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[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.64,0:00:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom is a strong black woman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.24,0:00:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who raised her kids to have\Nthe same sense of strength and pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.40,0:00:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This spirit was epitomized\Nby a single wall
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.68,0:00:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our small, two-bedroom apartment\Non the South Side of Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.16,0:00:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two pictures hung proudly:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.44,0:00:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one larger-than-life photo\Nof my siblings and I
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.56,0:00:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other a picture of my mom
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.44,0:00:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 12 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.68,0:00:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staring into the eyes\Nof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.88,0:00:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was younger,\NI used to stand on my tippy-toes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.84,0:00:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stare at that picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.12,0:00:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close my eyes tightly,\Nand just pretend that it was me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.72,0:00:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gazing up at the man who revolutionized\Nthe Civil Rights Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.56,0:00:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who marched on Washington\Nand who transformed a generation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.36,0:00:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by his words, "I have a dream."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I did get to meet him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.40,0:00:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, obviously, I didn't meet Dr. King,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.32,0:00:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I met a man named Dr. Vincent Harding.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.08,0:00:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Dr. King from day one
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.00,0:00:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even wrote some of his\Nmost iconic speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.60,0:00:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, this was a really\Nimportant moment for me as a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.48,0:00:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was the first time\Nthat I realized
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.64,0:01:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it wasn't just Dr. King\Nwho led this revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.16,0:01:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was surrounded by a movement\Nmade up of anonymous extraordinaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.32,0:01:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anonymous extraordinaries are people\Nwho work selflessly and vigorously
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.24,0:01:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what they believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.52,0:01:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are motivated by conviction\Nand not recognition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.72,0:01:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a long time to realize\Nthe significance of this moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.88,0:01:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I was much older.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.16,0:01:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like I said, I grew up in Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.04,0:01:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a rough, poor neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.12,0:01:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it didn't really matter to me as kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.12,0:01:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I literally have\Nthe most incredible family in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.24,0:01:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two things that I did\Nstruggle with a lot --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.36,0:01:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing up was one --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.60,0:01:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my dad has been sick my whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.92,0:01:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He suffers from Parkinson's\Nand pancreatitis,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.44,0:01:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a kid, it was so hard\Nfor me to watch my hero
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.76,0:01:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in so much pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.64,0:01:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my other issue was with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.00,0:01:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess you could say\NI had an identity crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.64,0:01:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to move four times\Nduring high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.76,0:01:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my freshman year I went\Nto an extremely racist high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.08,0:01:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids were so cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.48,0:01:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave us hate letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.16,0:01:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote terrible things on our lockers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because I'm biracial,\Nthey would tell me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.16,0:02:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can't be both.\NYou have to choose, black or white."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.84,0:02:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end\NI just resented being either.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.08,0:02:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then all of a sudden,\Nmy senior year rolls around, 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being mixed, being racially\Nambiguous is this new cool fad,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.96,0:02:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, "Natalie, now it's OK\Nfor you to like you. You're pretty now."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.20,0:02:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was over it. I was tired of caring\Nabout what other people thought
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.44,0:02:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just wanted to hurry up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.08,0:02:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go through my classes,\Nwhatever school I was going to be at next,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.20,0:02:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and graduate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.48,0:02:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I was 17
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.60,0:02:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw a film\Ncalled "Invisible Children"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.72,0:02:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.08,0:02:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Child soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.76,0:02:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children as young as my nephews
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.08,0:02:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being abducted,\Ngiven AK-47s and forced to kill,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.24,0:02:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just anyone, but oftentimes\Nforced to kill their own parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.32,0:02:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own siblings --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.12,0:02:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rebel army committing mass murder\Nfor no political or religious reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.76,0:02:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.08,0:02:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 years this conflict has been going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.92,0:02:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm 20 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.36,0:02:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that makes this conflict\Nfive years older than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.48,0:03:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One man,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.44,0:03:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one man with one charismatic voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.08,0:03:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started this whole thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.68,0:03:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Joseph Kony.