How Baltimore called a ceasefire | Erricka Bridgeford

翻译人员: psjmz mz 校对人员: Wei Wu

There is a pastor in Baltimore.

巴尔的摩有一位牧师

His name is Michael Phillips,

名叫迈克尔·菲利普斯，

he is the pastor of Kingdom Life Church,

他是王国生命教会的牧师。

and he often talks about how problems show up in our lives so arrogantly,

他经常谈到一些问题是如何 “傲慢”地出现在我们的生活中，

with so much confidence, as if there is just nothing we can do about them.

它们充满“自信” ， 以为我们对它们无可奈何。

And the murder rate in Baltimore had been doing that.

巴尔的摩的谋杀率 正是证明了这一点。

Year after year, it just kept showing up as this big thing

年复一年，它作为大事件 持续不断出现，

that there was nothing any of us could do anything about.

但是我们却无计可施。

But the thing about Baltimore

但是巴尔的摩

is that it has never been the one to just be defeated.

从来不会被击败。

So the story about the Baltimore Ceasefire

所以“巴尔的摩停火”的故事，

is that Baltimore looked the murder rate in the eye

是关于巴尔的摩正视谋杀率，

and said, "What you're not going to do is snatch our greatness."

说出：“你无法夺走我们的伟大。”

So two years ago, I'm at a 300 Man March meeting.

两年前，我参加了 一场 “300 人一同向前”的会议。

At the time, I was a leader in that movement.

那时，我是那场运动的领袖。

And this guy named Ogun --

有个哥们儿的名字叫奥贡——

he's like a godfather of hip-hop in Baltimore --

他就如同巴尔的摩的嘻哈教父——

he came over to me and he said,

他过来跟我说，

"Yo, I have this idea about calling a ceasefire in Baltimore,

“嘿，我有个呼吁 巴尔的摩停火的主意。

and I feel like you are somebody I should talk to about that."

我觉得我应该跟你这样的人谈谈。”

And I was like, "I'm absolutely somebody you should talk to about that,

我说，“我无疑就是你应该谈谈的人，

因为我们应该去做点事情。”

because that's something we should do."

And so we played phone tag and meeting tag,

然后我们就玩起了 电话追逐和会议追逐游戏，

and two years went by and we never really sat down and talked about it.

两年就这样过去了， 我们却没有真正坐下来谈谈。

So now we're in May of 2017.

一晃就到了 2017 年 5 月。

My son Paul, he's 19 years old, he's driving me home from work one day,

一天，我 19 岁的儿子保罗 开车载我下班回家，

and he says, "Ma, did you know that the murder rate in Baltimore

他说道：“妈妈，你知道 巴尔的摩的谋杀率

is higher than it's ever been?"

已经达到历史新高了吗？”

And I said, "What you mean it's higher than it's ever been?

我反问：“你说的 达到历史新高是什么意思？

How is that possible?

怎么可能呢？

Like, I mean, what about people who say they have connections to the streets?

我的意思是，那些说 他们与街头巷尾有联系的人呢？

Why won't they use those connections and call a cease-fire or something?"

他们为什么不用这些联系 去呼吁停火或者啥的？”

And on and on I went

随着对话的进行，

from my own feelings of helplessness about what other people weren't doing.

我慢慢从他人不做任何事情的 无助感中走了出来。

The next morning I woke up

第二天早晨醒来的时候，

and I realized that what I was really angry about

我意识到我的愤怒

wasn't about what other people weren't doing,

并非因为别人不做任何事情，

it was that I had heard this message years ago,

而是因为我几年前就知道这个信息，

and I hadn't moved on it.

我却没有付诸任何行动。

So it was about what I was supposed to be doing.

所以这是我应该去做的事情。

So I got up and I'm going,

所以我从床上爬起来，心说，

"OK, if we could just have three days

“好吧，如果我们只有三天

where everybody in the city was committing,

让城里的每个人都承诺，

nobody is going to kill anybody,

无人会杀任何人，

and we're going to celebrate life instead,

并且去为了生命而庆祝，

when can we do that?"

我们什么时候可以这样做？”

So it's May, I look at my calendar,

那时是五月，我看了看日历，

all right, I've got some free time the first weekend in August,

在八月份的第一个周末有空闲时间，

we'll do it August 4th through August 6th, right?

那就定在 8 月 4 号到 6 号？

So I'm all excited, I start driving to work,

于是我变得非常激动。 然而在开车去上班的路上，

and the more I drive, the scareder I get.

我开得越久，心中却变得愈加忐忑。

And so I start going, "Never mind ...

于是我就安慰自己：“还是算了。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I won't say this thing out loud.

我不会大声说出来的。

Nobody will ever know I was thinking it if I don't say it."

