Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of immersion

Prevoditelj: Veronika Rasic Recezent: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

I've been spending a lot of time

Provodim mnogo vremena

traveling around the world these days,

putujući svijetom ovih dana

talking to groups of students and professionals,

predavajući grupama studenata i profesionalaca.

and everywhere I'm finding that I hear similar themes.

Otkrivam da gdje god da odem čujem slične teme.

On the one hand, people say,

Na jednu ruku ljudi govore,

"The time for change is now."

"Vrijeme za promjenu je sada."

They want to be part of it.

Oni žele biti dio toga.

They talk about wanting lives of purpose and greater meaning.

Govore o tome kako žele svrsishodan život s većim značenjem.

But on the other hand,

Ali s druge strane,

I hear people talking about fear,

čujem kako ljudi pričaju o strahu,

a sense of risk-aversion.

o osjećaju averzije prema riziku.

They say, "I really want to follow a life of purpose,

Govore, "Ja stvarno želim imati svrsishodan život,

but I don't know where to start.

ali ne znam od kuda početi.

I don't want to disappoint my family or friends."

Ne želim razočarati svoju obitelji ili prijatelje."

I work in global poverty.

Ja radim na području svjetskog siromaštva.

And they say, "I want to work in global poverty,

Kažu oni, "Ja želim raditi na području svjetskog siromaštva,

but what will it mean about my career?

ali što će to značiti za moju karijeru?

Will I be marginalized?

Hoću li biti marginaliziran?

Will I not make enough money?

Hoću li zarađivati dovoljno novaca?

Will I never get married or have children?"

Hoću li se udati ili imati djecu?"

And as a woman who didn't get married until I was a lot older --

I kao žena koja se nije udala dok nije imala malo više godina --

and I'm glad I waited --

i sretna sam što sam čekala --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

-- and has no children,

-- i nema djece,

I look at these young people

gledam ove mlade ljude

and I say, "Your job is not to be perfect.

i kažem, "Vaš posao nije da budete savršeni.

Your job is only to be human.

Vaš posao je samo da budete ljudi.

And nothing important happens in life

Ništa važno u životu se ne dogodi

without a cost."

bez cijene."

These conversations really reflect what's happening

Ove konverzacije stvarno odražavaju ono što se događa

at the national and international level.

na nacionalnom i internacionalnom nivou.

Our leaders and ourselves

Naše vođe i mi sami

want everything,

želimo sve,

but we don't talk about the costs.

ali ne želimo razgovarati o cijeni,

We don't talk about the sacrifice.

ne želimo razgovarati o žrtvi.

One of my favorite quotes from literature

Jedan od mojih omiljenih citata iz literature

was written by Tillie Olsen,

je napisala Tillie Olsen,

the great American writer from the South.

velika američka spisateljica s juga.

In a short story called "Oh Yes,"

U kratkoj priči nazvanoj "O da,"

she talks about a white woman in the 1950s

ona govori o bjelkinji u 1950-ima

who has a daughter

čija se kćer

who befriends a little African American girl,

sprijateljila s malom afričko-američkom djevojčicom.

and she looks at her child with a sense of pride,

I ona pogleda svoje dijete s osjećajem ponosa,

but she also wonders,

ali ujedno razmišlja,

what price will she pay?

koju će cijenu ona platiti?

"Better immersion

"Bolje uroniti

than to live untouched."

nego živjeti nedodirnut."

But the real question is,

Ali pravo pitanje je,

what is the cost of not daring?

koja je cijena ako se ne odvažimo?

What is the cost of not trying?

Koja je cijena ako ne probamo?

I've been so privileged in my life

Ja sam u svom životu imala tu privilegiju

to know extraordinary leaders

da upoznam izvanredne vođe

who have chosen to live lives of immersion.

koji su izabrali živjeti život tako da urone u njega.

One woman I knew who was a fellow

Jedna žena koju sam poznavala kao kolegicu

at a program that I ran at the Rockefeller Foundation

na programu koji sam vodila pri fundaciji Rockefeller

was named Ingrid Washinawatok.

se zvala Ingrid Washinawatok.

