The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Dragana Savanovic

T. Morgan Dixon: I would like to tell you about the most powerful woman

T. Morgan Dikson: Htela bih da vam pričam o najmoćnijoj ženi

you've never heard of.

za koju nikada niste čuli.

This is Septima Clark.

Ovo je Septima Klark.

Remember her name: Septima Clark.

Upamtite njeno ime: Septima Klark.

Dr. King called her the "the architect of the civil rights movement,"

Doktor King ju je nazivao „arhitektom pokreta za građanska prava“

because she created something called Citizenship Schools.

jer je stvorila nešto što se zove škola za građane.

And in those schools, she taught ordinary women the practical skills

U ovim školama je podučavala obične žene praktičnim veštinama

to go back into their communities and teach people to read.

kako bi se vratile u svoje zajednice i učile ljude da čitaju.

Because if they could read,

Jer ako mogu da čitaju,

they could vote.

mogu da glasaju.

Well, these women took those organizing skills,

Pa, te žene su usvojile te veštine organizovanja

and they became some of the most legendary civil rights activists

i postale su neke od najlegendarnijih aktivista za građanska prava

this country has ever seen.

koje je ova zemlja ikada videla.

Women like Diane Nash.

Žene kao što je Dajana Neš.

You may know her.

Možda znate za nju.

She orchestrated the entire walk from Selma to Montgomery.

Ona je organizovala čitavu šetnju od Selme do Montgomerija.

She was a cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,

Bila je suosnivač Studentskog nenasilnog koordinacionog odbora,

a oni su uveli zauzimanje belačkih mesta u restoranima

and they integrated lunch counters,

and they created the Freedom Rides.

i stvorili su „Borce za slobodu“.

Or you may remember Fannie Lou Hamer,

Ili možda se sećate Fani Lu Hejmer

who sat on the floor of the Democratic National Convention

koja je sedela na podu na Demokratskoj nacionalnoj konvenciji

and talked about being beaten in jail cells

i pričala kako su je tukli u zatvoru

as she registered people to vote in Mississippi.

dok je registrovala ljude da glasaju u Misisipiju.

And her most famous student,

I njena najčuvenija učenica,

Rosa Parks.

Roza Parks.

She said Septima Clark was the one who taught her

Govorila je da ju je Septima Klark naučila

the peaceful act of resistance.

mirnom činu otpora.

And when she sat down,

Kada je ona sela,

she inspired a nation to stand.

inspirisala je naciju da ustane.

These were just three of her 10,000 students.

Ovo su bila samo tri od njenih 10 000 učenika.

These women stood on the front lines of change,

Ove žene su stajale u prvim redovima promena,

and by doing so,

i na taj način

they taught people to read in her Citizenship School model

su naučile ljude da čitaju u okviru njenog modela škole za građane

and empowered 700,000 new voters.

i osposobili 700 000 novih glasača.

And that's not it.

A to nije sve.

She created a new culture of social activism.

Stvorila je novu kulturu društvenog aktivizma.

Pete Seeger said it was Septima Clark who changed the lyrics

Pit Siger je rekao da je Septima Klark izmenila tekst

to the old gospel song

stare gospel pesme

and made the anthem we all know:

i stvorila himnu koju svi znamo:

"We Shall Overcome."

„Prebrodićemo“.

Vanessa Garrison: Now, many of you may know us.

Vanesa Garison: Mnogi među vama nas možda već znaju.

We are the cofounders of GirlTrek,

Mi smo suosnivači GirlTrek-a,

the largest health organization for Black women in America.

najveće zdravstvene organizacije za crne žene u Americi.

Our mission is simple:

Naša misija je jednostavna:

ask Black women,

zatražiti od crnkinja,

80 percent of whom are over a healthy body weight,

od kojih je 80% sa težinom većom od zdrave telesne težine,

to walk outside of their front door every day

da svakodnevno šetaju ispred svoje kuće

to establish a lifesaving habit of walking;

kako bi uspostavile spasonosnu naviku hodanja,

in doing so, ignite a radical movement

i time podstakle radikalni pokret

in which Black women reverse the devastating impacts

u kome će crnkinje preokrenuti razorne uticaje

of chronic disease,

hroničnih bolesti,

reclaim the streets of their neighborhoods,

povratiti ulice u svojim naseljima,

create a new culture of health for their families

stvoriti novu kulturu zdravlja u svojim porodicama

and stand on the front lines for justice.

i istupiti u prve redove za pravdu.