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.68,0:03:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I saw this film, something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.68,0:03:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something started\Nkind of stirring inside of me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.96,0:03:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't identify what it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.72,0:03:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know if it was rage,\Nif it was pity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.88,0:03:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I felt guilty\Nbecause this was the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.16,0:03:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd heard about a 25-year-long war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.88,0:03:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't even give it a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.44,0:03:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I knew is that it kicked me off my ass\Nand I started asking questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.96,0:03:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I do? What can one 17-year-old do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.84,0:03:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to give me something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.88,0:03:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they gave me something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.80,0:03:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The founders and filmmakers\Nat Invisible Children told me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.52,0:03:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was this bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.80,0:03:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if we could\Njust get this bill passed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.84,0:03:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would do two things:\None, it would apprehend Joseph Kony
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.64,0:03:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the top commanders in his rebel army,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.64,0:03:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two, it would provide funding\Nfor the recovery of these regions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.84,0:03:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been devastated\Nby 25 years of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.96,0:03:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, done. Let me at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.68,0:03:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I swear I will do whatever I can\Nto make this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.80,0:04:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So myself and 99 other\Nidealistic 18- to 20-year-olds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.12,0:04:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopped on a plane to intern\Nin San Diego with Invisible Children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.88,0:04:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was postponing college.\NWe weren't getting paid for this
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.12,0:04:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could call it irresponsible\Nor crazy -- my parents did --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.32,0:04:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for us, it would have been\Ninsane not to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.12,0:04:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all felt this urgency\Nand we would do whatever it took
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.40,0:04:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pass this bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.84,0:04:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were given our first task.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.72,0:04:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were going to plan an event called\Nthe Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.52,0:04:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where participants would come\Nin a hundred cities worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.68,0:04:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rally in their city center
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.16,0:04:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until a celebrity or a political figure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.28,0:04:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came and used their voice\Non behalf of these child soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.20,0:04:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that point each city was "rescued."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.84,0:04:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the catch was, we weren't\Nleaving the cities until we were rescued.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.00,0:04:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given Chicago and nine other cities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.20,0:04:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told my bosses, I was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.84,0:04:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If we're going for big-name people,\Nwhy not go for the queen bee? Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.32,0:04:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not go for Oprah Winfrey?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.80,0:04:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They thought I was a little idealistic,\Nbut I mean, we were trying to think big.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.60,0:04:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were doing an impossible thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.28,0:04:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why not try to reach\Nmore impossible things?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.52,0:05:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we had from January\Nto April to get this done.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.48,0:05:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the number of hours\Nthat I spent on logistics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.52,0:05:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from getting permits\Nto rallying participants
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.92,0:05:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding venues.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.00,0:05:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the number of times\Nthat I was rejected
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.24,0:05:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by celebrities' agents\Nor politicians' secretaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.16,0:05:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is amount of money\Nthat I spent personally
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.08,0:05:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Red Bull and Diet Coke\Nto stay awake during this movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.00,0:05:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.24,0:05:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can judge me if you want to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.52,0:05:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is my hospital bill\Nfrom the kidney infection I got
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.40,0:05:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an overconsumption of caffeine\Ndue to this event.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.84,0:05:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.88,0:05:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were just some\Nof the ridiculous things that we did
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.60,0:05:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and pull this event off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.16,0:05:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so April 21 rolls around\Nand the event begins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.92,0:05:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hundred cities around the world.\NThey were beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.52,0:05:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six days later, all the cities\Nwere rescued but one:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.84,0:05:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.44,0:05:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were waiting in the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.84,0:05:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People started coming\Nfrom all over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.04,0:05:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the country to be reinforcements
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.02,0:05:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join their voice with ours,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.56,0:05:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally, on May 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.84,0:06:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wrapped ourselves around Oprah's studio
