุฑุจุนุฉู ุฃุดู‡ุฑุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ุฉ
02:45
PA: and this organizer --
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูู†ุธู‘ู…
02:47
AM: moved into a little home with a big backyard, in Miami.
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"ุขุฌุง": ุงู†ุชู‚ู„ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุฒู„ู ุตุบูŠุฑู ููŠู‡ ูู†ุงุกูŒ ุฎู„ููŠู‘ ูƒุจูŠุฑ ููŠ"ู…ูŠุงู…ูŠ"
02:54
PA: (Sighs)
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": (ุชู†ู‡ูŠุฏุฉ)
02:56
Listen, five months before this ever happened,
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ุญุณู†ุงู‹ุŒ ู‚ุจู„ ุฎู…ุณุฉู ุฃุดู‡ุฑู ู…ู† ุญุฏูˆุซู ูƒู„ู‘ ู‡ุฐุง
02:58
I predicted it all.
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ูƒู†ุชู ู‚ุฏ ุชู†ุจู‘ุฃุซู ุจู‡ ูƒู„ู‘ู‡ุŒ ูˆุณุฃุฎุจุฑูƒู… ูƒูŠู.
02:59
I'm going to tell you --
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ุฌู„ุณุชู ู…ุน ุตุฏูŠู‚ู ู„ูŠ ู„ู„ุชุญุฏู‘ุซ ูู‚ุงู„:
03:01
a friend sat me down and said,
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03:02
"You've done so much for organizing,
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"ู„ู‚ุฏ ู‚ุฏู‘ู…ุชูŽ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑูŽ ู…ู† ุฃู†ุดุทุฉู ุงู„ุชู†ุธูŠู…ุŒ
03:04
when are you going to settle down?"
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ู…ุชู‰ ุณุชุณุชู‚ุฑู‘ุŸ"
ุฃู…ุนู†ุชู ุงู„ู†ู‘ุธุฑ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ุŒ ูู‚ู„ุช:
03:06
I looked him straight in the face
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03:07
and I said, "The only way that it would ever happen
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"ุงู„ุณุจูŠู„ู ุงู„ูˆุญูŠุฏ ู„ุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูŠู‘ุฉ ุญุฏูˆุซ ุฐู„ูƒ
03:10
is if it is a collision.
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ู‡ูˆ ุจุญุฏูˆุซู ุชุตุงุฏู….
03:11
This woman would have to knock me completely off course."
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ุณูŠุชูˆุฌู‘ุจ ุนู„ู‰ ุขุฌุง ุฃู† ุชุญุฑูู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุทุฑูŠู‚ูŠ ู„ุฃู† ู†ุณุชู‚ุฑ."
03:14
I didn't know how right I was.
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ู„ู… ุฃุฏุฑู ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃูŠู‘ ู…ุฏู‰ู‹ ูƒู†ุชู ู…ุญู‚ู‘ุงู‹ ุจุฐู„ูƒ
03:16
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
03:17
Our first few months were like any between young lovers:
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ูƒุงู†ุชู ุงู„ุฃุดู‡ุฑู ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุนู„ุงู‚ุชู†ุง ูƒุบูŠุฑู‡ุง ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุนุดู‘ุงู‚ ุงู„ูŠุงูุนูŠู†:
03:20
filled with hot, passionate, all-night ...
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ู…ู…ู„ูˆุกุฉู‹ ุจุงู„ุญู…ุงุณุŒ ุงู„ุดู‘ุบูุŒ ูˆุงู„ุณู‘ู‡ุฑู ุทูˆุงู„ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„
03:24
AM: nonstop ...
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"ุขุฌุง": ุจุฏูˆู†ู ุชูˆู‚ู‘ู
03:26
PA: discussions.
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุนู† ุงู„ู†ู‘ู‚ุงุดุงุช.
03:27
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
03:28
PA: Aja challenged everything I knew and understood about the world.
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ุชุญุฏู‘ุช "ุขุฌุง" ูƒู„ู‘ ู…ูู‡ูˆู…ู ุนุฑูุชู‡ ูˆูƒูˆู‘ู†ุชู‡ ุนู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุนุงู„ู….
03:32
She forced me --
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฃุฑุบู…ูŽุชู†ูŠ--
03:33
AM: lovingly --
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"ุฃุฌุง": ุจู„ุทุงูุฉ
03:34
PA: to see our organizing work with new eyes.
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุนู…ู„ู†ุง ุงู„ุชู†ุธูŠู…ูŠ ู…ู† ู…ู†ุญู‰ ุฌุฏูŠุฏ
03:37
She helped me see the unseen things
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ูู„ู‚ุฏ ุณุงุนุฏุชู†ูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุฑุคูŠุฉ ู…ุงู„ู… ุฃูƒู† ุฃุฑุงู‡
03:38
and how artists illuminate our interior worlds.
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ูˆูƒูŠู ูŠู…ูƒู†ู ู„ู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูŠู† ุฃู† ูŠู†ูŠุฑูˆุง ุนุงู„ู…ู†ุง ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ.
03:41
AM: There were many days I did not want to get up out of bed
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"ุขุฌุง": ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงู„ูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑู ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃูŠู‘ุงู… ุงู„ุชูŠ ู„ู… ุฃุฑุบุจ ููŠู‡ุง ุฃู† ุฃุชุฑูƒูŽ ูุฑุงุดูŠ
03:44
and face the exterior world.
