Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of immersion

Prevodilac: Sandra Gojic Lektor: Ivana Korom

I've been spending a lot of time

Provodim mnogo vremema

traveling around the world these days,

putujući širom sveta ovih dana

talking to groups of students and professionals,

razgovarajući sa studentima i profesionalcima.

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

I shvatila sam da svuda slušam o sličnim temama.

On the one hand, people say,

Sa jedne strane, ljudi kažu:

"The time for change is now."

"Sada je vreme za promenu."

They want to be part of it.

Žele da budu deo toga.

They talk about wanting lives of purpose and greater meaning.

Kažu da žele život sa svrhom i većim smislom.

But on the other hand,

Ali sa druge strane,

I hear people talking about fear,

čujem da ljudi govore o strahu,

a sense of risk-aversion.

osećaju averzije prema riziku.

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

Kažu: "Zaista želim da vodim smislen život,

but I don't know where to start.

ali ne znam gde da počnem.

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

Ne želim da razočaram porodicu i prijatelje."

I work in global poverty.

Ja radim sa svetskim siromaštvom.

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

I onda kažu: "Želim da radim na tome,

but what will it mean about my career?

ali šta će to značiti za moju karijeru?

Will I be marginalized?

Hoću li biti marginalizovan?

Will I not make enough money?

Da li ću zarađivati dovoljno?

Will I never get married or have children?"

Hoću li se udati, imati decu?"

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

A kao žena koja se udala vrlo kasno - i drago mi

and I'm glad I waited --

je što sam čekala -

(Laughter)

(smeh)

-- and has no children,

- i nema decu,

I look at these young people

gledam te mlade ljude i kažem

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

"Vaš posao nije da budete savršeni.

Your job is only to be human.

Vaš posao je da budete ljudi.

And nothing important happens in life

A sve važne stvari u životu imaju

without a cost."

svoju cenu."

These conversations really reflect what's happening

Ovi razgovori stvarno reflektuju ono što se dešava

at the national and international level.

na nacionalnom i globalnom nivou.

Our leaders and ourselves

I mi i naši lideri

want everything,

želimo sve,

but we don't talk about the costs.

ali ne razgovaramo o ceni,

We don't talk about the sacrifice.

ne razgovaramo o žrtvi.

One of my favorite quotes from literature

Jedan od mojih omiljenih citata iz

was written by Tillie Olsen,

književnosti dolazi od sjajne

the great American writer from the South.

američke spisateljice sa juga, Tili Olsen.

In a short story called "Oh Yes,"

U kratkoj priči "O da",

she talks about a white woman in the 1950s

ona govori o beloj ženi iz '50-ih

who has a daughter

koja je imala ćerku

who befriends a little African American girl,

koja se sprijateljila sa afričko-američkom devojčicom.

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

I ona gleda svoje dete sa osećanjem ponosa,

but she also wonders,

ali se i pita,

what price will she pay?

koju cenu će platiti?

"Better immersion

"Bolje dubok

than to live untouched."

nego netaknut život."

But the real question is,

Ali pravo pitanje je,

what is the cost of not daring?

koliko košta odsustvo smelosti?

What is the cost of not trying?

Koliko košta odsustvo truda?

I've been so privileged in my life

Imam tu privilegiju u životu

to know extraordinary leaders

da poznajem sjajne lidere

who have chosen to live lives of immersion.

koji su odabrali da žive smislenim životom.

One woman I knew who was a fellow

Jedna od njih je žena, Ingrid Vašinvatok,

at a program that I ran at the Rockefeller Foundation

bila je saradnik na programu koji sam vodila u

was named Ingrid Washinawatok.

Rokfeler fondaciji.

She was a leader of the Menominee tribe,

Bila je vođa Menomini plemena,

a Native American peoples.

naroda indijanskog porekla.

And when we would gather as fellows,

I kada bismo se sastali kao saradnici,

she would push us to think about

naterala bi nas da razmišljamo

how the elders in Native American culture

kako starešine u indijanskoj kulturi

make decisions.

donose odluke.