She was a leader of the Menominee tribe,

Ona je bila vođa Menominee plemena,

a Native American peoples.

američkih Indijanaca.

And when we would gather as fellows,

I kada bi se našli kao kolege,

she would push us to think about

ona bi nas poticala da razmišljamo

how the elders in Native American culture

na način kako su razmišljali starješine u kulturi američkih Indijanaca

make decisions.

kada bi donosili odluke.

And she said they would literally visualize

Ona je rekla da bi oni doslovce vizualizirali

the faces of children

lica djece

for seven generations into the future,

sedam generacija u budućnost,

looking at them from the Earth,

gledajući ih sa Zemlje.

and they would look at them, holding them as stewards

Oni bi ih gledali, držeći ih kao povjerenike

for that future.

za budućnost.

Ingrid understood that we are connected to each other,

Ingrid je razumjela da smo mi svi povezani jedni s drugima,

not only as human beings,

ne samo kao ljudska bića,

but to every living thing on the planet.

već i sa svakim živim stvorenjem na planetu.

And tragically, in 1999,

Na žalost, 1999. godine

when she was in Colombia

kada je bila u Kolumbiji

working with the U'wa people,

gdje je radila s U'wa ljudima,

focused on preserving their culture and language,

sa ciljem održavanja njihove kulture i jezika,

she and two colleagues were abducted

nju su zajedno s dvoje kolega oteli

and tortured and killed by the FARC.

i bili su mučeni i ubijeni od strane FARC-a.

And whenever we would gather the fellows after that,

I kada bi se nakon toga članovi okupili,

we would leave a chair empty for her spirit.

ostavili bi praznu stolicu za njezinu dušu.

And more than a decade later,

I nakon više od deset godina,

when I talk to NGO fellows,

kada nastupam pred članovima nevladinih organizacija,

whether in Trenton, New Jersey or the office of the White House,

da li to bilo u Trenton-u, New Jersey-u ili uredu Bijele Kuće,

and we talk about Ingrid,

mi pričamo o Ingrid,

they all say that they're trying to integrate her wisdom

oni svi kažu da pokušavaju integrirati njezinu mudrost

and her spirit

i njezin duh

and really build on the unfulfilled work

i stvarno graditi na nedovršeni posao

of her life's mission.

njezine životne misije.

And when we think about legacy,

I kada mislimo o ostavštini,

I can think of no more powerful one,

ne mogu pomisliti što bi bilo značajnije,

despite how short her life was.

bez obzira na kratko trajanje njezina života.

And I've been touched by Cambodian women --

Bila sam ganuta ženama iz Kambodže,

beautiful women,

prekrasne žene,

women who held the tradition of the classical dance in Cambodia.

žene koje su održavale klasične tradicionalne Kambodžanske plesove.

And I met them in the early '90s.

Upoznala sam ih u ranim 90-ima.

In the 1970s, under the Pol Pot regime,

U 1970-ima, pod režimom Pol Pot-a

the Khmer Rouge killed over a million people,

Khmer Rouge je ubio više od milijun ljudi.

and they focused and targeted the elites and the intellectuals,

Mete na koje su se fokusilrali su bili elita i intelektualci,

the artists, the dancers.

umjetnici, plesači.

And at the end of the war,

Na kraju rata,

there were only 30 of these classical dancers still living.

bilo je samo 30 živućih klasičnih plesačica.

And the women, who I was so privileged to meet

Privilegija mi je bila upoznati ove žene,

when there were three survivors,

koje kada je bilo troje preživjelih,

told these stories about lying in their cots

su pričale priče o tome kako su ležale u krevetićima

in the refugee camps.

u izbjegličkom kampu.

They said they would try so hard

Rekle su da su se jako trudile

to remember the fragments of the dance,

prisjetiti se fragmenata ovih plesova,

hoping that others were alive and doing the same.

nadajući se da i drugi koji su preživjeli su činili isto.