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ูˆุฃู† ุฃูˆุงุฌู‡ูŽ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠู‘.
03:46
I was discouraged.
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ูƒู†ุชู ู…ุญุจุทุฉู‹
03:48
There was so much loss and death
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ููƒุงู†ูŽ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑู ู…ู† ุงู„ุฎุณุงุฆุฑู ูˆุงู„ูˆููŠู‘ุงุช
03:51
and artists were being used to numb, lull and exploit.
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ูˆุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูˆู† ูŠูุณุชุบู„ู‘ูˆู† ุจุบุฑุถ ุงู„ุชุฎุฏูŠุฑู ูˆุงู„ุชู‡ุฏุฆุฉ.
03:55
While winning awards, accolades and grants soothed so many egos,
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ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑู‘ุบู… ู…ู† ุฃู† ุงู„ููˆุฒูŽ ุจุงู„ุฌูˆุงุฆุฒ ูˆุงู„ุฃูˆุณู…ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ู†ุญ ูŠู‡ุฏู‘ุฆู ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุบุฑูˆุฑุŒ
04:01
people were still dying
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ู…ุง ุฒุงู„ูŽ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฃู†ุงุณูŒ ูŠู…ูˆุชูˆู†
04:03
and I was seeking community.
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ูˆุฃู†ุง ูƒู†ุชู ุฃู„ุชู…ุณู ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุน.
04:05
Meeting Phillip brought so much joy, love, truth into my life,
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ูู‚ุฏ ุฌู„ุจุช ู„ูŠูŽ ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ "ููŠู„ูŠุจ" ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ูุฑุญ ูˆุงู„ุญุจู‘ ูˆุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉู ุฅู„ู‰ ุญูŠุงุชูŠุŒ
04:11
and it pulled me out of isolation.
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ูˆุฃุฎุฑุฌุชู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนูุฒู„ุฉ.
04:14
He showed me that community and relationships
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ุจูŠู‘ู† "ููŠู„ูŠุจ" ู„ูŠ ุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงุชู ูˆุงู„ุนู„ุงู‚ุงุช
04:17
wasn't just about building great movements.
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ู„ุง ุชุชุนู„ู‘ู‚ ุจุชุฃุณูŠุณู ุชูŠู‘ุงุฑุงุชู ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉู ูˆุญุณุจ
04:20
It was integral in creating powerful, meaningful art,
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ุจู„ ู‡ูŠ ุฌุฒุกูŒ ู…ุชุฃุตู‘ู„ูŒ ู„ุงุจุชุฏุงุนู ูู†ู‘ู ู…ุนุจู‘ุฑู ูˆู…ุคุซู‘ุฑ
04:23
and neither could be done in solitude.
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ูˆู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู†ู ู„ุฃุญุฏู ู…ู†ู‡ู…ุง ุฃู† ูŠูุฒุฏู‡ุฑ ุจู…ุนุฒู„ู ุนู† ุงู„ุขุฎุฑ.
04:26
PA: Yeah, we realized many of our artist and organizer friends were also lost
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุฃุฌู„ุŒ ูู„ู‚ุฏ ุฃุฏุฑูƒู†ุง ุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏูŽ ู…ู† ุฃุตุฏู‚ุงุฆู†ุง ุงู„ูู†ุงู†ูŠู† ูˆุงู„ู…ู†ุธู…ู‘ูŠู† ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ู…ู†ู‡ู…ูƒูŠู†
04:30
in these cycles of sadness,
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ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุญุฏุงุซู ุงู„ุญุฒูŠู†ุฉ ู‡ุฐู‡.
04:32
and we were in movements that often found themselves at funerals.
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ูˆูƒู†ู‘ุง ููŠ ุชู†ุธูŠู…ุงุชู ูƒุงู†ุช ุบุงู„ุจุงู‹ ู…ุง ุชุฌุฏ ู†ูุณู‡ุง ููŠ ู…ุฑุงุณู…ู ุงู„ุนุฒุงุก
04:36
We asked ourselves
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ูุณุฃู„ู†ุง ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง:
04:38
what becomes of a generation all too familiar
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"ู…ุง ู…ุตูŠุฑ ุงู„ุฃุฌูŠุงู„ู ุงู„ุชูŠ ุงุนุชุงุฏุช
04:40
with the untimely ends of lives streamed daily on our Timelines?
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ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุตุงุฆุจู ุฃุฑูˆุงุญู†ุง ุงู„ู…ูุงุฌุฆุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชู†ุชุดุฑู ูŠูˆู…ูŠู‘ุงู‹ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุงู†ุชุฑู†ุชุŸ"
04:44
It was during one of our late-night discussions
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ุฎู„ุงู„ ุฃุญุฏู ู†ู‚ุงุดุงุชู†ุง ุงู„ู‘ู„ูŠู„ูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุฃุฎุฑุฉุŒ
04:46
that we saw beyond art and organizing
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ุชุฃู…ู‘ู„ู†ุง ููŠ ู…ุง ูˆุฑุงุกู ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ูˆุงู„ุชู†ุธูŠู…
04:49
and began to see that art was organizing.
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ูˆุจุฏุฃู†ุง ู†ุฑู‰ ุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ูƒุงู†ูŽ ุจุงู„ูุนู„ู ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุชู†ุธูŠู….
