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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.84,0:00:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom is a strong black woman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.55,0:00:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who raised her kids to have\Nthe same sense of strength and pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.60,0:00:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This spirit was epitomized\Nby a single wall in our small,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.73,0:00:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two-bedroom apartment\Non the South Side of Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.40,0:00:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two pictures hung proudly:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.57,0:00:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one larger-than-life photo\Nof my siblings and I
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.62,0:00:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other a picture of my mom
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.63,0:00:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 12 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.77,0:00:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staring into the eyes\Nof Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.11,0:00:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was younger, I used to\Nstand on my tippy-toes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.11,0:00:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stare at that picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.10,0:00:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close my eyes tightly,\Nand just pretend that it was me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.95,0:00:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gazing up at the man who revolutionized\Nthe Civil Rights Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.78,0:00:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who marched on Washington,\Nand who transformed a generation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.64,0:00:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by his words, "I have a dream."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.01,0:00:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I did get to meet him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.60,0:00:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now obviously, I didn't meet Dr. King,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.15,0:00:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I met a man\Nnamed Dr. Vincent Harding.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.26,0:00:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Dr. King from day one
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.25,0:00:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even wrote some of his\Nmost iconic speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.57,0:00:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, this was a really\Nimportant moment for me as a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.06,0:00:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was the first time\Nthat I realized that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.99,0:01:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't just Dr. King\Nwho led this revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.04,0:01:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was surrounded by a movement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.34,0:01:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made up of anonymous extraordinaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.22,0:01:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anonymous extraordinaries are people\Nwho work selflessly and vigorously
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.47,0:01:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what they believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.63,0:01:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are motivated by conviction
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.89,0:01:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not recognition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.98,0:01:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a long time to realize\Nthe significance of this moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.72,0:01:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I was much older.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.35,0:01:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like I said, I grew up in Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.09,0:01:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a rough, poor neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.60,0:01:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it didn't really matter to me as kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.78,0:01:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I literally have the most\Nincredible family in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.21,0:01:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two things that I did struggle with a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.82,0:01:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing up was one,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.71,0:01:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my dad has been sick my whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.03,0:01:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He suffers from Parkinson's\Nand pancreatitis,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.66,0:01:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a kid, it was so hard\Nfor me to watch my hero
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.06,0:01:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in so much pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.39,0:01:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my other issue was with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.25,0:01:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess you could say\NI had an identity crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.62,0:01:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to move four times\Nduring high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.72,0:01:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my freshman year I went\Nto an extremely racist high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.25,0:01:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids were so cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.74,0:01:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave us hate letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.30,0:01:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote terrible things on our lockers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.05,0:01:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because I'm biracial,\Nthey would tell me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.67,0:02:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can't be both. You have\Nto choose, black or white."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.31,0:02:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end I just\Nresented being either.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.32,0:02:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then all of a sudden,\Nmy senior year rolls around, 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.37,0:02:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being mixed, being racially\Nambiguous is this new cool fad,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.56,0:02:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, "Oh, Natalie, now it's okay\Nfor you to like you. You're pretty now."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.62,0:02:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was over it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.72,0:02:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really tired of caring\Nabout what other people thought
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.35,0:02:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just wanted to do whatever\NI could do to hurry up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.29,0:02:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go through my classes, whatever\Nschool I was going to be at next,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.74,0:02:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and graduate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.62,0:02:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I was 17
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.69,0:02:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw a film\Ncalled "Invisible Children"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.80,0:02:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.86,0:02:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Child soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.01,0:02:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children as young as my nephews