And one woman stood there with this perfect carriage,

Jedna žena je stajala sa savršenim držanjem,

her hands at her side,

s rukama uz tijelo,

and she talked about

i pričala je o

the reunion of the 30 after the war

ponovnom sjedinjenju njih 30 nakon rata

and how extraordinary it was.

i kako je to bilo izvanredno iskustvo.

And these big tears fell down her face,

Velike su joj se suze slile niz lice,

but she never lifted her hands to move them.

ali nikada nije podigla ruke da ih obriše.

And the women decided that they would train

Žene su odlučile da će one trenirati,

not the next generation of girls, because they had grown too old already,

ne slijedeću generaciju djevojaka, jer su one već postale prestare,

but the next generation.

već generaciju nakon njih.

And I sat there in the studio

Ja sam tako sjedila u studiju

watching these women clapping their hands --

promatrajući ove žene kako plješću rukama --

beautiful rhythms --

prekrasnim ritmovima --

as these little fairy pixies

dok su male vile

were dancing around them,

plesale oko njih,

wearing these beautiful silk colors.

noseći prekrasne svilene boje.

And I thought, after all this atrocity,

I pomislila sam, nakon svog tog užasa,

this is how human beings really pray.

ovo je način na koji ljudska bića mole.

Because they're focused on honoring

Zato što su oni fokusirani na odavanje časti

what is most beautiful about our past

onome što je najljepše iz prošlosti

and building it into

i preoblikovanju toga

the promise of our future.

u obećavajuću budućnost.

And what these women understood

Ono što su ove žene razumjele

is sometimes the most important things that we do

je da nekada najvažnije stvari koje činimo

and that we spend our time on

i na koje trošimo svoje vrijeme

are those things that we cannot measure.

su stvari koje ne možemo izmjeriti.

I also have been touched

Isto tako sam bila ganuta

by the dark side of power and leadership.

tamnom stranom moći i vodstva.

And I have learned that power,

Naučila sam da je moć,

particularly in its absolute form,

pogotovo u svom apsolutnom obliku,

is an equal opportunity provider.

davatelj jednakih mogućnosti.

In 1986, I moved to Rwanda,

U 1986. godine, preselila sam se u Rwandu,

and I worked with a very small group of Rwandan women

i radila sam s vrlo malom grupom žena iz Rwande

to start that country's first microfinance bank.

kako bi započeli prvu mikrofinancirajuću banku u toj zemlji.

And one of the women was Agnes --

Jedna od ovih žena se zvala Agnes --

there on your extreme left --

vidite je skroz na lijevo --

she was one of the first three

ona je bila prva od tri

women parliamentarians in Rwanda,

žene u parlamentu Rwande,

and her legacy should have been

i njezina je ostavština trebala biti

to be one of the mothers of Rwanda.

da bude jedna od majki Rwande.

We built this institution based on social justice,

Mi smo gradili ovu instituciju s naglaskom na socijalnu pravdu,

gender equity,

jednakost spolova,

this idea of empowering women.

idji o osposobljavanju žena.

But Agnes cared more about the trappings of power

Ali je Agnes više marila za klopkama moći

than she did principle at the end.

na koncu, nego što je marila o principima.

And though she had been part of building a liberal party,

Iako je bila dio stvaranja liberalne stranke,

a political party

političke stranke

that was focused on diversity and tolerance,

koja je bila usmjerena na raznolikosti i toleranciju,

about three months before the genocide, she switched parties

otprilike tri mjeseca prije genocida, ona je promjenila stranke

and joined the extremist party, Hutu Power,

i pridružila se ekstremistima, Hutu Power,

and she became the Minister of Justice

i postala je ministrica pravosuđa

under the genocide regime

tijekom režima genocida

and was known for inciting men to kill faster

i bila je poznata na poticanje muškaraca da brže ubijaju

and stop behaving like women.

i da se prestanu ponašati kao žene.

She was convicted

Ona je bila optužena

of category one crimes of genocide.

za zločin prve kategorije, genocida.