And she said they would literally visualize

I rekla bi kako oni bukvalno vizualizuju

the faces of children

lica dece

for seven generations into the future,

za sedam budućih generacija,

looking at them from the Earth,

gledajući ih iz Zemlje.

and they would look at them, holding them as stewards

I pazili bi na njih i čuvali ih da budu upravnici

for that future.

te budućnosti.

Ingrid understood that we are connected to each other,

Ingrid je razumela da smo međusobno povezani,

not only as human beings,

ne samo kao ljudska bića,

but to every living thing on the planet.

već sa svakim bićem na planeti.

And tragically, in 1999,

I tragično, 1999.

when she was in Colombia

dok je bila u Kolumbiji

working with the U'wa people,

radeći sa Uva narodom,

focused on preserving their culture and language,

fokusirana na očuvanje njihove kulture i jezika,

she and two colleagues were abducted

bila je oteta sa dvoje kolega

and tortured and killed by the FARC.

i mučena i ubijena od strane FARC (gerilska vojska).

And whenever we would gather the fellows after that,

I svaki put kada bismo se sastali posle toga,

we would leave a chair empty for her spirit.

ostavili bismo praznu stolicu za njen duh.

And more than a decade later,

I više od decenije kasnije,

when I talk to NGO fellows,

u razgovorima sa NVO saradnicima,

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

bilo u Trentonu, Nju Džerziju ili u kancelariji u Beloj Kući,

and we talk about Ingrid,

kada spomenemo Ingrid,

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

svi kažu da pokušavaju da uklope njenu mudrost

and her spirit

i njen duh

and really build on the unfulfilled work

i zaista nastave sa ispunjenjem

of her life's mission.

njene životne misije.

And when we think about legacy,

I kada razmišljamo o nasleđu,

I can think of no more powerful one,

ne mogu da se setim moćnijeg od njenog,

despite how short her life was.

ma koliko joj kratak život bio.

And I've been touched by Cambodian women --

I bila sam dirnuta kambodžanskim ženama,

beautiful women,

prelepim ženama,

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

koje održavaju tradiciju klasičnog plesa u Kambodži.

And I met them in the early '90s.

Srela sam ih ranih '90-ih.

In the 1970s, under the Pol Pot regime,

Tokom '70-ih, za vreme režima Pol Pota,

the Khmer Rouge killed over a million people,

Crveni Kmeri su ubili preko milion ljudi.

and they focused and targeted the elites and the intellectuals,

Fokusirali su se i usmerili na elitu i intelektualce,

the artists, the dancers.

umetnike, plesače.

And at the end of the war,

I na kraju rata,

there were only 30 of these classical dancers still living.

ostalo je samo 30 ovih klasičnih plesača.

And the women, who I was so privileged to meet

I žene koje sam imala privilegiju da upoznam

when there were three survivors,

gde je bilo samo troje preživelih,

told these stories about lying in their cots

pričale su kako su ležale u krevetima

in the refugee camps.

u izbegličkom kampu.

They said they would try so hard

Rekle bi kako su se strašno trudile

to remember the fragments of the dance,

da zapamte delove plesa,

hoping that others were alive and doing the same.

nadajući se da su i ostali živi i da rade isto.

And one woman stood there with this perfect carriage,

Jedna žena je stajala sa strane, sa tom savršenom kočijom

her hands at her side,

ruku spuštenih pored tela,

and she talked about

i pričala o ponovnom

the reunion of the 30 after the war

okupljanju njih 30, nakon rata

and how extraordinary it was.

i kako je izuzetno to bilo.

And these big tears fell down her face,

I te ogromne suze su padale niz njeno lice,

but she never lifted her hands to move them.

ali nikada nije podigla ruke da ih skloni.

And the women decided that they would train

I žene su odlučile da će obučavati,

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

ne sledeću generaciju devojčica, jer su već dovoljno odrasle,

but the next generation.

nego onu narednu.

And I sat there in the studio

I sedela sam u studiju

watching these women clapping their hands --

gledajući te žene kako tapšu rukama -

beautiful rhythms --

divni ritmovi -

as these little fairy pixies

dok su te male vile

were dancing around them,

plesale oko njih,

wearing these beautiful silk colors.

noseći te divne svilene boje.