04:52
AM: The idea was set:
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"ุขุฌุง": ูˆูƒุงู†ุชู ุงู„ููƒุฑุฉู ูƒุงู„ุขุชูŠ:
04:53
art was an anchor, not an accessory to movement.
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ุฅู†ู‘ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ูŽ ุฑูŠูƒุฒุฉุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุณูŽ ุดูŠุฆุงู‹ ุซุงู†ูˆูŠู‘ุงู‹ ููŠ ุงู„ุชู‘ู†ุธูŠู…ุงุชุŒ
04:58
Our home was a home of radical imagination;
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ูู…ู†ุฒู„ู†ุง ูƒุงู† ุฏุงุฑุงู‹ ู„ู„ุฎูŠุงู„ู ุงู„ู…ุชุทุฑู‘ู
05:01
an instrument of our nurturing hearts;
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ูˆูˆุณูŠู„ุฉู‹ ู„ุชุบุฐูŠุฉู ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง
05:03
a place of risk where were dared to laugh, love, cry, debate.
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ู…ูƒุงู†ูŒ ู„ู„ุฎุฑูˆุฌู ุนู† ุงู„ู…ุฃู„ูˆูุŒ ูู†ุถุญูƒู ูˆู†ุจูƒูŠ ูˆู†ู†ุงู‚ุดู ูˆู†ูุญุจ
05:08
Art, books, records and all this stuff decorated our walls,
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ูุงู„ูู†ู‘ ูˆุงู„ูƒุชุจู ูˆุงู„ู…ุฎุทูˆุทุงุช ูˆูƒู„ู‘ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุฒูŠู‘ู†ุช ุญูˆุงุฆุทู†ุง
05:14
and there was lizards --
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ูˆูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงู„ูƒ ุงู„ุณู‘ุญุงู„ูŠ
05:17
walls of palm trees that guided our guests into our backyard,
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ูˆุฃุดุฌุงุฑู ุงู„ู†ุฎูŠู„ ุงู„ู…ู…ุชุฏู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฑุดุฏู ุถูŠูˆูู†ุง ู†ุญูˆูŽ ุจุงุญุชู†ุง ุงู„ุฎู„ููŠู‘ุฉุŒ
05:22
where our neighbors would come and feel right at home.
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ุญูŠุซู ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู†ู ู‡ูˆ ุจู…ุซุงุจุฉู ู…ู†ุฒู„ู ู„ูƒู„ู‘ ุฌูŠุฑุงู†ู†ุง ูˆู…ู† ุฃุชุงู‡.
05:25
The wind --
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ูˆุงู„ุฑู‘ูŠุงุญ
05:27
the wind was an affirmation for the people who walked into the space.
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ุงู„ุฑู‘ูŠุงุญู ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุฃูƒูŠุฏุงู‹ ู„ุฃูˆู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ุณูŽุจูŽุญูˆุง ููŠ ุงู„ูุถุงุกุŒ
05:31
And we learned that in a world --
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ูˆุฃุฏุฑูƒู†ุง ุดูŠุฆุงู‹:
ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ ููŠ ุนุงู„ู…ู ู…ุญูŠู‘ุฑู ูƒู‡ุฐุงุŒ ู…ูƒุชุธู ูˆู…ุญููˆูู ุจุงู„ุฅู„ู‡ุงุกุงุชุŒ
05:33
a bewildering world of so much distraction --
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05:36
we were able to cultivate a space where people could come and be present,
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ุฃู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฅู†ุดุงุกู ู…ูƒุงู†ู ู„ู†ุดุงุฑูƒู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุงู„ู†ู‘ุงุณู ุฅู„ูŠู‡
05:40
and artists and organizers could find refuge.
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ูˆู„ูŠุณุชุทูŠุนูŽ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูˆู† ูˆุงู„ู…ู†ุธู‘ู…ูˆู† ุฃู† ูŠุฌุฏูˆุง ููŠู‡ ู…ู„ุงุฐุงู‹.
05:44
PA: This became Smoke Signals Studio.
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุตุงุฑูŽ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุงุณุชูˆุฏูŠูˆ Smoke Signals
05:47
AM: As we struggle to clothe, house, feed and educate our communities;
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"ุขุฌุง": ูู…ุซู„ู…ุง ู†ูƒุงูุญู ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ูƒุณูˆุฉ ู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงุชู†ุง ูˆุฅูŠุฌุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ุฃูˆู‰ ูˆุงู„ุทู‘ุนุงู… ูˆุงู„ุชู‘ุนู„ูŠู… ู„ู‡ุง
05:52
our spirits hunger for connection, joy and purpose;
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ูุฃุฑูˆุงุญู†ุง ู…ุชุนุทู‘ุดุฉูŒ ู„ุฃู‡ุฏุงูู‡ุง ูˆู…ุชุนุชู‡ุง ูˆุชูˆุงุตู„ู‡ุง.
05:56
and as our bodies are out on the front lines,
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ูˆูƒู…ุง ุฃู†ู‘ ุฃุฌุณุงุฏู†ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุญูƒู‘ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงุฌู‡ุฉุŒ
05:59
our souls still need to be fed,
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ูุฃุฑูˆุงุญู†ุง ู„ุง ุชุฒุงู„ู ุจุญุงุฌุฉู ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุบุฐุงุกุŒ
06:02
or else we succumb to despair and depression.