如果我不说出来，没人知道我在这样想。”

但这个想法始终萦绕在我心头，

But it wouldn't let me go,

because God loves to show up as us,

因为上帝喜欢让我们为自己发声，

and because I look broken

也正因为我自己的身躯并不完整，

and I'm always called to stand in my wholeness,

我总被呼唤去维护我们的完整，

there was a call on my life to say this thing out loud.

生命在呼唤我大声说出这件事情。

And because my city looks broken

正因为我的城市看起来破碎不堪，

and is always yearning to show up in its wholeness,

总是期待展现出它的完整，

there were hearts that morning calling all through my chest

于是那天早晨，我的内心一直在呼唤，

that people around this city wanted to do something great together.

这个城市的人们想要 一起做伟大的事情。

And people who had already been killed in my city

而城里那些被杀死的人

were calling to me

也在向我呼喊，

up through my gut and my chest,

他们的声音仿佛在我的全身回荡，

as a knot in my throat, "Yo, E, you cannot just let us be dead in vain

这种感觉如鲠在喉，“当你知道 如何大声说出这件事的时候，

when you know how to say this thing out loud."

你不能让我们白死。”

And I responded to them with my fear.

我用我的恐惧回应他们，

"But somebody might get killed anyway that weekend."

“但那个周末无论如何 都可能有人会被杀。”

And that was the moment where I had to accept

那个时候我必须接受这样的现实，

that maybe while we're out spreading this message --

当我们传播这条信息时，

"Hey, nobody's going to kill anybody. We're going to celebrate life!" --

“嗨，没人去杀任何人， 我们要歌颂生命！”——

也许有人会在那时密谋杀人，

maybe somebody will be plotting to take a life right then and there,

but now they would have a rumbling in their spirit.

但现在，他们脑海中会引起共鸣。

And so I knew it was time for my city

于是我知道，我的城市准备好

to have a collective rumbling in our spirit.

去让我们的精神引起共鸣。

So I got on the phone, got around to Ogun,

所以我拿起电话，找到奥贡，

and I said, "Yo, you said you wanted to do a cease-fire?

问：“唷，你说你要停火？

说说看，我准备好了。”

What is it? I'm ready."

于是他说到：“当我听到 以色列和巴勒斯坦开战时，

So he said, "You know, when I hear about the Israelis and Palestinians at war,

I'm like, that's too bad, they should stop that,

我想，这太糟糕了，他们应该停止这样，

but when I hear the word 'cease-fire,'

但当我听到‘停火’这个词时，

that makes me pause and stop and really research what's going on."

我停了下来，去研究了一下 究竟发生了什么。”

And he wanted Baltimore to get that same kind of attention

他想让巴尔的摩获得类似的

from the outside,

外部的注意，

but introspection from the inside about what was going on with us.

但从内部对我们 所发生的事情进行反省。

And we talked about how it couldn't belong to one person.

我们谈到，这不能属于任何个人。

Not one person or one organization should call a cease-fire.

没有任何一个人或 任何一个组织可以唤起停火。

The whole city had to own it and do it together.

整座城市应该承担起这样的侧人， 并一起行动起来。

So we had our first meeting in May.

于是我们在五月份召开了第一次会议。

About 12 or 15 people show up,

参会者大概有 12 到 15 个人，

and this is where it gets named the Baltimore Ceasefire,

我们一起定下了“巴尔的摩停火”的名字，

because you know what that means when you hear the word "cease-fire."

因为一听到“停火”这个词， 大家都知道是什么意思。

不杀害任何人。

Just don't kill nobody.

And this is where the Baltimore Peace Challenge was born.

这就是“巴尔的摩和平挑战”开始的地方。

Because it's not just about not being violent.

因为这不只是关于停止暴力，

It is about being purposefully peaceful.

也关乎有目的地实现和平。

What is going on in your thoughts?

你到底怎么想的？

What kind of petty things are you not saying out of your mouth?

你没说出来的小心思是什么？

How are you responding in your behaviors to conflict?

你如何在行为上应对冲突？

I grabbed up five people who I trusted,

我挑了五位我信任的人，

and the six of us became the organizing squad.

我们六个人组成了一个小分队。

So let's give them props real quick.

让我们给他们一些鼓励。

数到三，请大声喊“小分队。”

On the count of three, I want you to yell "squad."

1，2，3：小分队！ 观众：小分队！

One, two, three: squad! Audience: Squad!

And it's Shellers's birthday. Happy birthday, Shellers.

今天是谢勒斯的生日。 生日快乐，谢勒斯！

Audience: Happy birthday!

观众：生日快乐！

And so we put out a press release,

于是我们发布了一份声明，

and the media told us, this is not really a story yet,

媒体告诉我们，这还算不上是一个故事，

we will get with you on August 7th to see how the cease-fire went.

我们会和你一起看看 8 月 7 号的停火运动会如何进行。

So we went, "Oh, word? Oh, all right then."

