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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.65,0:00:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,T. Morgan Dixon: I would like to tell you\Nabout the most powerful woman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.40,0:00:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've never heard of.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.02,0:00:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Septima Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.13,0:00:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember her name: Septima Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.93,0:00:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. King called her the "the architect\Nof the civil rights movement,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.70,0:00:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she created something\Ncalled Citizenship Schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.39,0:00:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in those schools, she taught\Nordinary women the practical skills
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.63,0:00:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back into their communities\Nand teach people to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.83,0:00:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if they could read,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.91,0:00:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.38,0:00:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, these women took\Nthose organizing skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.72,0:00:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they became some of the most\Nlegendary civil rights activists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.82,0:00:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this country has ever seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.83,0:00:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women like Diane Nash.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.09,0:00:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may know her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.29,0:00:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She orchestrated the entire walk\Nfrom Selma to Montgomery.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.55,0:00:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was a cofounder of the\NStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.27,0:00:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they integrated lunch counters,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they created the Freedom Rides.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.87,0:00:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you may remember Fannie Lou Hamer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.66,0:00:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who sat on the floor\Nof the Democratic National Convention
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.12,0:00:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talked about\Nbeing beaten in jail cells
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.43,0:00:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she registered people\Nto vote in Mississippi.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.29,0:01:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her most famous student,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.11,0:01:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rosa Parks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.43,0:01:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said Septima Clark\Nwas the one who taught her
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.06,0:01:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the peaceful act of resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.03,0:01:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when she sat down,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.28,0:01:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she inspired a nation to stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.17,0:01:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were just three\Nof her 10,000 students.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.69,0:01:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women stood\Non the front lines of change,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.63,0:01:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by doing so,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.13,0:01:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they taught people to read\Nin her Citizenship School model
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.50,0:01:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and empowered 700,000 new voters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.71,0:01:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.89,0:01:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She created a new culture\Nof social activism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pete Seeger said it was Septima Clark\Nwho changed the lyrics
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.04,0:01:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the old gospel song
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.65,0:01:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made the anthem we all know:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.76,0:01:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We Shall Overcome."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.47,0:01:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vanessa Garrison: Now,\Nmany of you may know us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.70,0:01:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the cofounders of GirlTrek,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.20,0:01:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest health organization\Nfor Black women in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.34,0:01:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our mission is simple:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.29,0:01:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask Black women,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.61,0:01:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80 percent of whom are over\Na healthy body weight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.56,0:02:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk outside\Nof their front door every day
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.93,0:02:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to establish a lifesaving\Nhabit of walking;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.97,0:02:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in doing so, ignite a radical movement
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.41,0:02:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which Black women reverse\Nthe devastating impacts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.77,0:02:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of chronic disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.11,0:02:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reclaim the streets\Nof their neighborhoods,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.44,0:02:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create a new culture\Nof health for their families
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.27,0:02:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stand on the front lines for justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.100,0:02:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, all across America,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.10,0:02:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 100,000 Black women\Nare wearing this GirlTrek blue shirt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.20,0:02:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they move through their communities --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.64,0:02:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a heroic force.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.98,0:02:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walk in the footsteps of Septima Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.48,0:02:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave us a blueprint for change-making.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.85,0:02:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, to have a bold idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.60,0:02:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bigger than anyone is comfortable with.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.64,0:02:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To two: root down in the cultural\Ntraditions of your community
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.80,0:02:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lean heavily on what has come before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.07,0:02:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To three: name it --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.60,0:03:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one thing that everyone\Nis willing to work hard for;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.38,0:03:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ridiculously simple goal\Nthat doesn't just benefit the individual
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.88,0:03:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the village around them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.91,0:03:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to, lastly:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.53,0:03:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never ask permission\Nto save your own life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.73,0:03:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is our fundamental right\Nas human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.58,0:03:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to solve our own problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.58,0:03:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TMD: So to the women all out there\Ngathered in your living rooms,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.61,0:03:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rooting for us, acting crazy\Non social media right now --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.64,0:03:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.82,0:03:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.86,0:03:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see you every day. We love you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.32,0:03:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.69,0:03:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our bigger work starts now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.52,0:03:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VG: You got us onto this stage --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.14,0:03:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your leadership;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.67,0:03:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,auditing blighted streets in Detroit;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.44,0:03:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with hospitals\Nand health care systems in Harlem;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.81,0:03:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,praying over the streets of Sacramento,\NCharlotte, Brooklyn, Flint