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ูˆุฅู„ู‘ุง ูุฅู†ู†ุง ู†ุณุชุณู„ู…ู ู„ู„ูŠุฃุณู ูˆุงู„ุฅุญุจุงุท.
06:05
Our art possesses rhythmic communication,
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ูŠู…ุชู„ูƒู ูู†ู‘ู†ุง ุชูˆุงุตู„ุงู‹ ุฅูŠู‚ุงุนูŠู‘ุงู‹
06:09
coded emotional cues,
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ูˆุฏู„ุงู„ุงุชู ุนุงุทููŠุฉู ู…ุดูู‘ุฑุฉ
06:11
improvised feelings of critical thought.
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ูˆู…ุดุงุนุฑูŽ ู…ุฑุชุฌู„ุฉู ู„ู„ุชููƒูŠุฑู ุงู„ู†ุงู‚ุฏ.
06:14
Our social movements should be like jazz:
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ูŠุฌุจู ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู†ูŽ ุชู†ุธูŠู…ุงุชู†ุง ุงู„ุงุฌุชู…ุงุนูŠู‘ุฉ ู…ุซู„ ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ุง ุงู„ุฌุงุฒ
06:18
encouraging active participation,
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ู…ุดุฌู‘ุนุฉู‹ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุดุงุฑูƒุฉู ุงู„ูุนู‘ุงู„ุฉ
06:20
listening,
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ูˆุงู„ุฅู†ุตุงุช
06:22
spontaneity and freedom.
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ูˆุงู„ุนููˆูŠู‘ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุญุฑูŠุฉ.
06:23
What people see as a party ...
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ู…ุง ูŠุฑุงู‡ู ุงู„ู†ู‘ุงุณู ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ ุงุญุชูุงู„
06:26
PA: is actually a movement meeting.
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ู‡ูˆูŽ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนู ุงุฌุชู…ุงุนูŒ ู„ุชู†ุธูŠู…ุงุชู†ุง
06:28
See, we aren't all protest and pain.
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ู„ู… ู†ูƒูู† ุฌู…ูŠุนู†ุง ู…ุญุชุฌู‘ูŠู† ุฃูˆ ููŠ ุถูŠู‚.
06:31
Here's a place to be loved,
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ู‡ุง ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ูุณุญุฉู ู„ุชุดุนุฑูŽ ุจุงู„ุญุจู‘ุŒ
06:33
to be felt, to be heard,
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ูˆู„ู†ุณุชู…ุนูŽ ุฅู„ูŠูƒ ูˆู†ุดุนุฑูŽ ุจูƒุŒ
06:34
and where we prepare for the most pressing political issues
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ููŠ ู…ูƒุงู†ู ู†ูุนุฏู ููŠู‡ ุฃู†ููุณู†ุง ู„ู„ู‚ุถุงูŠุง ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุฃูƒุซุฑู ุฃู‡ู…ูŠู‘ุฉ
06:38
in our neighborhoods.
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ููŠ ู…ู†ุงุทู‚ู†ุง.
06:40
See, laws never change culture,
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ุฅู†ู‘ ุงู„ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู†ูŽ ู„ุง ุชูุบูŠู‘ุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุซู‘ู‚ุงูุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฅุทู„ุงู‚ุŒ
06:42
but culture always changes laws.
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ุฅู„ุง ุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ุซู‚ุงูุฉูŽ ุฏุงุฆู…ุงู‹ ุชูุบูŠุฑู ุงู„ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู†.
06:47
Art --
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ูˆุงู„ูู†ู‘
06:48
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
06:50
Art as organizing is even changing and opening doors
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ุฅู† ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ุจุตูุชู‡ู ุชู†ุธูŠู…ุงู‹ ูƒุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุชุบูŠู‘ุฑู ูˆูŠูุชุญู ุงู„ุฃุจูˆุงุจูŽ
06:53
in places seen as the opposite of freedom.
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ููŠ ู…ู†ุงุทู‚ู ุชูุนุชูŽุจูŽุฑู ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ุง ู†ู‚ูŠุถูŒ ู„ู„ุญุฑูŠู‘ุฉ.
06:55
Our weekly poetry series
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ุชุนู…ู„ู ุณู„ุณู„ุชู†ุง ุงู„ุดุนุฑูŠู‘ุฉู ุงู„ุฃุณุจูˆุนูŠู‘ุฉ
06:57
is transforming the lives of men incarcerated at Dade Correctional,
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ุนู„ู‰ ุชุบูŠูŠุฑู ุญูŠุงุฉู ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑูŠู†ูŽ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณุฌู†ุงุกู ููŠ ุงู„ุฅุตู„ุงุญูŠู‘ุฉุŒ
07:00
and we're so excited to bring you all the published work of one of those men,
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ูˆู†ุญู†ู ู…ุชุญู…ู‘ุณูˆู† ุฌุฏุงู‹ ู„ู†ู‚ุฏู‘ู… ู„ูƒู… ุฃุญุฏูŽ ุงู„ุฃุนู…ุงู„ู ุงู„ู…ู†ุดูˆุฑุฉ ู„ูˆุงุญูุฏ ู…ู† ุฃูˆู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ุณุฌู†ุงุก
07:04
Echo Martinez.