And I would visit her in the prisons,

Ja sam je posjećivala u zatvoru,

sitting side-by-side, knees touching,

sjedila sam do nje, koljena su nam se dodirivala,

and I would have to admit to myself

i morala sam si priznati

that monsters exist in all of us,

da čudovište postoji u svakom od nas,

but that maybe it's not monsters so much,

ali da možda nisu čudovišta,

but the broken parts of ourselves,

već slomljeni dijelovi nas samih,

sadnesses, secret shame,

tuga, tajni sram,

and that ultimately it's easy for demagogues

i da je na kraju jednostavno za demagoge

to prey on those parts,

da iskoriste te dijelove,

those fragments, if you will,

te fragmente, ako hoćete,

and to make us look at other beings, human beings,

kako bi nas potaknuli da druga bića, ljudska bića,

as lesser than ourselves --

doživimo kao manje vrijednima od nas samih --

and in the extreme, to do terrible things.

i u ekstremnim situacijama, učinimo grozne stvari.

And there is no group

Ne postoji grupa

more vulnerable to those kinds of manipulations

koja je više suseptibilna ovakvim manipulacijama

than young men.

kao što su mladi muškarci.

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet

Čula sam kako je bilo rečeno da je najopasnija životinja na planetu

is the adolescent male.

adolescentni muškarac.

And so in a gathering

Pa tako na skupu

where we're focused on women,

gdje je fokus na ženama,

while it is so critical that we invest in our girls

dok je vrlo važno da ulažemo u naše djevojke

and we even the playing field

i da izjednačimo teren

and we find ways to honor them,

i pronađeno načine da im odamo čast,

we have to remember that the girls and the women

moramo zapamtiti da djevojke i žene

are most isolated and violated

koje su najviše izolirane i obeščašćene

and victimized and made invisible

i obmanjene i napravljene nevidljivima

in those very societies

se nalaze u onim društvima

where our men and our boys

gdje se naši muškarci i dječaci

feel disempowered,

osjećaju obespravljeni,

unable to provide.

i onemogućeni da pridonose.

And that, when they sit on those street corners

I onda, kada sjede na uglovima ulica

and all they can think of in the future

i sve što mogu zamisliti u budućnosti

is no job, no education,

je da nema posla, nema edukacije,

no possibility,

nema mogućnosti,

well then it's easy to understand

onda je lako razumjeti

how the greatest source of status

kako najveći izvor statusa

can come from a uniform

može postati uniforma

and a gun.

i puška.

Sometimes very small investments

Ponekad vrlo mala ulaganja

can release enormous, infinite potential

mogu osloboditi ogromni, beskonačni potencijal

that exists in all of us.

koji postoji u svakom od nas.

One of the Acumen Fund fellows at my organization,

Jedan kolega iz moje organizacije Acumen Fund

Suraj Sudhakar,

Suraj Sudhakar,

has what we call moral imagination --

ima što mi zovemo moralnu kreativnost --

the ability to put yourself in another person's shoes

sposobnost da sebe stavi na mjesto druge osobe

and lead from that perspective.

i vodi iz te perspektive.

And he's been working with this young group of men

On radi s grupom mladih muškaraca

who come from the largest slum in the world, Kibera.

koji dolaze iz najveće straćare na svijetu, Kibere.

And they're incredible guys.

I ovo su nevjerojatni dečki.

And together they started a book club

Zajedno su započeli klub književnosti

for a hundred people in the slums,

za sto ljudi u straćari,

and they're reading many TED authors and liking it.

i čitaju mnoge TED autore i sviđaju im se.

And then they created a business plan competition.

I stvorili su natjecanje za najbolji poslovni plan.

Then they decided that they would do TEDx's.

Odlučili su da će imati TEDx-ove.

And I have learned so much

I naučila sam mnogo

from Chris and Kevin

od Chris-a i Kevin-a

and Alex and Herbert

i Alex-a i Herbert-a

and all of these young men.

i od svih ovih mladih ljudi.

Alex, in some ways, said it best.