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.29,0:04:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every community that has seen trauma;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.21,0:04:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changing traffic patterns,\Nmaking your streets safer;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.78,0:04:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.32,0:04:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing as role models.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.97,0:04:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it all started with\Nyour commitment to start walking,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.96,0:04:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your agreement to organize\Nyour friends and family
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.68,0:04:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your belief in our broader mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.02,0:04:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TMD: It's important to me\Nthat everyone in this room understands
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.10,0:04:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly how change-making\Nworks in GirlTrek.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.45,0:04:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One well-trained organizer has the power\Nto change the behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.65,0:04:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 100 of her friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.90,0:04:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that is true,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.09,0:04:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the [1,000] women\Nblowing up social media right now
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.24,0:04:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have already inspired\Nover 100,000 women to walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.64,0:04:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.28,0:04:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is not nearly enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.77,0:04:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so our goal\Nis to create critical mass.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.34,0:04:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in order to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.64,0:04:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have an audacious plan\Nto scale our intervention.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.65,0:04:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A thousand organizers is not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.19,0:05:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GirlTrek is going to create\Nthe next Citizenship School.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.24,0:05:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in doing so, we will train\N10,000 frontline health activists
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.71,0:05:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deploy them into the highest-need\Ncommunities in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.62,0:05:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we do,\Nwe will disrupt disease;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.72,0:05:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will create a new culture of health.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.60,0:05:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we will do is create\Na support system
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.99,0:05:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for one million Black women\Nto walk to save their own lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.78,0:05:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.28,0:05:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our training is unparalleled.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.64,0:05:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want you to imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.96,0:05:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a revival, tent-like festival,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.12,0:05:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not unlike the civil rights\Nmovement teach-ins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.41,0:05:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're going to go\Nall across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.91,0:05:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the biggest announcement this week:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.20,0:05:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vanessa and I and a team\Nof masterful teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.36,0:05:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all to culminate next year,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.72,0:05:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on sacred ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.46,0:05:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Selma, Alabama,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.39,0:05:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a new annual tradition\Nthat we are calling "Summer of Selma."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.48,0:06:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VG: Summer of Selma will be\Nan annual pilgrimage
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.09,0:06:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will include a walk --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.12,0:06:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,54 miles,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.70,0:06:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sacred route from Selma to Montgomery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.74,0:06:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will also include rigorous training.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.40,0:06:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picture it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.65,0:06:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as women come to learn organizing\Nand recruitment strategies,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.77,0:06:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study exercise science,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.71,0:06:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take nutrition classes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.47,0:06:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn storytelling,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.22,0:06:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become certified\Nas outdoor trip leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.32,0:06:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and community advocates.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.47,0:06:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TMD: This is going to be unprecedented.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.40,0:06:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to be a moment in time\Nlike a cultural institution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.34,0:06:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.49,0:06:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to be the Woodstock\Nof Black Girl Healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.16,0:06:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.86,0:06:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.01,0:06:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VG: And the need --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.60,0:06:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's more urgent than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.69,0:06:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are losing our communities'\Ngreatest resource.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.57,0:06:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black women are dying in plain sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.32,0:07:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not only is no one talking about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.08,0:07:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we refuse to acknowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.22,0:07:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the source of this crisis\Nis rooted in the same injustice
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.40,0:07:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that first propelled\Nthe civil rights movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.23,0:07:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On December 30 of 2017,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.72,0:07:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Erica Garner,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.12,0:07:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the daughter of Eric Garner,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.48,0:07:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Black man who died\Non the streets of New York
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.17,0:07:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a police choke hold,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.100,0:07:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passed away of a heart attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.28,0:07:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Erica was just 27 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.60,0:07:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mother of two children.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.37,0:07:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would be one of 137\NBlack women that day --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.52,0:07:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 50,000 in the last year --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.10,0:07:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to die from a heart-related issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.16,0:07:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of their hearts broken from trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.43,0:07:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The impacts of stress on Black women
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.47,0:07:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who send their children and spouses\Nout the door each day,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.32,0:08:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unsure if they will come home alive;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.46,0:08:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who work jobs where they are paid 63 cents\Nto every dollar paid to white men;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.79,0:08:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who live in communities\Nwith crumbling infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.14,0:08:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no access\Nto fresh fruits or vegetables;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.48,0:08:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with little to no walkable\Nor green spaces --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.95,0:08:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the impact of this inequality\Nis killing Black women
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.82,0:08:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at higher and faster rates\Nthan any other group in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.99,0:08:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is about to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.20,0:08:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.54,0:08:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TMD: So let me tell you a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.89,0:08:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About three weeks ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.28,0:08:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you may have watched --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.85,0:08:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vanessa and I and a team\Nof 10 women walked 100 miles