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ูˆุงุณู…ู‡ "ุฅูŠูƒูˆ ู…ุงุฑุชูŠู†ุฒ"
07:05
In the intro, he says ...
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ุญูŠุซู ูŠู‚ูˆู„ู ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุฏู‘ู…ุฉ:
07:07
AM: "Poetry for the people is a sick pen's penicillin.
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"ุฅู† ุงู„ุดู‘ุนุฑูŽ ู„ู„ู†ุงุณ ู‡ูˆ ู‚ู„ู…ู ุงู„ุจู†ุณู„ูŠู† ู„ู„ู…ุฑูŠุถ
07:10
It's a cuff key to a prisoner's dreams.
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ู‡ูˆ ู…ูุชุงุญู ุฃุญู„ุงู…ู ุงู„ู…ุณุงุฌูŠู†ุŒ
07:13
The Molotov in the ink.
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ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู†ู‘ุงุฑู ููŠ ุงู„ุญุจุฑุŒ
07:15
It is knowledge, it is overstanding,
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ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูุฉุŒ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุณุฑู…ุฏูŠู‘
07:17
it is tasting ingredients in everything you've been force-fed,
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ู‡ูˆ ุชุฐูˆู‘ู‚ ุงู„ู…ูƒูˆู‘ู†ุงุช ููŠ ูƒู„ู‘ ู…ุง ููุฑูุถูŽ ุนู„ูŠูƒ.
07:20
but most of all, it's a reminder that we all have voices,
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ู„ูƒู†ู‘ู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฌู…ู„ู ุชุฐูƒูŠุฑูŒ ุจุฃู†ู†ุง ู†ู…ุชู„ูƒู ุฃุตูˆุงุชุงู‹ ูˆุญู‚ูˆู‚ุงู‹ุŒ
07:23
we all can be heard even if we have to scream."
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ูˆูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ู†ุณู…ุน ุฌู…ูŠุนุงุŒ ุญุชู‰ ู„ูˆ ุงุถุทุฑู†ุง ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑู ุฃู† ู†ุตุฑุฎ."
07:26
In 2018, we created our first annual Maroon Poetry Festival
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ููŠ ุนุงู… 2018ุŒ ุจุฏุฃู†ุง ุฃูˆู‘ู„ "ู…ู‡ุฑุฌุงู† ู„ู„ุดุนุฑ ุงู„ู‚ุฑู…ุฒูŠ" ุงู„ุณู‘ู†ูˆูŠ.
07:32
at the TACOLCY Center in Liberty City.
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ููŠ ู…ุฑูƒุฒ "ุชุงูƒูˆุณู„ูŠ" ููŠ ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ุงู„ุญุฑูŠู‘ุฉ.
07:34
There, the Last Poets, Sonia Sanchez, Emory Douglas
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ูˆู‡ู†ุงู„ูƒ ู‚ุงู… ุงู„ุดู‘ุนุฑุงุก "ุณูˆู†ูŠุง ุณุงู†ุดูŠุฒ" ูˆ "ุฅูŠู…ูˆุฑูŠ ุฏูˆุบู„ุงุณ"
07:39
and the late, great Ntozake Shange,
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ูˆุงู„ุดู‘ุงุนุฑ ุงู„ุนุธูŠู… "ุฅูŠู†ุชูˆุฒุงูƒูŠ ุดุงู†ุบูŠ"
07:41
performed and met with local artists and organizers.
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ุจุฅู„ู‚ุงุกู ุงู„ุดู‘ุนุฑ ูˆู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉู ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูŠู† ุงู„ู…ุญู„ูŠู‘ูŠู† ูˆุงู„ู…ู†ุธู‘ู…ูŠู†.
07:46
We were able to honor them
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ู‚ูู…ู†ุง ุจุชูƒุฑูŠู…ู‡ู… ู„ุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ูู‡ู… ุจุฑูˆูŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉู ุจุฃุณุงู„ูŠุจู‡ู… ุงู„ู…ุจู‡ุฑุฉ.
07:48
for their commitment to radical truth-telling.
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07:51
And in addition to that,
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ูˆุจุงู„ุฅุถุงูุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุชูƒุฑูŠู…ู‡ู…ุŒ
07:52
we transformed a public park
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ู‚ู…ู†ุง ุจุชุญูˆูŠู„ู ุงู„ุญุฏูŠู‚ุฉู ุงู„ุนุงู…ู‘ุฉ
07:55
into the physical manifestation of the world we are organizing for.
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ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุตู‘ูˆุฑุฉู ุงู„ู…ู…ุซู‘ู„ุฉ ู„ู„ุนุงู„ู…ู ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู†ุทู…ุญู ูˆู†ุณุนู‰ ุฃู† ู†ู†ุธู‘ู…ู‡.
08:00
Everything that we put into poetry,
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ุฏู…ุฌู†ุง ุงู„ุดู‘ุนุฑูŽ ู…ุน ูƒู„ู‘ ุดูŠุกุŒ
08:02
we put into the art, into the creativity,
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ู…ุน ุงู„ูู†ู‘ู ูˆุงู„ุฅุจุฏุงุน
08:05
into the curated kids' games
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ูˆุฃู„ุนุงุจู ุงู„ุฃุทูุงู„ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุณู‘ู‚ู†ุงู‡ุงุŒ
08:07
and into the stunning stage design.