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.26,0:02:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being abducted, given AK-47s,\Nand forced to kill,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.47,0:02:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just anyone, but oftentimes\Nforced to kill their own parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.20,0:02:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own siblings,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.20,0:02:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rebel army committing mass murder\Nfor no political or religious reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.99,0:02:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.14,0:02:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.29,0:02:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 years this conflict has been going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.97,0:02:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm 20 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.34,0:03:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that makes this conflict\Nfive years older than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.65,0:03:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One man,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.42,0:03:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one man with one charismatic voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.26,0:03:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started this whole thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.97,0:03:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Joseph Kony.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.45,0:03:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I saw this film, something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.45,0:03:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something started kind of\Nstirring inside of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.71,0:03:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't identify what it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.46,0:03:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know if it was rage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.98,0:03:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it was pity, if I felt guilty\Nbecause this was the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.18,0:03:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd heard about a 25-year long war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.50,0:03:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't even give it a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.24,0:03:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I knew is that it kicked me off my ass\Nand I started asking questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.22,0:03:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.35,0:03:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can one 17-year old do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.07,0:03:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to give me something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.92,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they gave me something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The founders and filmmakers\Nat Invisible Children told me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.11,0:03:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was this bill,\Nthat if we could just get this bill passed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.31,0:03:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would do two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.50,0:03:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one, it would apprehend Joseph Kony
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.53,0:03:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the top commanders in his rebel army,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.29,0:03:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two, it would provide funding\Nfor the recovery of these regions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.30,0:03:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been devastated\Nby 25 years of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.00,0:03:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, done.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.13,0:03:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.91,0:03:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I swear I will do whatever I can\Nto make this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.04,0:04:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So myself and 99 other idealistic\N18 to 20 year olds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.24,0:04:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopped on a plane to intern\Nin San Diego with Invisible Children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.84,0:04:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was postponing college.\NWe weren't getting paid for this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.38,0:04:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could call it irresponsible\Nor crazy -- my parents did --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.36,0:04:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for us, it would have been\Ninsane not to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.38,0:04:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all felt this urgency, and we\Nwould do whatever it took
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.98,0:04:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pass this bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.10,0:04:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were given our first task.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.76,0:04:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were going to plan an event called\Nthe Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.45,0:04:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where participants would come\Nin a hundred cities worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.76,0:04:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rally in their city center
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.48,0:04:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until a celebrity or a political figure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.39,0:04:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came and used their voice\Non behalf of these child soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.40,0:04:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that point each city was "rescued."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.91,0:04:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the catch was, we weren't\Nleaving the cities until we were rescued.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.22,0:04:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given Chicago and nine other cities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.29,0:04:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told my bosses, I was like,\N"If we're going for big name people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.99,0:04:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not go for the queen bee? Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.01,0:04:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not go for Oprah Winfrey?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.15,0:04:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They thought I was a little idealistic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.87,0:04:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I mean, we were trying to think big.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.38,0:04:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were doing an impossible thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.16,0:04:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why not try to reach\Nmore impossible things?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.80,0:05:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we had from January\Nto April to get this done.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.31,0:05:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the number of hours\Nthat I spent on logistics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.69,0:05:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from getting permits\Nto rallying participants
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.83,0:05:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding venues.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.39,0:05:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the number of times\Nthat I was rejected
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.14,0:05:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by celebrities' agents\Nor politicians' secretaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.29,0:05:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is amount of money that I spent\Npersonally on Red Bull
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.79,0:05:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Diet Coke to stay awake\Nduring this event.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.55,0:05:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.54,0:05:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can judge me if you want to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.73,0:05:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is my hospital bill\Nfrom the kidney infection I got
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.31,0:05:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an overconsumption of caffeine
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.31,0:05:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to this event.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.88,0:05:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.85,0:05:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were just some\Nof the ridiculous things that we did
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.44,0:05:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and pull this event off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.98,0:05:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so April 21st rolls around,\Nand the event begins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.34,0:05:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hundred cities around the world.\NThey were beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.73,0:05:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six days later, all the cities\Nwere rescued but one:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.13,0:05:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.63,0:05:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were waiting in the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.10,0:05:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People started coming\Nfrom all over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.94,0:05:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the country\Nto be reinforcements
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.31,0:05:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join their voice with ours,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.20,0:05:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally, on May 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.94,0:06:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wrapped ourselves\Naround Oprah's studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.90,0:06:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got her attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.89,0:06:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a clip from a film\Ncalled "Together We Are Free"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.44,0:06:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documenting the rescue event\Nand my attempt to get Oprah.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.03,0:06:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Oprah Winfrey: First when\NI drove into the office this morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.60,0:06:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a giant, when you all came in,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.10,0:06:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was there a group outside?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.42,0:06:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crowd: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.59,0:06:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OW: Holding up signs asking\Nif I would talk to them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.51,0:06:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for just five minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.30,0:06:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I was happy to do so,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.26,0:06:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are with a group\Ncalled "Invisible Children,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.36,0:06:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told this group outside
