A practical way to help the homeless find work and safety | Richard J. Berry

Prevodilac: Mirjana Čutura Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

So, raise your hand if you've seen somebody in your city

Podignite ruku ako ste videli nekog u vašem gradu

standing on a corner, holding a sign like this.

kako stoji na ćošku i drži ovakav natpis.

[Želim posao]

I think we all have.

Mislim da smo svi.

If you're being honest,

Budite iskreni,

at least one time, have you wondered if they mean it?

makar jednom, da li ste se zapitali da li to stvarno misle?

If we offered them a job, would they really take it?

Da im ponudimo posao, da li bi ga zaista prihvatili?

And what would that job mean to them in their lives?

I šta bi im taj posao značio u njihovom životu?

Ovo je priča o onome što se desilo u mom gradu

Well, this is a story about what happened in my city

when we decided to find out,

kada smo odlučili da saznamo,

when we decided to think differently about panhandling,

kada smo odlučili da drugačije razmišljamo o prosjačenju

and lift people up through the dignity of work.

i da uzdignemo ljude pomoću dostojanstva kroz rad.

We call it, "There's a Better Way."

Zovemo to „Postoji bolji način“.

Zovemo to „Postoji bolji način“

We call it There's a Better Way

because I believe there's a better way to get the money you need

zato što verujem da postoji bolji način da se zaradi potreban novac

than panhandling on the corner.

nego da prosite na ćošku.

I believe there's a better way to help your brothers and sisters in need

Verujem da postoji bolji način da se pomogne siromašnoj braći i sestrama

nego da im damo nekoliko dolara kroz prozor auta.

than handing a few dollars out the car window.

We know there's dignity in work.

Znamo da postoji dostojanstvo u radu.

We also know that people are much more likely to invest in themselves

Takođe znamo da su šanse da ljudi ulože u sebe mnogo veće

ako veruju da je njihova zajednica spremna da prva uloži u njih.

if they believe that their community is willing to invest in them first.

And because we're all wired to be kind and compassionate,

I zato što smo svi predodređeni da budemo dobri i sažaljivi,

it always feels good to hand a couple of dollars to someone

uvek se osećamo dobro kada damo par dolara nekome ko je siromašan.

that is in need.

But if you talk to panhandlers, many of them will tell you

Ali, ako pričate sa prosjacima, mnogi će vam reći

da nekoliko vaših dolara ne ide obavezno na to da se hrani telo,

that your few dollars don't necessarily go towards feeding the body,

they go towards feeding an addiction.

već odlaze na to da se hrani zavisnost.

There's a better way.

Postoji bolji način.

My name is Richard Berry,

Zovem se Ričard Beri

and I have one of the best jobs in the world.

i imam jedan od najboljih poslova na svetu.

Gradonačelnik sam sjajnog američkog grada,

I get to be the mayor of a great American city,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Albukerkija u Novom Meksiku.

I was at lunch on July 17, 2015, in my great American city,

Bio sam na pauzi za ručak 17. jula 2015. u svom sjajnom američkom gradu

and on my way back to city hall,

i na putu nazad ka gradskoj kući,

I saw this gentleman standing on a corner.

video sam ovog gospodina kako stoji na ćošku.

As you can see, he's holding a sign,

Kao što vidite, on drži natpis

and his sign says he wants a job.

i njegov natpis kaže da on želi posao.

But if you look closer at the picture,

Ako bolje pogledate fotografiju,

videćete da on stoji ispod plavog znaka na kojem piše:

you'll see he's standing underneath a blue sign,

and that sign says, if you need help, if you need food or shelter

„Ako vam je potrebna pomoć, ako vam je potrebna hrana ili sklonište,

or you'd like to donate,

ili ako želite da date prilog, molim vas, pozovite 311

please call 311, our community service number.

ili broj naše socijalne službe.“

So why is this guy standing underneath my sign with his sign?

Zašto ovaj momak stoji ispod mog znaka sa svojim natpisom?