Alex je možda najbolje to rekao.

He said, "We used to feel like nobodies,

Rekao je, "Prije smo se osjećali kao nitko,

but now we feel like somebodies."

ali sada se osjećamo kao netko."

And I think we have it all wrong

Milslim da smo u krivu

when we think that income is the link.

kada mislimo da je tajna u zaradi.

What we really yearn for as human beings

Ono za čime žudimo kao ljudska bića

is to be visible to each other.

je da nas drugi vide.

And the reason these young guys

I razlog koji su ovi mladi dečki naveli

told me that they're doing these TEDx's

kao razlog zbog kojeg rade TEDx-ove

is because they were sick and tired

je zato što im je prekipjelo da

of the only workshops coming to the slums

jedine radionice koje dolaze u straćare

being those workshops focused on HIV,

su one radionice koje su fokusirane na HIV,

or at best, microfinance.

ili u najboljem slučaju, mikrofinanciranje.

And they wanted to celebrate

Oni su htjeli slaviti

what's beautiful about Kibera and Mathare --

ono što je lijepo o Kiberi i Matharei --

the photojournalists and the creatives,

fotoreporteri i kreativci,

the graffiti artists, the teachers and the entrepreneurs.

umjetnici grafita, učitelji i poslovni ljudi.

And they're doing it.

A to i rade.

And my hat's off to you in Kibera.

Skidam kapu vama u Kiberi.

My own work focuses

Moj rad je fokusiran

on making philanthropy more effective

na način kako učiniti filantropiju efikasnijom

and capitalism more inclusive.

i kapitalizam inkluzivnijim.

At Acumen Fund, we take philanthropic resources

U Acumen Fund-u, uzimamo filantropske resurse

and we invest what we call patient capital --

i investiramo ih u ono što mi zovemo strpljivi kapital --

money that will invest in entrepreneurs who see the poor

novac koji ćemo investirati u poslovne ljude koji ne vide siromašne

not as passive recipients of charity,

kao pasivne primaoce milosrđa,

but as full-bodied agents of change

već kao punomoćne agente promjene

who want to solve their own problems

koji žele riješiti svoje vlastite probleme

and make their own decisions.

i sami odlučivati.

We leave our money for 10 to 15 years,

Ostavljamo taj novac 10 do 15 godina,

and when we get it back, we invest in other innovations

i onda kada ga ponovo uzmemo, investiramo ga u druge inovacije

that focus on change.

koje su fokusirane na promjene.

I know it works.

Ja znam da to radi.

We've invested more than 50 million dollars in 50 companies,

Investirali smo više od 50 milijuna dolara u 50 kompanija.

and those companies have brought another 200 million dollars

I te kompanije su unijele dodatnih 200 milijuna dolara

into these forgotten markets.

u ova zaboravljena tržišta.

This year alone, they've delivered 40 million services

Samo u ovoj godini dostavili su 40 milijuna usluga

like maternal health care and housing,

kao što su zdravstvena njega majki i stambena rješenja,

emergency services, solar energy,

hitne službe, solarna energija,

so that people can have more dignity

tako da ljudi imaju više digniteta

in solving their problems.

prilikom rješavanja svojih problema.

Patient capital is uncomfortable

Strpljivi kapital je nezgodan

for people searching for simple solutions,

za ljude koji traže jednostavna rješenja,

easy categories,

jednostavne kategorije,

because we don't see profit as a blunt instrument.

zato što mi ne vidimo profit kao tupi instrument.

But we find those entrepreneurs

Već nalazimo one poslovne ljude

who put people and the planet

koji stavljaju ljude i Zemlju

before profit.

ispred profita.

And ultimately, we want to be part of a movement

Na kraju, mi želimo biti dio pokreta

that is about measuring impact,

koji se bavi mjerenjem utjecaja,

measuring what is most important to us.

mjerenjem onoga što je nama najbitnije.