所以我们就说：“哦，好吧。”

And Baltimore got to work,

巴尔的摩的市民纷纷开始行动，

and not only did people send money to the PayPal account

不仅主动打钱给 Paypal 账号，

so we could buy flyers and posters,

资助我们购买传单和海报，

people came and got the flyers and posters

他们还前来拿走传单和海报，

and they put them all around the city,

张贴到城里的大街小巷中。

and people were having conversations with each other.

人们还会彼此交流，

What kind of resources do you need? What are you going through?

你还需要什么资源？你要做什么？

What has happened to you?

发生了什么？

Because we understand the root causes of violence in this country.

因为我们懂得这个国家暴力的根源。

People who said it wouldn't work still ended their sentence

那些仍认为这样做没有效果的人

with "but please keep trying. Somebody needs to do something anyway."

最后也以“但请继续尝试， 总得有人做点什么”这样的话结尾。

Teenagers who would tell us

那些愿意告诉我们

about the stuff they were doing in the streets all day asked,

他们整天在街上做什么的 青少年则问道，

"But can I have a poster to put it on my wall at night

“我可以晚上把海报贴在我的墙上吗？

so I can see it on my way to bed?"

这样睡觉时我就能看到它了。”

Gangsters were calling, saying,

帮派也打来电话说，

"I can tell you where violence is not going to come from,

“我可以告诉你暴力不会在哪里发生，

because we're committing to the Peace Challenge."

因为我们支持‘和平挑战’ 。”

他们信守了承诺。

And they kept their word.

当人们说：“这不会有用的，

When people said, "It's not going to work,

因为总有人会在这里或者那里杀人。”

because somebody's going to kill over West or over East,"

we said, "That doesn't matter. It's about self-determination, yo.

而我们会说：“没关系， 这是关乎自主权的事情。

You telling me you can't keep this three- or six-block radius safe?"

你是说你不能保证 这三个或者六个街区的安全吗？”

And they would say, "Don't get it twisted.

而他们会说，“别想偏了。

这周边会保持安全。” 他们也信守了承诺。

It's going to stay safe around here." And they kept their promise.

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Four songs --

四首歌——

and I know it looks like I'm holding up five fingers,

我知道看上去 我很像举起了五根手指，

但我只有四根手指， 所以这对我来说就是四——

but I have four fingers, so this is four for me --

four songs got made about the Baltimore Ceasefire,

有四首歌是为“巴尔的摩停火”而创作的，

and the one that most exemplifies it,

其中最具代表性的是

where a bunch of artists came together and made a song,

由一群艺术家 聚在一起创作的一首歌，

that one is currently nominated for a Grammy out here. Right?

这首歌目前获得了格莱美奖提名。

And so now what was happening

所以目前，

was from the most beautiful corners of crack houses

从破房子最美丽的角落

to the grimiest corners of politicians' offices,

到政客办公室里最肮脏的角落，

everybody --

每个人——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

was talking about this thing Baltimore was doing together. Right?

都在讨论巴尔的摩市民 一起在做的事情。

And then, the weekend came:

然后，周末到了：

events all over the city, people yelling "Happy Ceasefire Day!"

城市中到处都是各种各样的活动， 人们在呼喊“停火日快乐！”

Over 200 people got their records expunged and got jobs,

超过 200 个人的犯罪记录 被清除，他们获得了工作。

and people went into drug recovery programs

很多人去了戒毒所，

because of what was happening in our city that weekend.

也正是因为我们城市 在那个周末发生的事情。

People were going, "But the air feels different in Baltimore.

人们都在说， “巴尔的摩的空气都不一样了。

Nobody's mother got that phone call last night.

不再有母亲半夜接到电话。

I didn't hear any gunshots."

我并没有听到任何枪声。”

And on Saturday, Trey went to go get a job

周六，特雷去找工作了，

and was excited about it.

他对此非常兴奋。

At 24 hours of no killing,

在 24 小时的无杀戮中，

we were singing Kendrick Lamar. "We gon' be alright. We gon' be alright."

我们唱着肯德里克·拉马尔的歌： “我们会没事的，我们会没事的。”

And then at 4:59 on Saturday,

然而在周六早上 4 点 59 分，

we get a message that somebody was killed.

我们得到了有人被杀害的消息。

We didn't know his name, but it turned out to be Trey.

我们不知道他的名字， 但结果发现是特雷。

So we rushed over to Sargeant Street,

于是我们涌到萨根特街，

and we held hands in a circle

我们手握手围成圈，

and we looked at the pavement,

看着路面，

and we said, "This is sacred ground because we make it so,

说道：“这是片神圣的土地， 因为我们使之神圣，

because everywhere in our city where people lose their lives to violence

因为城里每一处人们因为暴力 失去生命的地方

needs to be sacred ground."