Well, we wondered if anybody would call that 311 sign,

Pitali smo se da li bi iko pozvao 311 sa znaka

and as it turns out, they did --

i, kao što se ispostavilo, jesu - ljudi su pozvali 11 000 puta.

11,000 times people called.

I put those up in about 30 intersections.

Postavio sam te znake na oko 30 raskrsnica.

And we did connect them with food and shelter and services.

I jesmo ih povezali sa hranom, skloništem i službama.

But yet he's still standing under my sign

Ali ipak, on i dalje stoji ispod mog znaka

with a sign that says he wants a job.

sa natpisom koji kaže da on želi posao.

It's simple: he wants a job.

Jednostavno je - on želi posao.

Zato sam odlučio da uradim nešto neobično za vladu.

So I decided to do something rare in government.

I decided to make the solution simpler rather than more complicated.

Odlučio sam da rešenje učinim jednostavnijim, a ne komplikovanijim.

I went back to my office, I gathered my staff around

Vratio sam se u kancelariju, okupio svoje osoblje i rekao:

and I said, "We're going to take this man at his word,

„Uzećemo ovog čoveka i ostale nalik njemu za reč.

and others like him.

The man says he wants a job, we're going to give him a job,

Čovek kaže da želi posao, mi ćemo mu dati posao

and we're going to make our city an even better place in the meantime."

i učinićemo naš grad još boljim za to vreme.“

You see, Albuquerque is a beautiful place.

Vidite, Albukerki je lepo mesto -

na 1,6 kilometara nadmorske visine, planine Sandija na istoku,

We're a mile high,

the Sandia Mountains on the east,

the Rio Grande runs through the center of the city;

Rio Grande protiče kroz centar grada,

domaćini smo Međunarodnog festivala balona u Albukerkiju.

we're the home of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

On a day like today,

Po danu kakav je danas, bukvalno se možete skijati ujutru

you could literally ski this morning and golf this afternoon.

i igrati golf posle podne.

But there's always something to do --

Ali, uvek ima nešto da se radi -

always weeds to pull, litter to pick up.

uvek ima korova za čupanje, otpadaka za skupljanje.

If you're going to have an initiative like this in your city,

Ako ćete pokrenuti ovakvu inicijativu u svom gradu,

morate sebi postaviti dva pitanja.

you have to ask yourself two questions.

Prvo je - da li ima nešto što treba da se uradi u vašem gradu?

First one is: Is there anything left to do in your city?

Ako je odgovor „ne“, da li biste mi, molim vas,

And if the answer is no,

would you please give me your mayor's phone number,

dali broj telefona vašeg gradonačelnika jer su mi potrebni neki saveti?

because I need some advice.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Ali drugo pitanje koje treba da postavilte je ovo -

But the second question you have to ask is this:

Are your solutions to panhandling working?

da li su vaša rešenja za prosjačenje uspešna?

If you're like Albuquerque,

Ako ste kao Albukerki

and you're taking the punitive approach like we used to,

i imate kazneni pristup kao što smo mi imali,

handing out tickets to panhandlers or those who give them money,

davanje kazni prosjacima i onima koji im daju novac,

I'm going to suggest that your solutions aren't working,

predložiću da vaša rešenja nisu uspešna,

and I know you're not getting to the root of your problem in your city.

i znam da ne dosežete do korena vašeg problema u vašem gradu.

So if you have something to do

Ako imate nešto da se uradi

i ako su vam potrebni ljudi kojima treba nešto da rade,

and you need people that need something to do,

there's a better way.

postoji bolji način.

And the good news is, it's not that complicated.

Dobra vest je da to nije tako komplikovano.

This a 2006 Dodge van.

Ovo je Dodž kombi iz 2006. godine.

It was in my motor pool not doing anything.

Bio je u mom voznom parku i ni za šta nije bio korišćen.

We put some new tires on it, wrapped it with a logo.

Stavili smo nove gume na njega, umotali ga u logo.

This van now goes out to street corners where our panhandlers are --

Ovaj kombi sada odlazi na ćoškove ulica gde su naši prosjaci -

we go to them.

mi idemo kod njih.