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ูˆุงู„ุชู‘ุตู…ูŠู…ู ุงู„ู…ุฐู‡ู„ู ู„ู„ู…ู†ุตู‘ุฉ.
08:09
PA: Our work is in a long line of cultural organizers
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ูŠุดุงุฑููƒู ููŠ ุนู…ู„ู†ุง ุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏู ู…ู† ู…ู†ุณู‘ู‚ูŠ ุงู„ุซู‚ุงูุฉ
08:12
that understood to use art to animate a radical future.
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ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠูˆุธู‘ููˆู† ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ู„ุชุตูˆูŠุฑู ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ู ุฌุฏูŠุฏ.
08:16
Artists like June Jordan,
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ู…ู† ุฃู…ุซุงู„: "ุฌูˆู† ุฌูˆุฑุฏุงู†"
08:18
Emory Douglas
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"ุฅูŠู…ูˆุฑูŠ ุฏูˆุบู„ุงุณ"
08:20
and Nina Simone.
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ูˆ"ู†ูŠู†ุง ุณูŠู…ูˆู†"
08:21
They understood what many of us are just now realizing --
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ูู‡ู…ูˆุง ู…ุณุจู‚ุงู‹ ู…ุง ูŠุญุงูˆู„ู ุฅุฏุฑุงูƒูŽู‡ ุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏู ู…ู†ู‘ุง ุงู„ุขู†:
08:24
that to get people to build the ship,
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ู„ุฏูุนู ุงู„ู†ุงุณู ู„ุจู†ุงุก ุงู„ุณููŠู†ุฉู (ุงู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ)ุŒ
08:26
you've got to get them to long for the sea;
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ูŠุฌุจู ุฃู† ุชุฌุนู„ู‡ู… ุชูˆู‘ุงู‚ูŠู† ู„ู„ุจุญุฑ.
08:28
that data rarely moves people, but great art always does.
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ู†ุงุฏุฑุงู‹ ู…ุง ุชุญุฑู‘ูƒู ุงู„ุจูŠุงู†ุงุชู ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‘ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ุงู„ู…ุจู‡ุฑ ุฏุงุฆู…ุงู‹ ูŠู†ุฌุญู ุจุฐู„ูƒ.
08:32
This understanding --
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ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูู‡ู…
08:33
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
08:36
This understanding informed the thinking
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ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ุฐู‡ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉูŽ ุชููƒูŠุฑ Dream Defenders ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู‚ุงู…ูˆุง ุจู†ุดุฑ "ุตุญุงุฆูู ุงู„ุญุฑู‘ูŠุฉ"
08:38
behind the Dream Defenders' "Freedom Papers,"
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08:40
a radical political vision for the future of Florida
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ูˆู‡ูŠ ุชุทู„ู‘ุนุงุชูŒ ุฌุฐุฑูŠู‘ุฉูŒ ู„ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ "ูู„ูˆุฑูŠุฏุง"
08:43
that talked about people over profits.
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ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชูุฑูƒู‘ุฒู ุนู„ู‰ ุญูŠุงุฉ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุจุฏู„ุงู‹ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุฑุจุงุญ.
08:46
Now, we could have done a policy paper.
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ูƒุงู† ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ู†ุง ูƒุชุงุจุฉู ูˆุฑู‚ุฉู ู„ุชูˆุถูŠุญู ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณุฉ
08:48
Instead, artists and organizers came together in their poetry
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‘ ุงู„ุดู‘ุนุฑูŽ ุฌู…ุนู†ุง ูƒูู†ู‘ุงู†ูŠู† ูˆู…ู†ุธู‘ู…ูŠู†
08:52
to create incredible murals
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ูˆุฒูŠู‘ู†ุง ุงู„ุฌุฏุฑุงู†ูŽ ุจุฒุฎุฑูุงุชู ู…ุฐู‡ู„ุฉ
08:54
and did the video that we see behind us.
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ูˆุตู†ุนู†ุง ุงู„ุดู‘ุฑูŠุท ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู†ุดุงู‡ุฏู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุดู‘ุงุดุฉู ุฎู„ูู†ุง.
08:56
We joined the political precision of the Black Panther Party
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ุนู…ู„ู†ุง ู…ุน ุญุฒุจู Black Panther ุงู„ุณู‘ูŠุงุณูŠ
09:00
and the beautiful poetry of Puerto Rican poet Martรญn Espada
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ูˆุงู„ุดู‘ุงุนุฑ "ู…ุงุฑุชูŠู† ุฅูŠุณุจุงุฏุง" ู…ู† "ุจูˆุฑุชูˆ ุฑูŠูƒูˆ"
09:04
to bring our political vision to life.
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ู„ุฅุญูŠุงุก ุชุฃู…ู‘ู„ุงุชู†ุง ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠู‘ุฉ.
09:07
AM: Now thousands of Floridians across age, race, gender and class
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ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุงู„ุขู„ุงูู ู…ู† ุณูƒู‘ุงู† "ูู„ูˆุฑูŠุฏุง" ู…ู† ู…ุฎุชู„ู ุงู„ุฃุนู…ุงุฑู ูˆุงู„ุฃุฌู†ุงุณ ูˆุงู„ุทุจู‚ุงุช ูˆุงู„ุฃุนุฑุงู‚
09:13
see the "Freedom Papers" as a vision for the future of their lives.