Today, all across America,

Danas širom Amerike

more than 100,000 Black women are wearing this GirlTrek blue shirt

više od 100 000 crnkinja nosi ovu plavu majicu GirlTrek

as they move through their communities --

dok se kreću kroz svoje zajednice -

a heroic force.

herojska sila.

We walk in the footsteps of Septima Clark.

Hodamo stopama Septime Klark.

She gave us a blueprint for change-making.

Ona nam je dala nacrt za stvaranje promena.

One, to have a bold idea,

Kao prvo, imati smelu ideju,

bigger than anyone is comfortable with.

veću nego što je bilo kome prijatno.

To two: root down in the cultural traditions of your community

Kao drugo, ukoreniti se u kulturnim tradicijama zajednice

and lean heavily on what has come before.

i snažno se osloniti na ranija dešavanja.

To three: name it --

Kao treće, imenovati -

that one thing that everyone is willing to work hard for;

tu jednu stvar za koju su svi spremni da naporno rade;

a ridiculously simple goal that doesn't just benefit the individual

smešno jednostavan cilj koji ne koristi samo pojedincu,

but the village around them.

već i selu oko njega.

And to, lastly:

I na kraju:

never ask permission to save your own life.

nikada ne tražite dozvolu da spasite sopstveni život.

It is our fundamental right as human beings

Naše je osnovno pravo kao ljudskih bića

to solve our own problems.

da rešavamo svoje lične probleme.

TMD: So to the women all out there gathered in your living rooms,

TMD: Dakle, svim ženama koje su okupljene u dnevnim sobama,

rooting for us, acting crazy on social media right now --

koje navijaju za nas i luduju na društvenim mrežama u ovom trenutku -

we see you.

vidimo vas.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

We see you every day. We love you.

Vidimo vas svakog dana. Volimo vas.

You are not alone,

Niste same,

and our bigger work starts now.

i veći deo našeg posla počinje sada.

VG: You got us onto this stage --

VG: Vi ste nas doveli na ovu scenu -

your leadership;

vaše vođstvo,

auditing blighted streets in Detroit;

patroliranje urušenim ulicama u Detroitu;

working with hospitals and health care systems in Harlem;

rad sa bolnicama i sistemima zdravstvene zaštite u Harlemu;

praying over the streets of Sacramento, Charlotte, Brooklyn, Flint

molitve nad ulicama Sakramenta, Šarlota, Bruklina, Flinta

and every community that has seen trauma;

i svake zajednice koja je doživela traumu;

changing traffic patterns, making your streets safer;

promene u režimu saobraćaja, čime su ulice postale bezbednije;

and most importantly,

i, što je najvažnije,

standing as role models.

služenje u ulozi uzora.

And it all started with your commitment to start walking,

Sve je počelo vašim preuzimanjem obaveze da počnete sa šetanjem,

your agreement to organize your friends and family

vašom saglasnošću da organizujete svoje prijatelje i porodicu,

and your belief in our broader mission.

i vašim verovanjem u našu širu misiju.

TMD: It's important to me that everyone in this room understands

TDI: Za mene je važno da svi u ovoj prostoriji razumeju

kako tačno funkcioniše stvaranje promena u GirlTrek-u.

exactly how change-making works in GirlTrek.

One well-trained organizer has the power to change the behavior

Jedan dobro obučeni organizator ima moć da promeni ponašanje

of 100 of her friends.

100 svojih prijatelja.

We know that is true,

Znamo da je to tačno

because the [1,000] women blowing up social media right now

jer je 1000 žena koje u ovom trenutku raspaljuju društvene mreže

have already inspired over 100,000 women to walk.

već inspirisalo preko 100 000 žena da šetaju.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

But that is not nearly enough.

Ali to nije ni približno dovoljno.

And so our goal is to create critical mass.

Naš cilj je da stvorimo kritičnu masu.