We stop the van, we get out,

Zaustavimo kombi, izađemo,

pitamo ih da li bi hteli da rade tog dana

we ask them if they would like a day's work

rather than panhandling for the day.

umesto da prose.

And if you wondered if they really mean it --

I ako ste se pitali da li to zaista misle -

it takes us about an hour to fill this van up in the morning,

treba nam oko sat vremena da ujutru napunimo kombi

jer skoro svako koga pitamo prihvati da radi tog dana.

because almost everybody we ask takes a job for the day.

But you need more than just a van.

Ali, potrebno vam je više nego samo kombi.

You need a super-fantastic human being to drive that van.

Treba vam superfantastično ljudsko biće da vozi taj kombi.

Ime mog superfantastičnog ljudskog bića je Vil.

And my super-fantastic human being, his name is Will.

This is him in the yellow vest.

Ovo je on u žutom prsluku.

Will works at our local nonprofit partner.

Vil radi za našeg neprofitnog partnera.

On radi sa beskućnicima svaki dan.

He works with the homeless every day.

The panhandlers trust him,

Prosjaci mu veruju,

he believes in them,

on veruje u njih,

he hustles.

podstiče ih.

I like to say, "Where there's a Will, there's a way."

Volim da kažem: „Ako postoji Vil, postoji način.“

Ako ćete organizovati kampanju „Bolji način“ u svom gradu,

So if you're going to do the Better Way campaign in your city,

morate sebi naći jednog Vila

you need to find yourself a Will,

because he's really one of the keys to making this successful

jer je on zaista jedan od ključeva uspeha

in the city of Albuquerque.

ove kampanje u gradu Albukerkiju.

You also need a great nonprofit partner.

Takođe vam treba i sjajni neprofitni partner.

Ours is St. Martin's Hospitality Center.

Naš je ugostiteljski centar „Sent Martin“.

They've been in our community for over 30 years.

U našoj zajednici su preko 30 godina.

They provide counseling, food, shelter,

Pružaju savetovanje, hranu, sklonište,

and if they don't provide it,

a ako ga oni ne pružaju, znaju nekoga u našem gradu ko to radi.

they know somebody in our city that does.

But they do something much more for me as the mayor.

Ali, oni rade nešto mnogo više za mene kao gradonačelnika.

They provide agility.

Oni pružaju agilnost.

You see, it takes me two weeks,

Vidite, potrebno mi je dve nedelje,

maybe two months sometimes,

ponekad možda dva meseca,

to onboard an employee with the city of Albuquerque.

da zaposlim radnika da radi za grad Albukerki.

So you could imagine --

Možete zamisliti -

my old Dodge van,

moj stari Dodž kombi,

my super-fantastic human being, Will,

moje superfantastično ljudsko biće, Vil,

sjajan lokalni neprofitni partner -

a great local nonprofit partner --

odvezu se do ćoška, tamo je prosjak,

they drive to the corner, there's a panhandler,

oni kažu: „Da li želiš da radiš danas?“

they say, "Would you like to work for the day?"

Prosjak kaže: „Da“,

The panhandler says, "Yes,"

and Will says, "Great! I'll be back in six weeks to pick you up."

a Vil kaže: „Sjajno! Vratiću se za šest nedelja da te pokupim.“

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Ne bi valjalo.

It wouldn't work.

It's really important that we have that agility in our program.

Veoma je važno da imamo tu agilnost u našem programu.

And they do the paperwork,

Oni rade papirologiju.

they do the insurance,

Oni rade osiguranje.

they do all of the other forms that I can't do quickly.

Oni rade sve ostale formulare koje ja ne mogu brzo da uradim.

We pay our panhandlers nine dollars an hour.

Plaćamo naše prosjake devet dolara na sat.

We feed them once at the jobsite.

Hranimo ih jednom na radnom mestu.

Na kraju dana, naš stari Dodž kombi ih vodi pravo u „Sent Martin“

At the end of the day,

our old Dodge van takes them right back to St. Martin's,

and they get connected with counseling services.

i povezujemo ih sa savetodavnim službama.

