How to overcome apathy and find your power | Dolores Huerta

翻译人员: Hong Li 校对人员: Tianji (Homer) Li

I want to start out with quoting Helen Keller,

我想引用海伦·凯勒的话作为开场，

that great woman that we all admire.

她是一位受人尊重的 伟大女性。

And she had a statement that is very profound,

她说过一句非常有深意的话，

and this statement is

那就是，

that science has been able to find cures for many evils,

科学可以净化许多罪恶，

but never the greatest evil of all in human beings,

但永远无法净化 人类最大的罪恶，

and that evil is apathy.

那就是冷漠。

So, we know that apathy really costs us a lot,

冷漠给我们带来了很大损失，

especially in our democracy.

尤其是在我们的民主活动中。

And when we think of why people do not get involved,

我们会想，为什么人们不愿参与，

why they do not become activists,

为什么不成为社会活动家，

it's often that people are so worn down with their own familial responsibilities,

常常是因为人们被 家庭责压得喘不过气，

and women especially.

尤其是女性。

You know, women, they have so many inhibitions.

女性受到的束缚太多。

Many of them have suffered so much trauma in their lives,

很多女性因为生活中的创伤

so many aggressions in their lives.

和侵犯而饱受痛苦。

And so it's very hard for them to realize that they have leadership capacities.

因此她们很难意识到 自己拥有领导力。

That they can get out there, and they could change the world.

可以走出家门去改变世界。

Another thing that many women --

女性们还有一点，

we think that we have to do everything.

就是我们认为 自己需要包办一切。

That we are the only ones responsible for our families,

我们是唯一应该 承担家庭责任的，

and it is so hard for us to delegate

我们很难开口

and just get others to help us do the duties that we are responsible for.

让别人来帮忙， 完成我们的职责。

We feel embarrassed or we feel guilty.

我们会感到羞愧和内疚。

But we know that we have to make this happen,

但我们明白，必须要开口，

because if not, we will never have time to be able to volunteer

否则，我们永远没时间站出来

to help on these many causes that are now facing us.

帮助解决我们面临的问题。

One of the areas that women can give up a little bit of time

其实女性还是能挤出时间来的，

and that is in shopping, OK?

比如少逛点街，对吧？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And especially when we go out there

尤其是，我们逛街的大部分时间

shopping for things that we don't even need.

其实在买不需要的东西。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You know, you never saw a hearse with a U-Haul behind it.

你什么时候见过灵车后面 跟着辆货拉拉的？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

We have to live simply, so that others can simply live.

我们要活得简单一点， 其他人才能活得轻松。

And when we think of the kind of inheritance

想想我们的子孙后代，

that we want to leave to our children or our grandchildren,

想想我们要留下 什么遗产给他们，

think of leaving them a legacy of justice.

要给他们树立正义的典范。

This is a legacy that they can not only imitate,

这样他们不单单可以效仿，

but they can be proud of for the rest of their lives.

而且还会因此而自豪终生。

If we leave them a lot of material goods, all they're going to do is fight,

如果我们留下的是物质财富， 他们只会互相争斗，

and they're going to hate each other.

互相憎恨。

Just remember that, when we think about what we're doing.

当我们思考自己的 所作所为时，记住这一点。

The other thing that we have to do to liberate our women, eventually,

如果我们想最终 解放女性，还有件事要做，

so that we can do the kind of volunteer work that we need to do

这样，我们才能从事志愿者工作，

to change this world,

从而改变世界，

is we have to have a different kind of an education for our young women.

这件事就是：我们需要用 另一种方式来教育年轻女性。

Unfortunately, in our societies around the world,

不幸的是，在世界各地，

women are taught to be victims.

女性被教育成为受害者。

Women are not taught that they are going to have to defend themselves,

没有人教育女性，她们 要学会保护自己，

that they're going to have to support themselves

她们要自强，

and they have to protect themselves.

要自力更生。

Because, you know, when we actually look at the animal kingdom,

因为，其实我们看一下 动物世界就知道，

and we see who are the most ferocious, the male or the female?

最凶猛的是雄性还是雌性？

We know it's the female, right?

我们都知道是雌性，对吧？

So something went wrong with us at the top of that animal kingdom as women.

所以，作为万物之灵的人类女性， 我们的处境有点不对劲。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So I want to give you an example of how I found my voice.

我想分享一下 我是如何在社会中发声的。

And I was very fortunate in that, when I was 25 years old,

我的运气很好， 在我25岁的时候，

I met a gentleman named Fred Ross Sr.,

我遇到了一位叫弗雷德·罗斯的绅士，

who organized a chapter of a group called the Community Service Organization

他成立了“社区服务组织”，

in my hometown of Stockton, California.