And in order to do that,

A da bismo to uradili,

we have an audacious plan to scale our intervention.

imamo odvažan plan da povećamo svoje intervencije.

A thousand organizers is not enough.

Hiljadu organizatora nije dovoljno.

GirlTrek is going to create the next Citizenship School.

GirlTrek će stvoriti narednu školu za građane.

And in doing so, we will train 10,000 frontline health activists

Na taj način ćemo obučiti 10 000 aktivista za zdravlje

and deploy them into the highest-need communities in America.

i rasporediti ih u zajednice u Americi gde je to najpotrebnije.

Because when we do, we will disrupt disease;

Jer kada to uradimo, prekinućemo bolest;

we will create a new culture of health.

stvorićemo novu kulturu zdravlja.

And what we will do is create a support system

Napravićemo sistem podrške

for one million Black women to walk to save their own lives.

tako da milion crnkinja šeta da bi spasile svoj život.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And our training is unparalleled.

Naša obuka je bez premca.

I just want you to imagine.

Samo želim da zamislite.

It's like a revival, tent-like festival,

To je kao ponovno odigravanje, kao festival u šatoru,

not unlike the civil rights movement teach-ins.

ne mnogo drugačije od otvorenih predavanja pokreta građanskih prava.

And we're going to go all across the country.

To ćemo raditi širom zemlje.

It is the biggest announcement this week:

To je najveća najava ove nedelje:

Vanessa and I and a team of masterful teachers,

Vanesa, ja i tim vičnih nastavnika,

all to culminate next year,

što će sve dostići vrhunac sledeće godine,

on sacred ground,

na svetom tlu,

in Selma, Alabama,

u Selmi u Alabami,

to create a new annual tradition that we are calling "Summer of Selma."

da bismo stvorili novu godišnju tradiciju koju zovemo „Selmino leto“.

VG: Summer of Selma will be an annual pilgrimage

VG: Selmino leto će biti godišnje hodočašće

that will include a walk --

koje će obuhvatati šetnju

54 miles,

od 87 kilometara,

the sacred route from Selma to Montgomery.

što je sveti put od Selme do Montgomerija.

It will also include rigorous training.

Takođe će obuhvatati rigoroznu obuku.

Picture it,

Zamislite

as women come to learn organizing and recruitment strategies,

kako žene počinju da uče strategije organizacije i regrutovanja,

to study exercise science,

da izučavaju nauku vežbanja,

to take nutrition classes,

da idu na časove pravilne ishrane,

to learn storytelling,

da uče pripovedanje,

to become certified as outdoor trip leaders

postaju sertifikovani vodiči za putovanja u prirodi

and community advocates.

i zaštitnici zajednice.

TMD: This is going to be unprecedented.

TMD: Ovo će biti dosad neviđeno.

It's going to be a moment in time like a cultural institution,

To će biti trenutak poput kulturne institucije,

and in fact,

i u stvari,

it's going to be the Woodstock of Black Girl Healing.

to će biti Vudstok za isceljenje crnkinja.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

VG: And the need --

VG: A potreba je -

it's more urgent than ever.

hitnije je nego ikada.

We are losing our communities' greatest resource.

Gubimo najveći resurs svojih zajednica.

Black women are dying in plain sight.

Crnkinje nam umiru ispred nosa.

And not only is no one talking about it,

I ne samo da niko ne govori o tome,

but we refuse to acknowledge

već i odbijamo da priznamo

that the source of this crisis is rooted in the same injustice

da izvor ove krize ima korene u istoj nepravdi

that first propelled the civil rights movement.

koja je i pokrenula pokret za građanska prava.

On December 30 of 2017,

Dana 30. decembra 2017. godine,

Erica Garner,

Erika Garner,

the daughter of Eric Garner,

ćerka Erika Garnera,

a Black man who died on the streets of New York

crnca koji je umro na ulicama Njujorka

from a police choke hold,

kada ga je policajac držao oko vrata,

passed away of a heart attack.

preminula je od srčanog udara.

Erica was just 27 years old,

Erika je imala samo 27 godina,

the mother of two children.

i bila je majka dvoje dece.