And my dream is we'll have a world one day

Moj je san da ćemo jednog dana imati svijet

where we don't just honor those who take money

gdje ne poštujemo samo one koji uzimaju novac

and make more money from it,

i od njega rade više novaca,

but we find those individuals who take our resources

već da nalazimo one individualce koji će uzeti naše resurse

and convert it into changing the world

i preoblikovati ih u nešto što mijenja svijet

in the most positive ways.

na najpozitivnije načine.

And it's only when we honor them

Tek kada budemo njih poštivali

and celebrate them and give them status

i slavili i dodjelili im status

that the world will really change.

svijet će se stvarno promjeniti.

Last May I had this extraordinary 24-hour period

Prošlog svibnja imala sam nevjerojatan 24 satni period

where I saw two visions of the world

u kojem sam vidjela dvije vizije svijeta

living side-by-side --

kako žive jedna uz drugu --

one based on violence

jedna osnovana na nasilju

and the other on transcendence.

a druga osnovana na transcendenciji.

I happened to be in Lahore, Pakistan

Bila sam u Lahore-u u Pakistanu

on the day that two mosques were attacked

na dan kada su dvije džamije napadnute

by suicide bombers.

od srane bombaša samoubojica.

And the reason these mosques were attacked

Razlog zbog kojeg su ove džamije napadnute

is because the people praying inside

je bio da su ljudi koju su unutra molili

were from a particular sect of Islam

bili iz određene sekte Islama

who fundamentalists don't believe are fully Muslim.

koju fundamentalisti ne prihvaćaju kao prave Muslimane.

And not only did those suicide bombers

Ne samo da su ti bombaši samoubojice

take a hundred lives,

oduzeli stotine života,

but they did more,

oni su učinili više od toga,

because they created more hatred, more rage, more fear

zato što su stvorili više mržnje, više bijesa, više straha,

and certainly despair.

i sigurno više očaja.

But less than 24 hours,

Ali za manje od 24 sata,

I was 13 miles away from those mosques,

bila sam 13 milja udaljena od tih džamija,

visiting one of our Acumen investees,

u posjeti jednom od naših Acumen ulagača,

an incredible man, Jawad Aslam,

i nevjerojatnog čovjeka, Jawad Aslam-a,

who dares to live a life of immersion.

koji se usudi živjeti uronjen u život.

Born and raised in Baltimore,

Rođen i odrastao u Baltimore-u,

he studied real estate, worked in commercial real estate,

studirao je nekretnine, radio s komercijalnim nekretninama,

and after 9/11 decided he was going to Pakistan to make a difference.

i nakon 9/11 je odlučio da ide u Pakistan napraviti nešto značajno.

For two years, he hardly made any money, a tiny stipend,

Tijekom dvije godine, nije uspio skoro ništa zaraditi, sitnu stipendiju,

but he apprenticed with this incredible housing developer

ali je postao naučnik jednog nevjerojatnog graditelja stambenih naselja

named Tasneem Saddiqui.

pod imenom Tasneem Saddiqui.

And he had a dream that he would build a housing community

I sanjao je da će sagraditi stambeno naselje

on this barren piece of land

na ovom ogoljenom komadu zemlje

using patient capital,

koristeći strpljivi kapital,

but he continued to pay a price.

ali je i dalje plaćao određenu cijenu.

He stood on moral ground

On je stajao na moralnoj osnovi

and refused to pay bribes.

i odbijao je platiti mito.

It took almost two years just to register the land.

Trebalo mu je skoro dvije godine samo da registrira zemljište.

But I saw how the level of moral standard can rise

Ali sam vidjela kako nivo moralnog standarda može narasti

from one person's action.

zbog postupaka jedne osobe.

Today, 2,000 people live in 300 houses

Danas, 2.000 osoba živi u 300 kuća

in this beautiful community.

u ovoj predivnoj zajednici.

And there's schools and clinics and shops.

I postoje škole i klinike i dućani.

But there's only one mosque.

Ali postoji samo jedna džamija.

And so I asked Jawad,

Pitala sam Jawad-a,

"How do you guys navigate? This is a really diverse community.