就在我的家乡， 加利福利亚州的斯托克顿。

This was a grassroots organization, and I was recruited to be a volunteer.

这是一个草根组织， 我成为了里面的一名志愿者。

So, one day, while we were sitting in the office,

某天，我们在办公室，

a farm worker comes in.

一位农场工走了进来。

And he's paralyzed, he can hardly walk, he has a crutch.

他身有残疾，拄着拐杖， 几乎无法行走。

And he needs help.

他需要帮助。

He needs someone to help him go down to the welfare office

他需要有人陪他去福利办公室

and make an application.

去做申请。

So, I volunteered to do that.

于是我志愿去帮他。

But when I got to the welfare office,

但当我到达福利办公室时，

they would not let me make an application for this gentleman.

他们不允许我替 这位先生做申请。

So I didn't know what to do, I was at a loss.

我有点不知所措。

So I went back to the office, and I told Mr. Ross,

于是我回到办公室， 跟罗斯先生说，

"They won't let me make an application."

“他们不让我做申请。”

And he said to me, very sternly,

他非常严肃的对我说，

"You go right back down to that welfare office,

“你马上回到福利办公室，

and you demand to see a supervisor.

要求见他们的主管。

And you demand that they let him make an application."

要求他们给他办申请。”

And I thought, "Wow, I can do that?"

我当时想，“什么？ 我可以这么干吗？”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So I thought about it,

我考虑了一会，

and I kind of overcame my anxieties and my fears.

多少克服了自己的 焦虑和恐惧。

I went down to the welfare office and I demanded to see the supervisor.

我回到了福利办公室， 要求见主管。

Sure enough, he came out,

毫无疑问，他出来了，

and they had to let Mr. Ruiz make an application for welfare.

他们不得不让鲁伊斯先生 做了福利申请。

And he got his disability for himself and his family.

他为自己和家人 争取到了残疾福利。

But that taught me a lesson.

这件事教会了我。

That taught me that I had a voice.

我也是可以发声的。

Well, Mr. Ross also taught many of us many other things, including Cesar Chavez

罗斯先生还教会我们很多事情， 这其中包括凯撒·查韦斯，

and many other volunteers.

和其他许多志愿者。

And he taught us not only that we can make demands of people,

他教会我们，我们 不止可以对人提要求，

especially our public officials.

尤其是对公务人员。

And this is something we should always keep in mind:

而且我们还应该时刻牢记：

every public official -- guess what -- they work for us.

这些公务人员——你猜怎么着—— 他们是为我们服务的。

Because we pay their salaries with out taxes.

因为他们的薪水 来自我们缴的税。

And they are actually our servants.

他们实际上是我们的公仆。

Some of them turn out to be leaders, but not all of them.

他们中有些人成为了领导， 但还有很多不是啊。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Once in a while we get a leader out of there.

隔一段时间我们就 会从里面挑一个出来。

The other thing that Mr. Ross taught us is that voting is extremely important.

罗斯先生教会我们的另一件事就是， 选举是非常重要的。

And not just voting,

不光是自己投票，

but going out there and getting other people to vote.

还包括推动别人投票。

Going door to door.

挨家挨户敲门。

Phone banking, talking to voters,

打电话，跟选民交流，

because many voters have a lot of doubts and they don't know how to vote.

因为很多选民有很多疑惑， 他们并不知道如何投票。

And unfortunately,

不幸的是，

we know that in many countries people are not allowed to vote

在很多国家不允许人民选举，

because we have voter suppression in other countries,

因为有种种选举限制，

like we do here in the United States of America.

在美国也有。

But the thing is, if we can get out there as individuals

但关键在于，如果 我们作为个人

and talk to people, so we can remove their apathy

能走上街头，改变人们的冷漠

and make sure that they can vote.

保证他们可以投票。

So, I want to give you an example of a woman in our foundation,

我想举一位女士的例子， 她来自我们的基金会，

the Dolores Huerta Foundation,

德洛丽丝·维尔塔基金会，

and just to show you that sometimes people have power,

让大家看看人拥有多大的能量

but they don't know it.

而他们往往意识不到。

But once they find it, they do miraculous things.

一旦意识到，他们 就能创造奇迹。

So, Leticia Prado is an immigrant from Mexico,

莱蒂西亚·普拉多 是一名来自墨西哥的移民，

only has a sixth-grade education

只上到6年级，

and speaks very limited English.