She would be one of 137 Black women that day --

Postala je jedna od 137 crnkinja koje su toga dana -

more than 50,000 in the last year --

a bilo ih je preko 50 000 prošle godine -

to die from a heart-related issue,

umrle od srčanih problema,

many of their hearts broken from trauma.

mnoge među njima slomljenog srca usled traume.

The impacts of stress on Black women

Uticaj stresa na crnkinje

who send their children and spouses out the door each day,

koje svakodnevno šalju napolje svoju decu i supruge,

unsure if they will come home alive;

ne znajući hoće li se vratiti kući živi;

who work jobs where they are paid 63 cents to every dollar paid to white men;

koje rade poslove plaćene 63 centa manje po dolaru u odnosu na belce;

who live in communities with crumbling infrastructure

koje žive u zajednicama sa oronulom infrastrukturom

with no access to fresh fruits or vegetables;

bez pristupa svežem voću i povrću;

with little to no walkable or green spaces --

sa malo ili nimalo zelenih površina ili prostora za šetnju -

the impact of this inequality is killing Black women

uticaj ove nejednakosti ubija crnkinje

at higher and faster rates than any other group in the country.

više i brže nego bilo koju drugu grupaciju u zemlji.

But that is about to change.

Ali to će se uskoro promeniti.

It has to.

Mora da se promeni.

TMD: So let me tell you a story.

TMD: Da vam ispričam priču.

About three weeks ago --

Pre oko tri nedelje -

many of you may have watched --

mnogi od vas su možda gledali -

Vanessa and I and a team of 10 women walked 100 miles

Vanesa, ja i tim od 10 žena prepešačile smo 160 kilometara

on the actual Underground Railroad.

po Podzemnoj železnici.

We did it in five days --

To smo uradile za pet dana -

five long and beautiful days.

pet dugih i divnih dana.

And the world watched.

A svet je gledao.

Three million people watched the live stream.

Tri miliona ljudi je uživo gledalo prenos.

Some of you in here, the influencers, shared the story.

Neki od vas ovde, sa uticajem na internetu, podelili ste priču.

Urban Radio blasted it across the country.

Urbani radio je brujao o tome širom zemlje.

VG: Even the E! News channel interrupted a story about the Kardashians --

VG: Čak je i kanal E! News prekinuo priču o Kardašijanima -

which, if you asked us, is just a little bit of justice --

što je, ako se mi pitamo, tek malčice pravedno -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

to report that GirlTrek had made it safely on our hundred-mile journey.

da bi objavio da je GirlTrek uspešno prešao put od 160 kilometara.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

TMD: People were rooting for us.

TMD: Ljudi su navijali za nas.

And they were rooting for us because in this time of confusion and contention,

A navijali su za nas jer nam je, u ovo vreme zbunjenosti i razdora,

this journey allowed us all to reflect on what it meant to be American.

ovo putovanje omogućilo da razmislimo o tome šta znači biti Amerikanac.

We saw America up close and personal as we walked.

Videli smo Ameriku izbliza i lično dok smo pešačili.

We walked through historic towns,

Prošli smo kroz istorijske gradove,

through dense forest,

kroz guste šume,

past former plantations.

pored nekadašnjih plantaža.

And one day,

A jednoga dana

we walked into a gas station that was also a café,

smo ušetale u benzinsku pumpu koja je takođe bila kafić,

and it was filled with men.

i bila je puna muškaraca.

They were wearing camo and had hunting supplies.

Nosili su kamuflažnu odeću i imali lovačku opremu.

And out front were all of their trucks, and one had a Confederate flag.

Ispred su bili njihovi kamioneti, a jedan je imao zastavu Konfederacije.

And so we left the establishment.

Tako da smo napustile to mesto.

And as we were walking along this narrow strip of road,

Dok smo hodale ovim uskim delom puta,

a few of the trucks reared by us so close,

nekoliko kamioneta nam se primaklo veoma blizu,

and out of their tailpipe was the specter of mob violence.

a iz njihovih izduvnih cevi izlazila je sablast nasilja gomile.

It was unnerving.

Bilo je uznemirujuće.

But then it happened.

Ali onda se dogodilo.