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ูŠุชุตูˆู‘ุฑูˆู† ุญูŠุงุชู‡ู… ุงู„ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ูŠู‘ุฉ ูƒู…ุง ุฐููƒุฑ ููŠ "ุตุญุงุฆู ุงู„ุญุฑูŠู‘ุฉ"
09:17
For decades, our artists and our art has been used to exploit,
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ู„ุนู‚ูˆุฏ ุทูˆูŠู„ุฉุŒ ุงุณุชูุฎุฏูู…ูŽ ูู†ู‘ู†ุง ูˆุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูˆู† ู„ู„ุงุณุชุบู„ุงู„
09:23
lull, numb,
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ูˆุงู„ุชู‡ุฏุฆุฉ ูˆุงู„ุชุฎุฏูŠุฑ
09:24
sell things to us
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ูˆุจูŠุนู†ุง ุจุนุถูŽ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก
09:26
and to displace our communities,
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ูˆุชุดุฑูŠุฏู ู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงุชู†ุง.
09:28
but we believe that the personal is political
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ู„ูƒู†ู‘ู†ุง ู†ุคู…ู†ู ุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุดู‘ุฎุตูŠู‘ุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุณูŠุงุณูŠู‘ุฉ ุฃูŠุถุงู‹ุŒ
09:33
and the heart is measured by what is done,
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ูˆุชู‚ุงุณู ุณุนุฉู ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง ุจู…ุง ู†ูุนู„ู‡ุŒ
09:37
not what one feels.
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ูˆู„ูŠุณูŽ ุจู…ุง ู†ุดุนุฑู‡.
09:38
And so art as organizing is not just concerned with artists' intentions,
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ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุง ูŠู‡ุชู…ู‘ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ุจุตูุชู‡ ู…ู†ุธู‘ู…ุงู‹ ุจู†ูˆุงูŠุง ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู† ูุญุณุจุŒ
09:43
but their actual impact.
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ุจู„ ุจุฃุซุฑู‡ู… ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนูŠู‘ ุฃูŠุถุงู‹.
09:45
Great art is not a monologue.
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ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ุงู„ุฑุงุฆุนู ู„ูŠุณ ุญูˆุงุฑุงู‹ ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠู‘ุงู‹ุŒ
09:48
Great art is a dialogue between the artist and the people.
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ุจู„ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉู ุชูˆุงุตู„ู ุจูŠู† ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู† ูˆุงู„ู†ุงุณ.
09:53
PA: Four years ago, this artist ...
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ู‚ุจู„ ุฃุฑุจุนู ุณู†ูˆุงุชุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ุฉ
09:56
AM: and this organizer ...
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"ุขุฌุง": ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ู†ุธู‘ู…
09:58
PA: found that we were not just a match.
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ูˆุฌุฏุง ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ู…ุง ู„ูŠุณุง ู…ู†ุงุณุจูŠู† ู„ุจุนุถู‡ู…ุง ุงู„ุจุนุถ ูุญุณุจุŒ
10:01
AM: We were a mirror.
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"ุขุฌุง": ุจู„ ูƒุงู†ุง ู…ุฑุขุฉู‹ ู„ู„ุขุฎุฑ.
10:02
PA: Our worlds truly did collide,
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ู„ู‚ุฏ ุชุตุงุฏู…ุช ุจุงู„ูุนู„ู ุนูˆุงู„ูู…ูู†ุงุŒ
10:05
and in many ways ...
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ูˆุจุทุฑุงุฆู‚ูŽ ุนุฏู‘ุฉุŒ
10:06
AM: they combined.
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"ุขุฌุง": ุงู†ุฏู…ุฌุช ุฃูŠุถุงู‹.
10:08
PA: We learned so much about movement,
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุชุนู„ู‘ู…ู†ุง ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑูŽ ุนู† ุงู„ุญุฑูƒุงุชุŒ
10:10
about love and about art at its most impactful:
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ุงู„ุญุจู‘ุŒ ูˆุงู„ูู†ู‘ ููŠ ุฃูˆุฌู ู‚ูˆู‘ุชู‡:
10:13
when it articulates the impossible and when it erodes individualism,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠูุจูŽู„ูˆูุฑู ุงู„ู…ุณุชุญูŠู„ุŒ ูˆูŠู‚ุถูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‘ุฒุนุฉู ุงู„ูุฑุฏูŠู‘ุฉ
10:18
when it plays into the gray places of our black and white worlds,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠู‚ูˆู…ู ุจุฏูˆุฑู‡ู ุจุฏู…ุฌู ุนูˆุงู„ู…ู†ุง ุงู„ุจูŠุถุงุก ูˆุงู„ุณู‘ูˆุฏุงุก
10:22
when it does what our democracy does not,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠู‚ูˆู…ู ุจุงู„ูˆุธุงุฆูู ุงู„ุชูŠ ู„ุง ุชู‚ูˆู… ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ุฏูŠู…ู‚ุฑุงุทูŠู‘ุฉ
10:25
when it reminds us that we are not islands,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ุดุนู„ุฉู‹ ุชุฐูƒู‘ุฑู†ุง ุจุฃู†ู‘ู†ุง ู„ุณู†ุง ุฌุฒุฑุงู‹
10:28
when it adorns every street but Wall Street and Madison Avenue,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุฒูŠู‘ู†ู ูƒู„ ุงู„ุทุฑู‚ุงุช ุนุฏุง Wall Street ูˆ ุฌุงุฏู‘ุฉ Madison
10:31
when it reminds us that we are not islands
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุฐูƒู‘ุฑู†ุง ุจุฃู†ู‘ู†ุง ู„ุณู†ุง ุฌุฒุฑุงู‹
10:34
and refuses to succumb to the numbness,
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ูˆูŠุฑูุถู ุงู„ุงุณุชุณู„ุงู…ูŽ ู„ู„ุฎุฏุฑ ูˆุงู„ูŠุฃุณ
10:36
when it indicts empire
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุฏูŠู†ู ุงู„ุฅู…ุจุฑุงุทูˆุฑูŠู‘ุฉ
10:38
and inspires each and every one of us to love,
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ูˆูŠู„ู‡ู…ู ูƒู„ู‘ ูˆุงุญุฏู ู…ู†ู‘ุง ู„ู„ุญุจู‘ ูˆุฅุฎุจุงุฑู ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ
10:41
tell the truth
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10:42
and make revolution irresistible.