So far,

Do sada,

with the pilot program and a couple days a week,

sa probnim programom par dana nedeljno,

and a fantastic human being and a Dodge van,

fantastičnim ljudskim bićem i Dodž kombijem

we've cleaned up 400 city blocks in the city of Albuquerque.

očistili smo 400 gradskih blokova u gradu Albukerkiju.

We've picked up over 117,000 pounds of trash, weeds and litter.

Pokupili smo preko 53 000 kilograma đubreta, korova i otpadaka.

I don't know if you've ever weighed a tumbleweed,

Ne znam da li ste ikad izmerili osušen korov, ali on nije veoma težak,

but they don't weigh much,

so you can imagine the volume of material that we've picked up.

pa možete zamisliti količinu materijala koju smo pokupili.

My city has 6,000 employees,

Moj grad ima 6 000 radnika,

and none better than my solid waste department.

podjednako dobrih kao moje odeljenje za čvrsti otpad.

We send our trucks out at the end of the day,

Šaljemo naše kamione na kraju dana;

they help the panhandlers put into the truck

oni pomažu prosjacima da stave u kamion

the material they've picked up during the day,

materijal koji su pokupili u toku dana i nosimo ga na deponiju.

and we take it to the landfill.

I'm lucky that I have city employees

Srećom, imam radnike grada

koji su spremni da rade rame uz rame sa našim prosjacima.

that are willing to work side by side with our panhandlers.

Oni uzdižu naš grad dok uzdižu njihove živote.

They're lifting up our city while lifting up their lives.

I kao bilo šta drugo - vidite, potrebna su sredstva,

And like anything else -- listen, it takes resources.

But the good news is it doesn't take much.

ali dobra vest je da ne treba puno.

Počeli smo sa starim kombijem,

We started with an old van,

a super-fantastic human being,

superfantastičnim ljudskim bićem,

a great local nonprofit

sjajnom lokalnom neprofitnom organizacijom i pedeset hiljada dolara,

and $50,000.

But we also had to have community trust.

ali smo takođe imali poverenje zajednice.

And fortunately, we had built that up in years prior to Better Way.

Na sreću, to smo izgradili u godinama koje su prethodile „Boljem životu“.

We have a program called "Albuquerque Heading Home,"

Imamo program koji se zove „Albukerki na putu kući“,

a Housing First model where we house the chronically homeless,

projekat „Prvo skućavanje“ gde smeštamo naše hronične beskućnike,

and when I told my community we wanted to do that differently,

i kada sam rekao svojoj zajednici da želimo to da radimo drugačije,

I said there's a smart way to do the right thing.

rekao sam da postoji pametan način da se uradi prava stvar.

We have now housed 650 chronically homeless, medically vulnerable --

Do sada smo smestili 650 hroničnih beskućnika, medicinski ranjivih -

frankly, most likely to die on the streets in our city.

iskreno, veoma izvesno bi umrli na ulicama u našem gradu.

We commissioned our university, they studied it.

Angažovali smo naš univerzitet - proučili su to.

We could tell the taxpayers, we can save you 31.6 percent

Mogli smo reći poreskim obveznicima: „Možemo vam uštedeti 31,6 posto

over the cost of leaving someone to struggle for survival on the streets.

u odnosu na troškove ostavljanja nekog da se bori za opstanak na ulicama.“

We've now saved over five million dollars while housing 650 people.

Do sada smo uštedeli preko pet miliona dolara

smeštajući 650 ljudi.

So we had that community trust,

Tako da smo imali to poverenje zajednice,

but we had to have a little bit more of an honest conversation also

ali smo takođe morali da imamo i malo iskreniji razgovor kao zajednica

as a community,

jer smo morali da nateramo ljude da razumeju

because we had to get people to understand

da, kada daju tih pet dolara kroz prozor,

that when they hand those five dollars out the window,

možda smanjuju svoju mogućnost da pomognu siromašnoj osobi,

they might actually be minimizing their opportunity

i evo zašto:

to help the person in need, and here's why:

tih pet dolara mogu danas otići na kupovinu brze hrane;

that five dollars might go to buying some fast food today --

a lot of times it goes to buying drugs and alcohol.

mnogo puta odlaze na kupovinu droge i alkohola.