And I thought, after all this atrocity,

Pomislila sam, nakon svih tih zločina,

this is how human beings really pray.

ovako se ljudi zapravo mole.

Because they're focused on honoring

Jer su usmereni na slavljenje

what is most beautiful about our past

onog najlepšeg iz prošlosti

and building it into

i pretvaranje u

the promise of our future.

obećanje naše budućnosti.

And what these women understood

I ono što ove žene razumeju

is sometimes the most important things that we do

jeste da ponekad najvažnije stvari koje radimo

and that we spend our time on

i na koje trošimo vreme

are those things that we cannot measure.

jesu one koje ne možemo meriti.

I also have been touched

Isto tako me je pogodila

by the dark side of power and leadership.

tamna strana moći i liderstva.

And I have learned that power,

I naučila sam da moć,

particularly in its absolute form,

naročito u svom apsolutnom obliku,

is an equal opportunity provider.

obezbeđuje mogućnost za ravnopravnost.

In 1986, I moved to Rwanda,

Preselila sam se u Ruandu 1986.

and I worked with a very small group of Rwandan women

gde sam radila sa veoma malom grupom ruandskih žena

to start that country's first microfinance bank.

na otvaranju lokalne mikrofinansijske banke.

And one of the women was Agnes --

Jedna od njih je bila Agnes -

there on your extreme left --

skroz levo -

she was one of the first three

bila je jedna među prve tri

women parliamentarians in Rwanda,

žene u parlamentu u Ruandi,

and her legacy should have been

i njeno nasleđe je trebalo da bude

to be one of the mothers of Rwanda.

da postane jedna od majki Ruande.

We built this institution based on social justice,

Izgradili smo ovu instituciju na socijalnoj pravdi,

gender equity,

rodnoj ravnopravnosti,

this idea of empowering women.

ideji osnaživanja žena.

But Agnes cared more about the trappings of power

Ali Agnes je više brinula o zamkama moći

than she did principle at the end.

nego o krajnjem ishodu.

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

I iako je učestvovala u stvaranju liberalne partije,

a political party

političke partije,

that was focused on diversity and tolerance,

koja se usmerila na različitost i toleranciju,

about three months before the genocide, she switched parties

otprilike tri meseca pre genocida, promenila je stranku

and joined the extremist party, Hutu Power,

i pridružila se ekstremistima, Hutu Moći,

and she became the Minister of Justice

i postala je ministar pravde

under the genocide regime

u okrutnom režimu

and was known for inciting men to kill faster

i bila je poznata po podsticanju muškaraca da ubijaju brže

and stop behaving like women.

i da se ne ponašaju kao žene.

She was convicted

Bila je osuđena za

of category one crimes of genocide.

zločin prve katergorije genocida.

And I would visit her in the prisons,

Posećivala sam je u zatvoru,

sitting side-by-side, knees touching,

sedela pored nje, kolena su nam se dodirivala,

and I would have to admit to myself

i morala sam da priznam sebi

that monsters exist in all of us,

da čudovišta postoje u svima nama,

but that maybe it's not monsters so much,

ali možda nije u pitanju čudovište,

but the broken parts of ourselves,

već naši slomljeni delovi,

sadnesses, secret shame,

tuga, tajni stid,

and that ultimately it's easy for demagogues

i na kraju, lako je demagozima

to prey on those parts,

da love te delove,

those fragments, if you will,

te fragmente, ako hoćete

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

i da nas nateraju da te ljude gledamo

as lesser than ourselves --

kao manje od nas samih -

and in the extreme, to do terrible things.

i da na kraju radimo strašne stvari.

And there is no group

I ne postoji grupa

more vulnerable to those kinds of manipulations

koja je osetljivija na takve manipulacije

than young men.

od mladića.

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

Čula sam da ne postoji opasnija životinja na planeti

is the adolescent male.

od muškog adolescenta.