Right on the border of Maryland and Delaware,

Na samoj granici Merilenda i Delavera

we saw a man standing by his truck.

videle smo čoveka koji je stajao pored kamioneta.

The tailgate was down.

Tovarni prostor je bio otvoren.

He had on a brown jacket.

Imao je braon jaknu.

He was standing there awkwardly.

Nespretno je stajao tamo.

The first two girls in our group, Jewel and Sandria,

Prve dve devojke u našoj grupi, Džuel i Sandrija,

prošle su pored njega jer je izgledao sumnjivo.

they walked by because he looked suspicious.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But the bigger group, we stopped to give him a chance.

Ali veći deo grupe je zastao da mu pruži šansu.

And he walked up to us and he said,

Prišao nam je i rekao:

"Hi, my name is Jake Green.

„Zdravo, zovem se Džejk Grin.

I heard you on Christian radio this morning,

Čuo sam vas jutros na hrišćanskom radiju

and God told me to bring you supplies."

i bog mi je rekao da vam donesem zalihe.“

He brought us water,

Doneo nam je vodu,

he brought us granola,

žitne štanglice

and he brought us tissue.

i maramice.

And we needed tissue because we had just walked through a nor'easter;

A bile su nam potrebne maramice jer smo upravo prošle kroz oluju,

it was 29 degrees, it was sleeting on our faces.

bilo je dva stepena ispod nule i smrzla su nam se lica.

Our sneakers and our socks were frozen and wet and frozen again.

Patike i čarape su nam se zaledile, pokvasile, i opet zaledile.

We needed that tissue more than he could have possibly understood.

Bile su nam potrebne maramice više nego što je on mogao da zamisli.

So on that day, in that moment,

Tako je tog dana, u tom trenutku,

Jake Green renewed my faith in God for sure,

Džejk Grin zasigurno obnovio moju veru u boga,

but he renewed my faith in humanity.

ali i moju veru u ljudskost.

We have a choice to make.

Na nama je izbor.

In America, we can fall further into the darkness of discord, or not.

U Americi možemo dublje da upadnemo u tamu razdora, ili ne.

And I am here to tell you

Ovde sam da vam kažem

that the women of GirlTrek are walking through the streets

da žene GirlTrek-a šetaju ulicama

sa svetlom koje se ne može ugasiti.

with a light that cannot be extinguished.

VG: They are also walking through the streets with a mission

VG: Takođe hodaju ulicama sa misijom

as clear and as powerful as the women who marched in Montgomery:

koja je jasna i moćna kao kod žena koje su marširale u Montgomeriju:

that disease stops here,

bolest prestaje ovde,

that trauma stops here.

trauma prestaje ovde.

And with your support

Uz vašu podršku

and in our ancestors' footsteps,

i stopama naših predaka,

these 10,000 newly trained activists will launch the largest health revolution

ovih 10 000 novoobučenih aktivista pokrenuće najveću zdravstvenu revoluciju

this country has ever seen.

koju je ova zemlja ikada videla.

And they will return to their communities and model the best of human flourishing.

Vratiće se u svoje zajednice i oblikovati najbolji moguć razvoj ljudi.

And we --

A mi -

we will all celebrate.

mi ćemo svi slaviti.

Because like Jake Green understood,

Jer, kao što je Džejk Grin shvatio,

our fates are intertwined.

naše sudbine su isprepletene.

Septima Clark once said,

Septima Klark je jednom rekla:

"The air has finally gotten to a place where we can breathe it together."

„Vazduh je konačno postao takav da možemo zajedno da ga udišemo.“

And yet,

A ipak,

the haunting last words of Eric Garner were: "I can't breathe."

uznemirujuće poslednje reči Erika Garnera bile su: „Ne mogu da dišem.“

And his daughter Erica died at 27 years old,

Negova ćerka Erika umrla je u 27. godini,

still seeking justice.

dok je još tražila pravdu.

So we --

Dakle, mi -

we're going to keep doing Septima's work

mi ćemo nastaviti Septimin rad

until her words become reality,

dok njene reči ne postanu stvarnost,

until Black women are no longer dying,

dok crnkinje ne prestanu da umiru,

until we can all breathe the air together.

dok ne budemo svi mogli da zajedno udišemo vazduh.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)