That same five dollars,

Tih istih pet dolara,

if you gave it to one of our shelters,

ako ih date jednom od naših skloništa,

could feed seven people today.

mogu danas nahraniti sedmoro ljudi.

And if you gave it to one of our local food banks or food pantries,

A ako ih date jednoj od lokalnih banaka hrane ili skladišta hrane,

we could actually feed 20 people with that money.

mi, u stvari, možemo nahraniti 20 ljudi sa tim novcem.

People ask,"Well, Albuquerque is 600,000 people -- million, metro --

Ljudi pitaju: „Albukerki ima 600 000 ljudi, milion sa okolnim mestima.

Ovo ne bi uspelo u našem gradu; suviše je veliki ili mali.“

this wouldn't work in our city, we're too big, we're too small."

Ne slažem se.

I disagree; if you have one panhandler on one city block,

Ako imate jednog prosjaka u jednom gradskom bloku,

možete ovo uraditi.

you can do this.

Ako živite u gradu sa osam i po miliona ljudi,

If you live in a city of eight-and-half million people,

možete ovo uraditi.

you can do this.

Nema veze šta radite.

It doesn't matter what you do.

Nije u pitanju posao koji radite, već dostojanstvo rada.

It's not the work that you do, it's the dignity of the work.

Možete da radite bilo šta.

You could do anything.

So I think any city could do this.

Mislim da bilo koji grad može ovo da radi.

I ljudi mi kažu:

And people say to me,

"Mayor, that's just a little too simple.

„Gradonačelniče, to je nekako suviše jednostavno.

It can't work that way."

Ne može uspeti na taj način.“

But I tell you what, friends:

Ali, reći ću vam ovo, prijatelji -

when you go to a street corner

kada odete na ćošak

i razgovarate sa prosjakom dostojanstveno i sa poštovanjem,

and you engage with a panhandler with dignity and respect,

maybe for the first time in years, maybe in their life,

možda po prvi put u mnogo godina, možda u njihovom životu,

i kažete im da verujete u njih

and you tell them that you believe in them

i da je ovo njihov grad podjednako kao i vaš,

and that this is their city as much as it's your city,

and that you actually need their help to make our place better,

i da vam je, u stvari, potrebna njihova pomoć da poboljšate naše mesto,

and you understand that this isn't the answer to all their problems,

i da razumete da ovo nije odgovor na sve njihove probleme,

but at least it's a start,

ali da je makar početak,

an amazing thing happens.

neverovatna stvar se dogodi.

When they get out on the jobsite and they start working together,

Kada odu na radno mesto i počnu zajedno da rade,

you start seeing amazing things happen.

počinjete da vidite neverovatne stvari.

They see teamwork; they see the fact that they can make a difference.

Vide timski rad i činjenicu da mogu da naprave razliku.

I na kraju dana, kada odu u „Sent Martin“ u tom starom Dodž kombiju,

And at the end of the day,

when they get back to St. Martin's in that old Dodge van,

izvesnije je da će se prijaviti za bilo koju pomoć koja im je potrebna -

they're much more likely to sign up for whatever services they need --

zloupotreba supstanci, savetovanje za duševno zdravlje ili bilo šta drugo.

substance abuse, mental health counseling, you name it.

So far with our pilot program,

Do sada, našim probnim programom

smo ponudili oko 1 700 dana jednodnevnog posla.

we've offered about 1,700 days of day work.

Povezali smo 216 ljudi sa prilikama za stalno zaposlenje.

We've connected 216 people to permanent employment opportunities.

Twenty people actually qualified for our Housing First model,

Dvadeset ljudi su, u stvari, ispunili uslove za naš projekat „Prvo skućavanje“,

Heading Home,

„Ka kući“ i smešteni su.

and they've been housed.