And so in a gathering

I tako na okupljanju

where we're focused on women,

gde smo usmereni na žene,

while it is so critical that we invest in our girls

dok je važno da ulažemo u naše devojke

and we even the playing field

i da izjednačimo teren

and we find ways to honor them,

i nađemo način da im odamo počast,

we have to remember that the girls and the women

moramo se setiti da su žene i devojke

are most isolated and violated

najviše izolovane, izložene nasilju

and victimized and made invisible

ugrožene i nevidljive

in those very societies

u onim društvima

where our men and our boys

gde se naši muškarci i dečaci

feel disempowered,

osećaju obespravljenim,

unable to provide.

bez prilike da pruže.

And that, when they sit on those street corners

I dok sede po ćoškovima ulica

and all they can think of in the future

i samo razmišljaju o tome da u budućnosti

is no job, no education,

nema posla, škole,

no possibility,

mogućnosti,

well then it's easy to understand

onda je lako razumeti

how the greatest source of status

da najveći status može

can come from a uniform

pružiti uniforma

and a gun.

i pištolj.

Sometimes very small investments

Ponekad i najmanja investicija

can release enormous, infinite potential

može osloboditi ogroman, bezgraničan potencijal

that exists in all of us.

koji postoji u svima nama.

One of the Acumen Fund fellows at my organization,

Jedan od saradnika u Akumenskom fondu,

Suraj Sudhakar,

Suraj Sudhakar,

has what we call moral imagination --

ima ono što zovemo moralna mašta -

the ability to put yourself in another person's shoes

sposobnost da se stavite u kožu drugoga

and lead from that perspective.

i vodite iz te perspektive.

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

On je radio sa mladom grupom muškaraca

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

koji dolaze iz najvećeg sirotinjskog kraja na svetu, Kibere.

And they're incredible guys.

I oni su neverovatni momci.

And together they started a book club

Zajedno su započeli klub knjige

for a hundred people in the slums,

za stotine ljudi iz kraja,

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

i čitaju mnoge TED autore i dopadaju im se.

And then they created a business plan competition.

Onda su stvorili takmičenje u biznis planovima.

Then they decided that they would do TEDx's.

Onda su odlučili da će raditi TEDx događaje.

And I have learned so much

I naučila sam toliko toga

from Chris and Kevin

od Krisa i Kevina

and Alex and Herbert

i Aleksa i Herberta

and all of these young men.

i svih tih mladih ljudi.

Alex, in some ways, said it best.

Aleks je to na neki način rekao najbolje.

He said, "We used to feel like nobodies,

Rekao je: "Osećali smo se kao da smo ništa,

but now we feel like somebodies."

ali sada osećamo da smo neko."

And I think we have it all wrong

I mislim da smo pogrešno shvatili

when we think that income is the link.

da je novac u pitanju.

What we really yearn for as human beings

Ono za čim mi kao ljudska bića čeznemo

is to be visible to each other.

je da nas drugi vide.

And the reason these young guys

Kako su mi ovi mladići rekli,

told me that they're doing these TEDx's

razlog zbog kojeg rade TEDx

is because they were sick and tired

je to što im je preko glave

of the only workshops coming to the slums

HIV radionica, koje jedino dolaze

being those workshops focused on HIV,

u njihov kraj ili u boljem slučaju

or at best, microfinance.

one o mikrofinansiranju.

And they wanted to celebrate

A oni su hteli da slave

what's beautiful about Kibera and Mathare --

lepotu Kibere i Matare -

the photojournalists and the creatives,

fotoreporteri i kreativci,

the graffiti artists, the teachers and the entrepreneurs.

grafiti umetnici, učitelji i preduzetnici.

And they're doing it.

I uspeva im.

And my hat's off to you in Kibera.

I skidam im kapu.

My own work focuses

Ja radim na tome

on making philanthropy more effective

da učinim filantropiju efikasnijom

and capitalism more inclusive.

a kapitalizam inkluzivnijim.

At Acumen Fund, we take philanthropic resources

U Akumenskom Fondu mi uzimamo filantropske resurse

and we invest what we call patient capital --

i ulažemo ih u strpljivi kapital -

money that will invest in entrepreneurs who see the poor

novac koji ulažemo u siromašne preduzetnike,

not as passive recipients of charity,

koji nisu pasivni primaoci pomoći,

but as full-bodied agents of change

već kao potpuno sposobni agenti promeni

who want to solve their own problems

koi žele sami da reše svoje probleme

and make their own decisions.

i donose lične odluke.