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.16,0:06:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got her attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.68,0:06:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a clip from a film\Ncalled "Together We Are Free"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.36,0:06:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documenting the rescue event\Nand my attempt to get Oprah.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.56,0:06:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Oprah Winfrey:\NWhen I drove into the office,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.04,0:06:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a giant -- when you came in,\Nwas there a group outside?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.16,0:06:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crowd: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.40,0:06:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OW: Holding up signs\Nasking if I would talk to them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.84,0:06:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for just five minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.12,0:06:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I was happy to do so,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.08,0:06:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are with a group\Ncalled "Invisible Children,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.36,0:06:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told this group outside
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.24,0:06:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'd give them a minute\Nto state their case.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.60,0:06:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Oprah, thank you\Nso much for having us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.40,0:06:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, these folks out here\Nhave seen the story of 30,000 children
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.08,0:06:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abducted by a rebel leader\Nnamed Joseph Kony
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.80,0:06:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're out here in solidarity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.52,0:06:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have been out here for six days.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.80,0:06:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This started 100,000 people worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.68,0:06:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's down to 500 standing strong
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.44,0:06:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can raise\Nthe profile of this issue
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.92,0:07:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can end the longest-running\Nwar in Africa and rescue those kids
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.16,0:07:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are child soldiers\Nstill in East Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.72,0:07:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oprah, I have to say\Nthis girl Natalie here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.00,0:07:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's 18 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.28,0:07:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was an intern for us this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.00,0:07:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said, "My one goal\Nis to get Oprah."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.76,0:07:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had 2,000 people come out on Saturday,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.48,0:07:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it rained.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.72,0:07:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She stood here in the rain with 50 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.48,0:07:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they heard she was here,\Nhundreds started coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.36,0:07:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are here from Mexico, Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.40,0:07:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natalie's 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.64,0:07:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't think you're too young.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.24,0:07:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can change the world any day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.00,0:07:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.24,0:07:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.48,0:07:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.96,0:07:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Was it worth it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.20,0:07:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crowd: Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.24,0:07:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natalie! Natalie! Natalie!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.84,0:07:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.64,0:07:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together we are free!\NTogether we are free!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.48,0:08:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.56,0:08:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you would think\Nthat this is the moment in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.60,0:08:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pinnacle that\Nmade me an extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.92,0:08:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was an awesome moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.36,0:08:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I was on top of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.04,0:08:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten million people\Nwatched the "Oprah Winfrey Show".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.52,0:08:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But looking back, that wasn't it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.28,0:08:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get me wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.52,0:08:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said, it was great moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.16,0:08:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made for a heck of a profile picture\Non Facebook for a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.28,0:08:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.52,0:08:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had been extraordinary all along,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.68,0:08:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wasn't alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.48,0:08:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, even though\Nmy story was featured in this film,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.16,0:08:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just one of a hundred interns
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.88,0:08:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who worked their tails off\Nto make this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.80,0:08:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm up in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.04,0:08:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the guy that I'm sitting\Non his shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.24,0:08:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's my best friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.48,0:08:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Johannes Oberman
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.88,0:08:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Johannes worked with me\Nfrom day one in Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.36,0:08:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as long hours,\Njust as many sleepless nights as I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.20,0:08:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl on the right,\Nher name's Bethany Bylsma.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.72,0:08:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bethany planned New York City and Boston
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.80,0:08:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were seriously\Nthe most beautiful events that we held.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.64,0:09:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl on the left, her name's Colleen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.64,0:09:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colleen moved to Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.72,0:09:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moved, for three months,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.28,0:09:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to plan five events there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.92,0:09:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to be kicked out\Nthe day before the events
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.24,0:09:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the swine flu.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.88,0:09:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there was this family.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.12,0:09:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This family, they didn't\Nget to come to the rescue.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.56,0:09:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They couldn't make it out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.88,0:09:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they ordered\Na hundred boxes of pizza for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.24,0:09:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,delivered them to the corner\Nof Michigan and Randolph