"Kako uspjevati navigirati?" Ovo je stvarno raznolika zajednica.

Who gets to use the mosque on Fridays?"

Tko može koristiti džamiju u Petak?"

He said, "Long story.

On je rekao, "To je duga priča.

It was hard, it was a difficult road,

Bilo je teško, težak put,

but ultimately the leaders of the community came together,

ali na kraju vođe zajednice su se ujedinile,

realizing we only have each other.

shvativši da jedino imamo jedni druge.

And we decided that we would elect

Odlučili smo kako ćemo izglasati

the three most respected imams,

tri najuglednija imama,

and those imams would take turns,

i da će ti imami naizmjenično propovjedati,

they would rotate who would say Friday prayer.

svaki put bi drugi vodio molitvu Petkom.

But the whole community,

Ali cijela zajednica,

all the different sects, including Shi'a and Sunni,

sve različite sekte, uključujući Shia i Sunni,

would sit together and pray."

bi sjedili zajedno i molili."

We need that kind of moral leadership and courage

Trebamo takvu vrstu moralnog vodstva i hrabrosti

in our worlds.

u našem svijetu.

We face huge issues as a world --

Pred nama kao svijetu su ogromni predmeti debate --

the financial crisis,

financijska kriza,

global warming

globalno zatopljenje

and this growing sense of fear and otherness.

i rastući osjećaj straha i drugosti.

And every day we have a choice.

Svaki dan imamo odluku pred sobom,

We can take the easier road,

možemo ići lakšim putem,

the more cynical road,

više ciničnim putem,

which is a road based on

to je put koji je ponekad osnovan na

sometimes dreams of a past that never really was,

snovima prošlosti koja nikada zapravo nije bila,

a fear of each other,

strah jednih za druge,

distancing and blame.

distance i okrivljavanja,

Or we can take the much more difficult path

ili možemo krenuti puno težim putem

of transformation, transcendence,

putem transformacije, transcendencije,

compassion and love,

suosjećanja i ljubavi,

but also accountability and justice.

ali isto tako odgovornosti i pravde.

I had the great honor

Imala sam tu veliku čast

of working with the child psychologist Dr. Robert Coles,

da radim s dječjim psihologom, Dr. Robert-om Coles-om

who stood up for change

koji je podupirao promjenu

during the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

tijekom pokreta za ljudska prava u Sjedinjenim Državama.

And he tells this incredible story

On priča nevjerojatnu priču

about working with a little six-year-old girl named Ruby Bridges,

o radu s malom šestogodišnjom djevojčicom pod imanom Ruby Bridges,

the first child to desegregate schools in the South --

prvim djetetom koje je desegregiralo škole na Jugu --

in this case, New Orleans.

u ovom slučaju u New Orleans-u.

And he said that every day

Rekao je kako je svakog dana

this six-year-old, dressed in her beautiful dress,

ova šestogodišnjakinja, obučena u svoje predivne haljine,

would walk with real grace

hodala sa stvarnom gracioznošću

through a phalanx of white people

kroz četu bjelaca

screaming angrily, calling her a monster,

koji su ljutito vikali, zvali je čudovištem,

threatening to poison her --

i prijetili da će je otrovati --

distorted faces.

izobličenih lica.

And every day he would watch her,

I svaki dan bi on nju promatrao,

and it looked like she was talking to the people.

i izgledalo je kao da ona priča s tim ljudima.

And he would say, "Ruby, what are you saying?"

Pitao ju je, "Ruby, što ti to pričaš?"

And she'd say, "I'm not talking."

I ona bi rekla, "Ja ne pričam."

And finally he said, "Ruby, I see that you're talking.

Konačno je rekao, "Ruby, vidim da pričaš.

What are you saying?"

Što to govoriš?"

And she said, "Dr. Coles, I am not talking;

Ona bi rekla, "Dr. Coles, ja ne pričam;

I'm praying."

Ja molim."

And he said, "Well, what are you praying?"

On je pitao, " Pa za što moliš?"