We leave our money for 10 to 15 years,

Dajemo zajam na 10 do 15 godina,

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

a kada novac dobijemo nazad, ulažemo ga u druge projekte

that focus on change.

usmerene na promenu.

I know it works.

Znam da uspeva.

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

Uložili smo više od 50 miliona dolara u 50 kompanija.

and those companies have brought another 200 million dollars

A te kompanije su donele još 200 miliona dolara

into these forgotten markets.

u ova zaboravljena tržišta.

This year alone, they've delivered 40 million services

Samo ove godine, uložili su 40 miliona u

like maternal health care and housing,

zdravstvenu zaštitu majki, stanovanje,

emergency services, solar energy,

hitne službe, soalrnu energiju,

so that people can have more dignity

kako bi ljudi imali više dostojanstva

in solving their problems.

u rešavanju svojih problema.

Patient capital is uncomfortable

Strpljivi kapital je neprijatan

for people searching for simple solutions,

za ljude koji traže jednostavna rešenja,

easy categories,

lake oblasti,

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

jer mi profit ne vidimo kao zatucan instrument.

But we find those entrepreneurs

Ali nalazimo one preduzetnike

who put people and the planet

koji stavljaju ljude i planetu

before profit.

ispred zarade.

And ultimately, we want to be part of a movement

I na kraju, želimo da budemo deo pokreta

that is about measuring impact,

kojem je bitan uticaj,

measuring what is most important to us.

koji meri ono što je nama najvažnije.

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

I moj san je da ćemo jednog dana imati svet

where we don't just honor those who take money

u kojem nećemo samo ceniti one koji uzmu novac

and make more money from it,

i naprave od njega još novca,

but we find those individuals who take our resources

mi nalazimo one pojedince koji uzmu naše resurse

and convert it into changing the world

i koriste ih da promene svet

in the most positive ways.

na najpozitivnije načine.

And it's only when we honor them

I samo onda kada ih priznamo

and celebrate them and give them status

i slavimo ih i damo im položaj,

that the world will really change.

svet će se zaista promeniti.

Last May I had this extraordinary 24-hour period

Prošlog maja imala sam neverovatnu priliku od 24h

where I saw two visions of the world

da vidim dve vizije sveta

living side-by-side --

koje žive jedna pored druge -

one based on violence

jedna zasnovana na nasilju

and the other on transcendence.

a druga na prevazilaženju.

I happened to be in Lahore, Pakistan

Zadesila sam se u Lahoru, Pakistan

on the day that two mosques were attacked

dana kada su dve džamije napadnute

by suicide bombers.

bombašima samoubicama.

And the reason these mosques were attacked

A razlog zbog kojeg su džamije napadnute

is because the people praying inside

je taj što su ljudi koji su se molili u njoj

were from a particular sect of Islam

bili iz određene sekte Islama

who fundamentalists don't believe are fully Muslim.

za koje fundamentalisti ne veruju da su pravi Muslimani.

And not only did those suicide bombers

I nisu ti bombaši samoubice samo

take a hundred lives,

uzele stotine života,

but they did more,

već i mnogo gore,

because they created more hatred, more rage, more fear

stvorili su više mržnje, besa, više straha

and certainly despair.

i svakako očaja.

But less than 24 hours,

Ali za manje od 24 sata,

I was 13 miles away from those mosques,

bila sam dvadesetak kilometara dalje od džamija,

visiting one of our Acumen investees,

obilazila jednu od naših investicija,

an incredible man, Jawad Aslam,

i sjajnog čoveka, Džavada Aslama,

who dares to live a life of immersion.

koji se usuđuje da živi smislenim životom.

Born and raised in Baltimore,

Rođen je i odrastao u Baltimoru,

he studied real estate, worked in commercial real estate,

studirao je nekretnine, radio sa komercijalom,

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

i posle 11.09. odlučio da ode u Pakistan da napravi promenu.