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.05,0:08:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the actual Underground Railroad.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.66,0:08:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did it in five days --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.15,0:08:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five long and beautiful days.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.60,0:08:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the world watched.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.82,0:08:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three million people\Nwatched the live stream.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.18,0:08:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you in here,\Nthe influencers, shared the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.29,0:09:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urban Radio blasted it across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.74,0:09:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VG: Even the E! News channel interrupted\Na story about the Kardashians --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.32,0:09:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, if you asked us,\Nis just a little bit of justice --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.42,0:09:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.45,0:09:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to report that GirlTrek had made it safely\Non our hundred-mile journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.40,0:09:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.43,0:09:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TMD: People were rooting for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.42,0:09:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were rooting for us because\Nin this time of confusion and contention,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.19,0:09:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this journey allowed us all to reflect\Non what it meant to be American.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.55,0:09:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw America up close\Nand personal as we walked.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.06,0:09:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked through historic towns,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.72,0:09:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through dense forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.27,0:09:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,past former plantations.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.73,0:09:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.64,0:09:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we walked into a gas station\Nthat was also a café,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.15,0:09:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was filled with men.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.09,0:09:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were wearing camo\Nand had hunting supplies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.84,0:09:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And out front were all of their trucks,\Nand one had a Confederate flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.53,0:09:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we left the establishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.42,0:10:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we were walking along\Nthis narrow strip of road,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.28,0:10:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few of the trucks reared by us so close,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.62,0:10:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and out of their tailpipe\Nwas the specter of mob violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.51,0:10:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was unnerving.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.23,0:10:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then it happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.28,0:10:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right on the border\Nof Maryland and Delaware,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.84,0:10:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw a man standing by his truck.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.74,0:10:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tailgate was down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.20,0:10:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had on a brown jacket.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.04,0:10:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was standing there awkwardly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.61,0:10:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first two girls in our group,\NJewel and Sandria,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.10,0:10:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they walked by because\Nhe looked suspicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.32,0:10:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.36,0:10:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the bigger group, we stopped\Nto give him a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.03,0:10:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he walked up to us and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.76,0:10:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, my name is Jake Green.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.75,0:10:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard you on Christian\Nradio this morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.83,0:10:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God told me to bring you supplies."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.79,0:10:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He brought us water,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.65,0:10:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he brought us granola,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.94,0:10:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he brought us tissue.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.18,0:10:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we needed tissue because\Nwe had just walked through a nor'easter;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.50,0:10:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was 29 degrees,\Nit was sleeting on our faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.82,0:10:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our sneakers and our socks were frozen\Nand wet and frozen again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.48,0:11:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed that tissue more\Nthan he could have possibly understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.15,0:11:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on that day, in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.97,0:11:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jake Green renewed\Nmy faith in God for sure,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.60,0:11:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he renewed my faith in humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.20,0:11:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a choice to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.01,0:11:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In America, we can fall further\Ninto the darkness of discord, or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.05,0:11:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am here to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.28,0:11:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the women of GirlTrek\Nare walking through the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.03,0:11:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a light that cannot be extinguished.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.31,0:11:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VG: They are also walking\Nthrough the streets with a mission
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.19,0:11:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as clear and as powerful\Nas the women who marched in Montgomery:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.71,0:11:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that disease stops here,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.18,0:11:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that trauma stops here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.77,0:11:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with your support
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.84,0:11:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in our ancestors' footsteps,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.36,0:11:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these 10,000 newly trained activists\Nwill launch the largest health revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.18,0:11:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this country has ever seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.73,0:11:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they will return to their communities\Nand model the best of human flourishing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.68,0:11:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.11,0:12:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will all celebrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.98,0:12:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because like Jake Green understood,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.94,0:12:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our fates are intertwined.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.32,0:12:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Septima Clark once said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.66,0:12:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The air has finally gotten to a place\Nwhere we can breathe it together."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.23,0:12:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.33,0:12:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the haunting last words of Eric Garner\Nwere: "I can't breathe."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.67,0:12:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his daughter Erica\Ndied at 27 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.38,0:12:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still seeking justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.86,0:12:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.04,0:12:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to keep doing Septima's work
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.97,0:12:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until her words become reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.21,0:12:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until Black women are no longer dying,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.89,0:12:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we can all breathe the air together.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.90,0:12:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.07,0:12:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)