And she said, "I'm praying, 'Father, forgive them,

I ona je odgovorila, "Ja molim, oprosti im Oče

for they know not what they are doing.'"

jer ne znaju što čine."

At age six,

Sa šest godina,

this child was living a life of immersion,

ovo dijete je živjelo uronjeno u život,

and her family paid a price for it.

i njezina je obitelj platila cijenu za to.

But she became part of history

Ali ona je postala dio povijesti

and opened up this idea

i otvorila je ovu ideju

that all of us should have access to education.

da svatko od nas treba imati pristup edukaciji.

My final story is about a young, beautiful man

Moja zadnja priča je o mladom, predivnom čovjeku

named Josephat Byaruhanga,

pod imenom Josephat Byaruhanga

who was another Acumen Fund fellow,

koji je još jedan kolega iz Acumen Fund-a

who hails from Uganda, a farming community.

koji dolazi iz Ugande, poljoprivredne zajednice.

And we placed him in a company in Western Kenya,

Mi smo ga smjestili u kompaniju u zapadnoj Keniji,

just 200 miles away.

samo 200 milja dalje.

And he said to me at the end of his year,

On mi je rekao krajem svoje godine,

"Jacqueline, it was so humbling,

"Jacqueline, ovo je bilo ponizno iskustvo,

because I thought as a farmer and as an African

zato što sam mislio da ću kao poljoprivrednik i kao afrikanac

I would understand how to transcend culture.

razumjeti kako prekoračiti kulturu.

But especially when I was talking to the African women,

Ali kada bi pričao s afričkim ženama,

I sometimes made these mistakes --

ponekad bi radio ove pogreške --

it was so hard for me to learn how to listen."

bilo je tako teško naučiti kako slušati."

And he said, "So I conclude that, in many ways,

Rekao je, "Tako da sam zaključio, da na mnoge načine,

leadership is like a panicle of rice.

vodstvo je kao vlat riže.

Because at the height of the season,

Zato što na vrhuncu sezone,

at the height of its powers,

na vrhuncu svoje moći,

it's beautiful, it's green, it nourishes the world,

prekrasno je, zeleno, hrani svijet,

it reaches to the heavens."

doseže nebesa."

And he said, "But right before the harvest,

Kaže, "Ali pred samu žetvu,

it bends over

savije se

with great gratitude and humility

s velikom zahvalnošću i poniznošću

to touch the earth from where it came."

kako bi dodirnula zemlju iz koje dolazi."

We need leaders.

Mi trebamo vođe.

We ourselves need to lead

Mi samo moramo voditi

from a place that has the audacity

iz mjesta koji ima tu odvažnost

to believe we can, ourselves,

da vjeruje da sami možemo

extend the fundamental assumption

pružiti fundamentalnu pretpostavku

that all men are created equal

da su svi ljudi stvoreni jednaki

to every man, woman and child on this planet.

na svakog muškarca, ženu i dijete na ovom planetu.

And we need to have the humility to recognize

Trebamo imati tu poniznost da prepoznamo

that we cannot do it alone.

da ne možemo to učiniti sami.

Robert Kennedy once said

Robert Kennedy je jednom rekao

that "few of us have the greatness to bend history itself,

da "malo nas ima tu veličinu da mjenja samu povijest,

but each of us can work

ali svatko od nas može raditi

to change a small portion of events."

da promjeni mali djelić događaja.

And it is in the total of all those acts

I u konačnom zbroju svih tih djela

that the history of this generation will be written.

povijest ove generacije će biti zapisana."

Our lives are so short,

Naši su životi tako kratki,

and our time on this planet

i naše vrijeme na ovoj planeti

is so precious,

tako dragocjeno,

and all we have is each other.

i sve što imamo je jedni druge.

So may each of you

Želim za svakog od vas

live lives of immersion.

da živite uronjeni u život.

They won't necessarily be easy lives,

To neće nužno biti jednostavni životi,

but in the end, it is all that will sustain us.

ali na kraju, to je ono što će nas uzdržavati.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)