And over 150 people have been connected

Preko 150 ljudi su bili povezani

to mental health substance abuse services

sa savetovalištima za duševno zdravlje i zloupotrebu supstanci

through There's a Better Way.

kroz „Postoji bolji način“.

This is me just two weeks ago,

Ovo sam ja pre samo dve nedelje,

at St. Martin's,

u „Sent Martinu“,

doing our point-in-time survey

kako sprovodim prebrojavanje koje radimo svake dve godine.

that we do every two years.

I'm interviewing a gentleman who's homeless, like we do,

Kao što inače radimo, razgovaram sa gospodinom koji je beskućnik,

getting his information, figuring out where he's from,

prikupljam njegove podatke, ustanovljavam odakle je,

how he got there,

kako je stigao tamo

what we can do to help him.

i kako možemo da mu pomognemo.

And you notice he's holding the same sign that the guy was holding in 2015,

Primećujete da drži isti natpis koji je onaj momak držao 2015. godine,

same sign I walked out with here today.

isti natpis sa kojim sam ja danas ovde ušetao.

So you have to ask yourself: Is it really making a difference?

Morate se zapitati: „Da li zaista pravi razliku?“

Absolutely it's making a difference.

Apsolutno pravi razliku.

Albukerki je sada jedan od državnih predvodnika

Albuquerque is now one of the national leaders

in combating some of the most stubborn and persistent social issues

u borbi protiv nekih od najupornijih i najistrajnijih

društvenih problema koje imamo.

that we have.

Zajedno sa projektom „Ka kući“ i programom „Bolji način“,

Combined with Albuquerque Heading Home,

the Better Way program,

Albukerki je smanjio broj beskućnika bez skloništa u našem gradu

Albuquerque has reduced unsheltered homelessness in our city

za 80% prošle godine.

by 80 percent last year.

Since I took over as mayor,

Otkako sam postao gradonačelnik,

we've been able to reduce the chronic homeless population in our city

mogli smo da smanjimo broj hroničnih beskućnika

u našem gradu za 40%.

by 40 percent.

And by HUD's definition,

A po definiciji ministarstva,

we've gotten to functional zero,

stigli smo do funkcionalne nule,

što znači da bukvalno nemamo beskućnike među veteranima

which means we've literally ended veteran homelessness

in the city of Albuquerque,

u gradu Albukerkiju, time što smo to planski radili.

by being intentional.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So I'm happy to report that other cities are hearing about this,

Srećan sam da mogu da kažem da drugi gradovi saznaju za ovo,

other mayors are calling us --

drugi gradonačelnici nas zovu - Čikago, Sijetl, Denver, Dalas -

Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Dallas --

and are now starting to implement programs

i sada počinju da primenjuju programe

where they bring the dignity of work to the equation.

gde dostojanstvo rada uključuju u računicu.

And I can't wait to learn from them.

Jedva čekam da naučim od njih.

I can't wait to see what their experiment looks like,

Jedva čekam da vidim njihove eksperimente

what their pilot project looks like,

i probne projekte,

so we can start taking a collective approach nationally

pa da možemo da pričamo o zajedničkom državnom pristupu

through the dignity of work.

kroz dostojanstvo rada.

And I want to commend them --

Želim da ih pohvalim -

gradonačelnike, zajednice, neprofitne organizacije -

the mayors, their communities, their nonprofits --

for the work that they're doing.

zbog njihovog rada.

So who's next?

Ko je sledeći?

Are you and your city ready to step up?

Da li ste vi i vaš grad spremni da učinite nešto više?

Are you ready to think differently about these persistent social issues?

Da li ste spremni da drugačije razmišljate o ovim upornim društvenim problemima?

Are you ready to lift people up in your community

Da li ste spremni da uzdignete ljude u vašoj zajednici

through the dignity of work,

kroz dostojanstvo rada

i učinite svoj grad istinski boljim na mnogo načina?

and make your city profoundly better in many ways?

Prijatelji moji, ako ste spremni, obećavam vam da postoji bolji način.

Well, if you are, my friends, I promise you there is a better way.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

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