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.08,0:09:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were all silently protesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.16,0:09:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it was people like this\Ndoing whatever they could,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.96,0:09:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simultaneously, single-mindedly,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.16,0:09:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a care to who was watching,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.16,0:09:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.88,0:09:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't about us getting on Oprah,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.84,0:09:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when I got down\Nfrom their shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.00,0:09:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the war hadn't ended.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.48,0:09:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about that bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.76,0:09:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oprah was just a checkpoint\Non the way to that bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.24,0:09:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bill was the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.52,0:09:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bill is what we had\Nour eyes set on from day one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.08,0:09:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was going to help us\Nend Africa's longest-running war.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.88,0:09:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what brought\Na hundred thousand people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.56,0:09:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to the rescue event\Nfrom around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.12,0:09:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it paid off:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.56,0:10:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 days after we were on Oprah,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.24,0:10:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bill was introduced into Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.84,0:10:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year after that, it got, unanimously,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.32,0:10:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,267 cosponsors in Congress,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.90,0:10:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then one week after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.60,0:10:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama signed our bill into law.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.68,0:10:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.92,0:10:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And none of us interns got to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.08,0:10:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't get to be there in this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.08,0:10:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our founders were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.32,0:10:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the guys\Ncheesing in the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.40,0:10:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that moment right there\Nis what made all of it worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.76,0:10:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what a hundred thousand\Nanonymous extraordinaries
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.12,0:10:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked for so hard to make that happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.36,0:10:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the Oprah moments,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.88,0:10:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they prove that the supposedly\Nimpossible can be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.00,0:10:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They inspire us.\NThey boost our confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.08,0:10:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the moment isn't a movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.40,0:10:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even a lot of those moments\Nstrung together don't fuel a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.72,0:10:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What fuels a movement are\Nthe anonymous extraordinaries behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.96,0:11:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, for me, what kept me\Npushing on through the rescue
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.84,0:11:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the thought of those child soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.80,0:11:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became personal.\NI was able to go to Africa at one point.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.68,0:11:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met these incredible people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.16,0:11:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have friends that have been\Nliving in this conflict their entire life
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.56,0:11:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was personal to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.00,0:11:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that doesn't have to be\Nwhat drives you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.68,0:11:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you may want\Nto be the next Shepard Fairey
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.84,0:11:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next JK Rowling
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.32,0:11:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next whoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.64,0:11:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter, but whatever you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.84,0:11:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chase after it\Nwith everything that you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.44,0:11:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because of the fame or the fortune,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.36,0:11:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but solely because\Nthat's what you believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.56,0:11:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's what makes your heart sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.60,0:11:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what your dance is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.36,0:11:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what is going\Nto define our generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.80,0:11:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we start chasing and fighting\Nafter the things that we love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.88,0:11:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we want to fight for.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.36,0:11:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cared too much in high school\Nabout what people thought about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.56,0:11:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what so awesome\Nabout this conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.72,0:11:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so many of you are so young.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.28,0:11:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find that thing that inspires you\Nthat you love and just chase after it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.72,0:11:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, fight for that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.96,0:11:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is what\Nis going to change this world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.36,0:11:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is what defines us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.96,0:12:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite what people think,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.32,0:12:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my Oprah moments,\Nmy being on TED, doesn't define me,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.00,0:12:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you were\Nto follow me home to LA,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.12,0:12:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would see me waiting tables\Nand nannying to pay the bills
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.04,0:12:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I chase after my dream\Nof becoming a filmmaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.20,0:12:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the small, anonymous, monotonous
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.52,0:12:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every-single-day acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.28,0:12:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to remind myself\Nto be extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.16,0:12:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And believe me, when the door\Nis closed and the cameras are off,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.48,0:12:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's tough.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.16,0:12:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there's one thing\Nthat I want to drive home to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.92,0:12:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing that I can say,\Nnot just to you but to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.60,0:12:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it is the acts\Nthat make us extraordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.12,0:12:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the Oprah moments. Thank you.