会讲几句英语。

But she was very concerned

但她非常担忧，

because the children at the middle school in their town called Weedpatch --

因为在他们韦德帕奇镇 中学的孩子们，

this is in California, Central Valley --

这个镇位于加州中央山谷，

they couldn't go out and play in the schoolyard,

孩子们不能去操场上玩，

because the air quality is so bad

因为那里的空气质量太差，

in the southern part of Kern County, California

那里是美国加州的南部地区，

in our United States of America.

叫做科恩郡。

So she and her husband went out there, and they passed a bond issue

于是她跟丈夫去到那里， 发行了一个债券

to build a brand new, state-of-the-art gymnasium

修建一个全新的， 非常先进的体育馆

for the kids at their middle school.

供学校的孩子使用。

That was a big success.

那是一件很了不起的事。

Then she heard a rumor

然后她又听到传言

that the principal was going to end the breakfast program

校长想终止针对 农场工人的孩子

for the farm worker children,

设立的早餐计划，

because the principal thought it was just too much paperwork.

因为校长觉得这项计划 有太多文书工作要做。

So, Leticia got herself elected to the school board.

莱蒂西亚自己进入了校董会。

And they kept the breakfast program, and she got rid of the principal.

保留了早餐计划，炒掉了校长。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

So there were other rumors

然后她又听说

about some corruption in the local water district.

本地供水系统有贪腐行为。

So, Leticia got herself elected to the water district.

于是她又加入了供水局。

Then she looked into all of the finances of the water district

她调查了供水局财务信息

and found there was 250,000 dollars missing from their bank account.

发现账户有25万美元的亏空。

So, Leticia called in the grand jury, and several arrests have been made.

于是她提交大陪审团， 逮捕了一批人。

And this is just an example of a woman who never went to high school,

这只是一个例子， 一位女性没上过高中

never went to college,

没上过大学，

but she found her power.

照样挖掘出了自己的力量。

And in addition, she has recruited other people in the community

除此之外，她还吸引 社区中的其他人

to also run for public office,

同样去竞选公职，

and guess what -- they've all gotten themselves elected.

结果呢，他们都被选中了。

So, I take that Leticia really embodies

在我看来，莱蒂利亚真的实践了

something that Coretta Scott King said.

科丽塔·斯科特·金所说的。

And I want to share this with you. Coretta Scott King said,

我跟大家分享一下 她说的这句话：

"We will never have peace in the world until women take power."

“世界和平永远无法实现， 除非妇女掌权。”

(Applause)

（掌声）

Now, I have amended that statement to say

我把这句话改了一下：

that we will never have peace in the world until feminists take power.

世界和平无法实现， 除非女权主义者掌权。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Because we know there is a difference, right?

这两者还是有区别的，对吧？

Not only that, but if we want to define what is a feminist --

不仅如此，如果要 定义女权主义者

a person who stands up for reproductive rights,

就是那些为了维护生育权，

for immigrants' rights, for the environment,

移民权，环境保护，

for LGBT rights and also for labor unions and working people.

同性恋权利，工会和劳工权利 而挺身而出的人。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Which also means that men can also be feminists.

也就是说，男人也 可以是女权主义者。

(Applause)

（掌声）

So when we think of feminization,

当我们思考女性化的时候，

we should also think of how can we feminize the policies,

思考如何将政策 制定得更加女性化，

and not only of our major countries,

不仅在几个大国，

the wealthy countries like the United States,

在像美国一样的富裕国家，

but all over the world,

而是要在世界范围内，

our domestic and foreign policy.

内政外交都要考虑。

And one of the things that we can do to stop wars and to have peace

要停止战争，实现和平， 我们可以做一件事，

is to make sure that the wealthiest countries in the world

就是让世界上最富裕的国家

also help the developing countries.

去帮助发展中国家。

Now, we did this in the past.

我们曾这样做过。

After World War II,

二战之后，

when Japan and Germany were devastated after the war,

日本和德国被战争摧毁，

United States of America gave many tax dollars to those two countries,

美国给予这两个 国家经济援助，

so that they can rebuild their economies and rebuild their corporations.

帮助他们恢复经济，重开公司。

And we can do that again.

我们可以再做一次。

And if we can think about how we can help these other countries.

只要我们想想该 怎么帮助其他国家。

And I want to give an example

我想举个例子

of issues that we are facing in the United States of America,

说明美国目前遇到的问题，

for instance.

简单说明。

We know that right now

我们知道

we have a lot of refugees from Central America

目前在美国边境线上

that are at the border of the United States.

有许多来自中美洲的难民。

Why do people leave their homes,

为什么他们会背井离乡？

their beautiful homes that we go to as tourists?

他们的家乡那么美丽， 是我们会去旅游的地方。

Because they don't have opportunities there.

因为那里没有机会。

And then we think, "Hm, bananas."