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

Dve godine skoro da ništa nije zarađivao, malu stipendiju,

but he apprenticed with this incredible housing developer

ali je učio kod tog neverovatnog agenta stanovanja

named Tasneem Saddiqui.

zvanog Tasnim Sadiki.

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

Sanjao je da će izgraditi stambenu zajednicu na tom

on this barren piece of land

pustom parčetu zemlje

using patient capital,

uz pomoć strpljivog kapitala,

but he continued to pay a price.

ali je i dalje plaćao svoju cenu.

He stood on moral ground

Držao se moralnih načela

and refused to pay bribes.

i odbijao da plati mito.

It took almost two years just to register the land.

Trebalo mu je skoro dve godine da samo uknjiži zemlju.

But I saw how the level of moral standard can rise

Videla sam kako raste moralni standard

from one person's action.

zbog akcije jedne osobe.

Today, 2,000 people live in 300 houses

Danas, 2000 ljudi živi u 300 kuća

in this beautiful community.

u ovoj prelepoj zajednici.

And there's schools and clinics and shops.

I imaju škole, bolnice, prodavnice.

But there's only one mosque.

Ali ima samo jedna džamija.

And so I asked Jawad,

I pitala sam Džavada:

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

"Kako vi ovo vodite? Ovo je zaista raznovrsna zajednica.

Who gets to use the mosque on Fridays?"

Ko koristi džamiju petkom?"

He said, "Long story.

Rekao je: "Duga priča.

It was hard, it was a difficult road,

Bilo je teško, bio je to težak put,

but ultimately the leaders of the community came together,

ali na kraju, vođe zajednice su se okupile, shvativši

realizing we only have each other.

da imamo samo jedni druge.

And we decided that we would elect

I odlučili smo da ćemo izabrati

the three most respected imams,

tri najcenjenija imama,

and those imams would take turns,

i oni će se smenjivati,

they would rotate who would say Friday prayer.

rotiraće se u tome ko će govoriti molitvu petkom.

But the whole community,

Ali čitava zajednica,

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

sve različite sekte, uključujuči Shia i Suni,

would sit together and pray."

bi sedele zajedno i molile se."

We need that kind of moral leadership and courage

Potrebna nam je ta vrsta moralnog vođstva i hrabrosti

in our worlds.

u našim svetovima.

We face huge issues as a world --

Borimo se sa različitim problemima -

the financial crisis,

finansijska kriza,

global warming

globalno zagrevanje

and this growing sense of fear and otherness.

i rastući osećaj straha i otuđenosti.

And every day we have a choice.

I svakog dana možemo birati.

We can take the easier road,

Možemo ići lakšim putem,

the more cynical road,

ciničnijim putem,

which is a road based on

a to je put baziran na

sometimes dreams of a past that never really was,

povremenim snovima o prošlosti koje nije ni bilo,

a fear of each other,

strahu od drugih,

distancing and blame.

udaljavanju i krivici,

Or we can take the much more difficult path

ili možemo krenuti mnogo težim putem

of transformation, transcendence,

promene, izvrsnosti,

compassion and love,

saosećanja i ljubavi,

but also accountability and justice.

ali i odgovornosti i pravde.

I had the great honor

Imala sam veliku čast

of working with the child psychologist Dr. Robert Coles,

da radim sa dečijim psihologom dr Robertom Kolsom

who stood up for change

koji se zalagao za promenu

during the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

tokom pokreta za Ljudska prava u Sjedinjenim Državama.

And he tells this incredible story

I on priča tu neverovatnu priču

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

o svom radu sa devojčicom od šest godina, Rubi Bridžes,

the first child to desegregate schools in the South --

prvim detetom koje je napravilo škole na jugu multietničkim -

in this case, New Orleans.

u ovom slučaju Nju Orleans.

And he said that every day

Rekao je da je ova devojčica,

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

svakoga dana, obučena u svoju lepu haljinu,

would walk with real grace

sa pravom gracioznošću prolazila

through a phalanx of white people

kroz masu belih ljudi koji su

screaming angrily, calling her a monster,

ljutito vrištali, nazivali je čudovištem,

threatening to poison her --

pretili da će je otrovati -

distorted faces.

iskrivljenih lica.