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.31,0:06:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'd give them a minute\Nto state their case.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.58,0:06:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Oprah, thank you\Nso much for having us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.28,0:06:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, these folks out here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.92,0:06:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have seen the story of 30,000 children
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.92,0:06:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abducted by a rebel leader\Nnamed Joseph Kony
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.93,0:06:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're out here in solidarity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.10,0:06:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have been out here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.77,0:06:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for six days.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.69,0:06:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This started 100,000 people worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.58,0:06:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's down to 500 standing strong
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.08,0:06:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can raise\Nthe profile of this issue
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.02,0:06:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can end the longest\Nrunning war in Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.20,0:07:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rescue those kids
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.29,0:07:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are child soldiers\Nstill in east Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.58,0:07:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oprah, I have to say this girl Natalie here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.36,0:07:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's 18 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.42,0:07:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was an intern for us this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.18,0:07:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.04,0:07:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My one goal is to get Oprah."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.00,0:07:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had 2,000 people come out on Saturday,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.65,0:07:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it rained.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.78,0:07:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She stood here in the rain with 50 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.44,0:07:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they heard she was here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.01,0:07:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds started coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.29,0:07:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are here from Mexico, Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.44,0:07:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natalie's 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.70,0:07:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't think you're too young.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.28,0:07:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can change the world any day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.23,0:07:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.15,0:07:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.16,0:07:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.39,0:07:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Was it worth it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.61,0:07:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crowd: Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.40,0:07:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crowd: Natalie! Natalie! Natalie!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.22,0:07:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.09,0:08:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.43,0:08:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you would think that this\Nis the moment in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.47,0:08:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pinnacle that\Nmade me an extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.85,0:08:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was an awesome moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.49,0:08:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I was on top of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.76,0:08:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten million people watched\Nthe Oprah Winfrey Show.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.76,0:08:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But looking back, that wasn't it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.32,0:08:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get me wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.39,0:08:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said, it was great moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.66,0:08:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made for a heck of a profile picture\Non Facebook for a week, but --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.24,0:08:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.07,0:08:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I had been extraordinary all along,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.94,0:08:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wasn't alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.53,0:08:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, even though my story\Nwas featured in this film,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.19,0:08:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just one of a hundred interns
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.73,0:08:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who worked their tails off\Nto make this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.28,0:08:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm up in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.94,0:08:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the guy that I'm sitting\Non his shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.75,0:08:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's my best friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.92,0:08:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Johannes Oberman, and Johannes\Nworked with me from day one in Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.64,0:08:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as long hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.08,0:08:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as many sleepless nights as I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.44,0:08:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl on the right,\Nher name's Bethany Bylsma.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.82,0:08:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bethany planned New York City and Boston
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.02,0:08:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were seriously the most\Nbeautiful events that we held.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.91,0:09:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl on the left, her name's Colleen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.34,0:09:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colleen moved to Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.95,0:09:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moved, for three months
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.54,0:09:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to plan five events there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.06,0:09:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to be kicked out\Nthe day before the events
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.48,0:09:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the swine flu.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.43,0:09:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there was this family.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.35,0:09:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This family, they didn't\Nget to come to the rescue.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.30,0:09:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't make it out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.29,0:09:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they ordered a hundred\Nboxes of pizza for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.24,0:09:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,delivered them to the corner\Nof Michigan and Randolph