于是我们会想， “嗯，不是有香蕉吗。”

How many jillions of bananas do we consume in the United States every single day?

每天我们美国会 消费多少香蕉呢？

And throughout the world.

全世界又有多少呢？

Now, do the people in Central America

中美洲的人们

get the profits from the bananas that we consume?

从我们消费的香蕉中 能获利多少呢？

No, they don't.

他们得不到。

The profits go to corporations from the United States of America.

利润都被美国的公司拿走了。

And we think that this is wrong.

我们认为这不对。

Now, if the people in Central America were to be able to get some of that money

如果中美洲的人们 能得到一部分

that we pay for bananas,

我们买香蕉的钱，

then they wouldn't have to leave their homes.

他们就不用背井离乡。

They wouldn't have to come as asylum seekers

不用到美国边境

to the borders of the United States of America.

寻求避难。

And then maybe, many children would not have to be separated from their parents.

这样的话，许多孩子 可能就不用离开父母。

Now, we know that there are countries in the world

世界上有些国家

that actually have free education and have free health care

对于自己的人民

for all of the people in their country.

教育和医疗都是免费的。

And that country is Cuba.

这个国家就是古巴。

Cuba has health care for every one of their citizens,

古巴公民的医疗是免费的，

and they have a free college education for every one of their citizens.

大学教育也是免费的。

They're 11 million citizens.

他们有1100万公民。

Now, we think, if a poor country like Cuba

我们就会想， 像古巴这样穷的国家

can have these kind of resources, and we know that they're a poor country,

都能提供这样的资源， 大家都知道古巴不富裕，

then why can't some of the other wealthier countries,

那为什么其他富裕的国家，

like the United States of America,

比如美国，

do the same?

做不到呢？

I think that we can make that happen.

我觉得我们可以做到。

(Applause)

（掌声）

But we know it's not going to happen

但我们也知道，

until we, the people of the United States of America,

除非美国人民，

and people throughout the world,

全世界人民，

start making sure that they get public officials elected to their governments

开始确保他们的政府官员

that really care about the constituents, they care about people,

真的关心选民，关心人民，

they will commit to make sure that the resources that they have

承诺将他们掌握的资源

are going to be used for their citizens, and not to be used for war.

用之于民，而不是用于战争， 这一切才能实现。

So, how do we make this happen?

所以我们应该怎么做呢？

We have to get rid of the apathy,

我们要停止冷漠，

we have to get more people involved.

让更多的人参与进来。

We know that if we can't have a democracy in the United States,

我们明白，如果人们不参与进来

we can't have democracies throughout the world,

美国无法实现民主，

unless people participate.

全世界无法实现民主。

So it is imperative that all of us get out there and we say,

当务之急，我们要 参与其中，振臂高呼，

"Get rid of the apathy, get off of the sidewalk,

“消除冷漠，不再旁观，

come and join the march for peace and justice,

加入和平和正义的游行，

let's make Coretta Scott's vision a reality,

将科丽塔·斯科特的 愿景变成现实，

to have peace in the world."

实现世界和平。“

We recently had midterm elections in the United States of America.

我们刚刚经历了美国的中期选举。

And what did we see?

我们看到了什么？

We saw that so many more women,

我们发现越来越多的妇女，

young people, people of color, LGBT folks,

年轻人，有色人种，LGBT人群，

were all elected to public office.

被选入了公共机构。

And we know this happened -- why?

这是真的，为什么呢？

Because so many women were on the march.

因为如此多的女性加入了游行。

We had the Women's March in the United States.

美国有妇女游行。

They had the Women's Marches all over the world.

世界各地都有妇女游行。

And so we now see that we have this potential.

我们看到自己身上的潜力。

We have this potential to get rid of the apathy.

我们有潜力消除冷漠。

And if we get everyone involved, get everyone committed,

如果我们让每个人 都参与进来，都做出承诺，

then, I think, we can make Coretta Scott's vision come true.

我觉得科丽塔·斯科特 的愿景就能够实现。

So, I want to just remind everybody,

因此我想提醒各位，

throughout the world, one of the things is,

世界各地的人们，

we have power,

我们有力量，

poor people have power,

穷人有力量，

every citizen has power.

每位公民有力量。

But in order to achieve the peace that we all yearn for,

但为了实现我们所呼吁的和平，

then we've all got to get involved.

我们每个人都要参与进来。

So, what do we say?

大家怎么想？

Can we do it?

我们可以做到吗？ 我们回答，“是的！我们可以！”

We say, "Yes, we can!"

用西班牙语说就是， “是的！我们可以！”

And in Spanish, we say, "Sí, se puede."

Thank you very much.

非常谢谢大家。

(Applause)

（掌声）