都需要变成神圣的土地。”

And it wasn't just about upholding Trey and his transition

这么做不只是为了 支持特雷以及他的转变，

and sending love to his family.

并向他们的家人传递关爱。

It was about us pausing to really think about what must it feel like

我们应该停下来真正去思考，

20 minutes after you kill somebody?

在杀死一个人的 20 分钟后是什么感觉？

Can't we pour love into that?

我们不能倾注一些爱心进去吗？

Because until we do, we will not heal this epidemic.

因为除非我们采取行动， 否则无法治愈这个“传染病”。

Later on in the day, we get another call.

那天晚些时候，我们又接到电话。

Dante is murdered.

但丁被谋杀了。

So by the end of this day, we were shook.

所以这一天下来，我们非常震惊。

In real life, we were shook,

在现实生活中，我们被震惊到了，

because we had opened up our hearts together

因为我们已经一起敞开心灵，

and changed the atmosphere of this city,

改变过这个城市的氛围。

and now our hearts were broken together.

而现在我们的心又一起破碎了。

And we had to be honest about the fact that last weekend,

我们必须对上周末的事实诚实，

when we lost six people to violence,

那时我们因为暴力失去了 6 个人，

it didn't feel the way it felt this weekend when we lost these two,

但那时，我们的反应与现在 失去两个伙伴的感受截然不同，

because now we were paying attention.

因为现在，我们开始重视了。

Now we were all hoping together

现在我们都一同渴望

that nobody got killed.

没人被杀害。

And so we had to make a vow with ourselves

所以我们必须对自己发誓，

not to be numb anymore when we lose people in our city.

当我们城市的居民失去了生命， 我们不能再麻木下去了。

These two lives were going to remind us to vibrate higher and to move forward.

这两条生命在提醒我们 要走得更高，迈得更远。

So as we move forward into Baltimore Ceasefire 365,

所以我们推动了 “巴尔的摩停火 365 天”，

because there's work that needs to be done all year,

因为这项工作一整年都要进行，

and there's another cease-fire happening next weekend,

下个周末还有另一场停火活动，

November 3rd through 5th. Mark your calendar.

就在 11 月 3-5 号， 大家在日程上记下来吧。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Right? And we expect the same thing.

我们期待同一件事情。

It was news media from all around the world,

来自全球各地的新闻媒体——

Australia and Norway and China.

澳大利亚，挪威和中国——

Everybody wanted to come get this work from Baltimore,

每个人都想从巴尔的摩 得到这个信息，

and y'all could come get it. Right?

你们也能够得到。

So as we push forward, we don't need to keep asking now

于是我们继续推进， 但我们现在不需要再问

"What can we do?"

“我们能做什么”了。

We have seen the power of collective consciousness.

我们已经见识过集体意识的力量。

Y'all were the ones who misunderstood Baltimore.

你们都误解了巴尔的摩，

Y'all thought Baltimore was just "The Wire."

你们以为巴尔的摩就像 电视剧《火线重案组》里演的那样。

When we lost Freddie Gray,

当我们失去了弗雷德·马克，

y'all saw the Baltimore uprising,

你们都看到了巴尔的摩起义，

and people around this world mischaracterized it and misunderstood it.

全世界的人都误读了这个事件。

What you failed to realize is Baltimore is the power to rise up,

你们没有意识到的是， 巴尔的摩本身就是崛起的力量。

and that is what we continue to do.

这就是我们要持续做下去的。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

And so as we move forward, we see you, America,

随着我们继续前进， 我们看到了——美国，

with your systems of violent oppression trying to beat us into the ground,

想要通过你们的暴力压迫 把我们打倒在地，

and still, we rise.

但我们依旧站起来了。

We rise and stand with cities all over this country just like us

我们与全国各地 同我们一样的城市站在一起，

who are handed, through no fault of their own,

这些城市的居民 并无任何过错，却生活在

criminal conditions in which to live,

犯罪丛生的环境中，

and then they get labeled savages for how they live.

然后被贴上野蛮人的标签。

We stand with them.

我们与他们站在一起。

We remind them we are an example of what you can do when you say,

我们向他们展示了，如果你说，

"No, I don't have to accept these conditions

“不，我不必接受

that you are trying to hand me.

你们尝试给予我们的环境。

I get to decide what the greatest vision of myself looks like.

我要做最好的自己。” 会发生什么。

And so the next time

所以下次，

you are faced with a dilemma, with a problem,

当你面对窘境，面对问题，

you can say, "Let me be like Baltimore,

你可以说，“我要像巴尔的摩那样，

let me look it in the face,

让我直面它，

let me tell it."

让我告诉它。”

But what you're not going to do is snatch my greatness.

你无法夺走我们的伟大。

Please believe it.

请相信这点。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）