And every day he would watch her,

Posmatrao bi je svakoga dana,

and it looked like she was talking to the people.

i izgledalo je kao da je razgovarala sa ljudima.

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

I rekao bi: "Rubi, šta to govoriš?"

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

Odgovorila bi: "Ne govorim."

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

Konačno je rekao: "Rubi, vidim da govoriš.

What are you saying?"

Šta govoriš?"

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

Rekla bi: "Dr Koles, ne govorim;

I'm praying."

molim se."

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

Pitao bi: "Pa, šta se moliš?"

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

Odgovorila bi: "Kažem, Oče oprostim im

for they know not what they are doing.'"

jer ne znaju šta rade."

At age six,

Sa šest godina,

this child was living a life of immersion,

ovo dete je živelo smislenim životom,

and her family paid a price for it.

i njena porodica je to platila.

But she became part of history

Ali postala je deo istorije

and opened up this idea

i otvorila ideju da

that all of us should have access to education.

svi mi treba da imamo pristup obrazovanju.

My final story is about a young, beautiful man

Moja poslednja priča je o mladom, lepom čoveku

named Josephat Byaruhanga,

Džosefatu Baruhangi

who was another Acumen Fund fellow,

još jedan od saradnika Akumenskog fonda

who hails from Uganda, a farming community.

poreklom iz Ugande, zemljoradničke zajednice.

And we placed him in a company in Western Kenya,

Smestili smo ga u kompaniju u zapadnoj Keniji,

just 200 miles away.

udaljenoj svega 340 kilometara.

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

I rekao mi je krajem njegove godine,

"Jacqueline, it was so humbling,

"Žaklin, bilo je tako divno,

because I thought as a farmer and as an African

jer sam mislio da ću kao farmer i Afrikanac

I would understand how to transcend culture.

razumeti kako da prenosim kulturu.

But especially when I was talking to the African women,

Ali naročito onda kada bih razgovarao sa afričkim ženama,

I sometimes made these mistakes --

pravio bih ponekad te greške -

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

bilo mi je teško da naučim kako da slušam."

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

I rekao je: "I zaključujem da je na mnogo načina,

leadership is like a panicle of rice.

liderstvo poput vlati pirinča.

Because at the height of the season,

Jer je u jeku sezone,

at the height of its powers,

u jeku svoje snage,

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

lepa, zelena, hrani svet,

it reaches to the heavens."

doseže do nebesa."

And he said, "But right before the harvest,

Rekao je: "Ali tik pred žetvu,

it bends over

savije se

with great gratitude and humility

sa velikom zahvalnošću i poniznošću

to touch the earth from where it came."

da dodirne zemlju iz koje dolazi."

We need leaders.

Potrebni su nam lideri.

We ourselves need to lead

Mi sami moramo da vodimo

from a place that has the audacity

iz mesta koje ima odvažnosti

to believe we can, ourselves,

da veruje da mi sami možemo

extend the fundamental assumption

da proširirmo osnovnu pretpostavku

that all men are created equal

da su svi ljudi stvoreni jednaki

to every man, woman and child on this planet.

bilo muškarci, žene ili deca.

And we need to have the humility to recognize

I moramo imati poniznosti da prepoznamo

that we cannot do it alone.

da to ne možemo sami.

Robert Kennedy once said

Robert Kenedi je jednom rekao

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

da "malo nas ima veličinu da iskrivi samu istoriju,

but each of us can work

ali svako od nas može da

to change a small portion of events."

radi na promeni malih delova događaja.

And it is in the total of all those acts

I u zbiru svih tih činova,

that the history of this generation will be written.

istorija ove generacije će biti napisana."

Our lives are so short,

Naši životi su tako kratki,

and our time on this planet

i naše vreme na planeti

is so precious,

je dragoceno,

and all we have is each other.

i sve što imamo smo mi.

So may each of you

I neka svako od vas

live lives of immersion.

živi smislenim životom.

They won't necessarily be easy lives,

To neće nužno biti laki životi,

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

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

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(aplauz)