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ูˆุฌุนู„ู ุซูˆุฑุฉู ุงู„ุชู‘ุบูŠูŠุฑ ุบูŠุฑ ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ู„ู„ุฑูุถ.
10:46
AM: For the wizards --
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"ุขุฌุง": ู„ุฃุฌู„ู ุงู„ุณู‘ุงุญุฑูŠู†--
10:47
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
10:51
AM: For the wizards and ways of our defiance,
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ู„ู„ุณุงุญุฑูŠู†ูŽุŒ ูˆุทุฑุงุฆู‚ู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุชุญุฏู‘ูŠ
10:56
love-riot visions of our rising, risen, raised selves.
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ุฃุญู„ุงู…ู ุญุจู‘ู ูˆุซูˆุฑุฉู ู…ู† ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง ุงู„ุชูŠ ุงุณุชูŠู‚ุธุช ูˆุตุญุช
11:01
The overcoming grace --
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ุงู„ู†ุนู…ู ุงู„ุบุงู…ุฑุฉู
11:03
fires, bitter tongues,
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ุฃู„ุณู†ุฉู ู†ูุซู ุงู„ู„ู‡ุจ
11:04
wise as rickety rocking chairs,
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ุญูƒู…ุงุกู ูƒุงู„ูƒุฑุงุณูŠ ุงู„ู‚ุฏูŠู…ุฉู ุงู„ู…ู‡ุชุฑุฆุฉ
11:07
suffering salt and sand skies.
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ูˆุงู„ุณู…ุงุกู ุฐุงุช ู„ูˆู† ุงู„ุฑู‘ู…ู„ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนุงู†ูŠ
11:10
Memories unshackled and shining stitches
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ุฐูƒุฑูŠุงุชูŒ ุทู„ูŠู‚ุฉูŒ ุชุญุชูู„ู ุจุบุฑุฒุงุช ุฌุฑูˆุญู†ุง
11:14
on a stretch-marked heart.
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ููŠ ู‚ู„ุจู ุนุงู†ู‰ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ูˆุงุฆุจ.
11:16
For the flowers that bloom in midnight scars.
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ู„ู„ูˆุฑูˆุฏู ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชูุฒู‡ุฑู ููŠ ู†ุฏูˆุจู ู„ูŠุงู„ูŠู†ุง
11:20
How we suffered and sought a North Star.
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ูƒูŠููŽ ุนุงู†ูŠู†ุง ูˆู„ุฌุฃู†ุง ู„ู†ุฌูˆู…ู ุงู„ุดู‘ู…ุงู„.
11:23
When there was no light, we glowed.
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ุฃุถุฃู†ุง ููŠ ุฎุถู…ู‘ ุงู„ุนุชู…ุฉุŒ
11:26
We sparked this rejoice,
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ูˆุฃุดุนู„ู†ุง ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูุฑุญุฉ
11:28
this righteous delight.
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ูˆู„ุฐู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุญู‚.
11:30
We have a cause to take joy in.
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ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ู‚ุถูŠู‘ุฉูŒ ู„ู†ูุฑุญ ุจู‡ุง
11:33
How we weathered and persisted,
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ุนู† ุตู…ูˆุฏูู†ุง ูˆุฏุฃุจู†ุง
11:35
tenacious,
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ู…ุตู…ู‘ู…ูŠู† ุนู†ูŠุฏูŠู†
11:37
no stone unturned.
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ู†ุญุงูˆู„ ุจูƒู„ู‘ ู…ุง ุฃูˆุชูŠู†ุง ุจู‡ ู…ู† ู‚ูˆุฉ.
11:39
How we witnessed the horror of mankind
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ุดู‡ุฏู†ุง ุงู„ุฑู‘ุนุจูŽ ู…ู† ุฃุจู†ุงุก ุฌู†ุณู†ุงุŒ
11:42
and did not become that which horrified us.
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‘ู†ุง ู„ู… ู†ุชุญูˆู„ู‘ ุฅู„ูŠู‡.
11:47
PA: Thank you.
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"ููŠู„ูŠุจ": ุดูƒุฑุงู‹ ู„ูƒู…
11:48
AM: Thank you.
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"ุขุฌุง": ุดูƒุฑุงู‹ ู„ูƒู…
11:49
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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