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.18,0:09:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were all silently protesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.38,0:09:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it was people like this\Ndoing whatever they could,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.86,0:09:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simultaneously, single-mindedly,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.41,0:09:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a care to who was watching,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.58,0:09:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.03,0:09:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't about us getting on Oprah,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.15,0:09:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when I got down\Nfrom their shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.82,0:09:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the war hadn't ended.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.34,0:09:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about that bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.76,0:09:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oprah was just a checkpoint\Non the way to that bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.76,0:09:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bill was the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.06,0:09:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bill is what we had\Nour eyes set on from day one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.92,0:09:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was going to help us\Nend Africa's longest-running war.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.27,0:09:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what brought\Na hundred thousand people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.27,0:09:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to the rescue event\Nfrom around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.34,0:09:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it paid off:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.14,0:09:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 days after we were on Oprah,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.36,0:10:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bill was introduced into Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.97,0:10:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.39,0:10:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it got unanimously,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.48,0:10:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,267 cosponsors in Congress,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.12,0:10:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then one week after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.70,0:10:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama signed\Nour bill into law.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.30,0:10:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.15,0:10:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And none of us, none of us\Ninterns got to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.39,0:10:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't get to be there in this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.86,0:10:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our founders were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.89,0:10:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the guys cheesing\Nin the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.20,0:10:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that moment right there\Nis what made all of it worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.02,0:10:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what a hundred thousand\Nanonymous extraordinaries worked for
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.34,0:10:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so hard to make that happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.60,0:10:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the Oprah moments,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.00,0:10:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they prove that the supposedly\Nimpossible can be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.17,0:10:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They inspire us.\NThey boost our confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.20,0:10:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the moment isn't a movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.56,0:10:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even a lot of those moments\Nstrung together don't fuel a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.20,0:10:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What fuels a movement are\Nthe anonymous extraordinaries behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.36,0:11:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, for me, what kept me\Npushing on through the rescue
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.52,0:11:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the thought of those child soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.89,0:11:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.06,0:11:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to go to Africa at one point.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.58,0:11:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met these incredible people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.54,0:11:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have friends that have been\Nliving in this conflict their entire life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.44,0:11:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was personal to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.24,0:11:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that doesn't have to be\Nwhat drives you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.94,0:11:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you may want\Nto be the next Shepard Fairey
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.51,0:11:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next J.K. Rowling
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.04,0:11:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next whoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.83,0:11:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter, but whatever you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.97,0:11:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chase after it with\Neverything that you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.41,0:11:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because of the fame or the fortune,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.13,0:11:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but solely because that's\Nwhat you believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.15,0:11:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's what makes your heart sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.87,0:11:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what your dance is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.56,0:11:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what is going\Nto define our generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.10,0:11:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we start chasing and fighting\Nafter the things that we love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.82,0:11:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we want to fight for.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.40,0:11:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cared too much in high school\Nabout what people thought about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.15,0:11:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what so awesome\Nabout this conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.22,0:11:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so many of you are so young.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.08,0:11:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find that thing that inspires you\Nthat you love and just chase after it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.74,0:11:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, fight for that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.84,0:11:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is what\Nis going to change this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.42,0:11:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is what defines us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.22,0:12:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite what people think,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.77,0:12:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my Oprah moments,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.64,0:12:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my being on TED, doesn't define me,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.19,0:12:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you were\Nto follow me home to LA,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.92,0:12:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would see me waiting tables
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.50,0:12:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nannying to pay the bills\Nafter I chase after my dream
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.60,0:12:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of becoming a filmmaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.48,0:12:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the small, anonymous, monotonous
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.19,0:12:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single day acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.31,0:12:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to remind myself\Nto be extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.09,0:12:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And believe me, when the door\Nis closed and the cameras are off,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.75,0:12:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's tough.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.35,0:12:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there's one thing\Nthat I want to drive home to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.56,0:12:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing that I can say,\Nnot just to you but to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.27,0:12:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it is the acts\Nthat make us extraordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.32,0:12:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the Oprah moments.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.82,0:12:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.