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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.80,0:00:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Shari Davis,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.59,0:00:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.90,0:00:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a recovering government employee.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.72,0:00:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say that with a huge shout-out\Nto the folks that work in government
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.62,0:00:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on systems change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.50,0:00:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.86,0:00:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be isolating.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.63,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the work can feel impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.97,0:00:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But government is the people that show up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.61,0:00:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, it's the people that can show up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.52,0:00:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are committed to the promise\Nthat public service offers:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.11,0:00:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,service to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.86,0:00:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.26,0:00:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fixing the problems\Nthat community members face.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.84,0:00:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seventeen years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.22,0:00:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked through city hall\Nfor the first time as a staff member.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.82,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that walk revealed something to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.78,0:00:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a unicorn.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.62,0:00:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There weren't many people\Nwho looked like me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.13,0:00:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that worked in the building.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.87,0:00:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, there were folks committed\Nto addressing hundreds of years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.92,0:00:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of systemic inequity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.66,0:01:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that left some behind, and many ignored.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.01,0:01:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where there was promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.02,0:01:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a huge problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.93,0:01:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, democracy,\Nas it was originally designed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.39,0:01:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a fatal flaw.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.19,0:01:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only laid pipeline\Nfor rich white men to progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.96,0:01:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, if you're a smart rich white man,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.12,0:01:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you understand why I say that's a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.50,0:01:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Massive talent has been left\Noff the field.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.20,0:01:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our moral imaginations have grown anemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.81,0:01:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our highest offices\Nare plagued by corruption.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.78,0:01:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're on the brink\Nof a sort of apathetic apocalypse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.15,0:01:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.96,0:01:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to open the doors
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.62,0:01:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to city halls and schools
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.04,0:01:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so wide that people\Ncan't help but walk in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.16,0:01:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to throw out\Nthe old top-down processes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.27,0:01:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that got us into this mess,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.17,0:01:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start over,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.71,0:01:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with new faces around the table,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.08,0:01:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new voices in the mix,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.14,0:02:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to welcome new perspectives\Nevery step of the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.63,0:02:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because it's the right thing to do --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.13,0:02:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although it is --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.67,0:02:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because that's the only way\Nfor us to all succeed together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.36,0:02:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the best news of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.93,0:02:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.54,0:02:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer -- well, an answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.19,0:02:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is participatory budgeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.84,0:02:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.11,0:02:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Participatory budgeting,\Nor "PB" for short.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.37,0:02:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PB is a process that brings\Ncommunity and government together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.19,0:02:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ideate, develop concrete proposals,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.71,0:02:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vote on projects\Nthat solve real problems in community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.26,0:02:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I realize that people\Ndon't get up and dance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.36,0:02:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I start talking about public budgets.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.10,0:02:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But participatory budgeting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.48,0:02:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually about collective,\Nradical imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.47,0:02:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone has a role to play in PB,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.16,0:02:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it works,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.46,0:03:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it allows community members\Nto craft real solutions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to real problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.54,0:03:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provides the infrastructure\Nfor the promise of government.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.04,0:03:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And honestly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.22,0:03:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's how I saw a democracy\Nactually work for the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.18,0:03:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember it like it was yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.44,0:03:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.87,0:03:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mayor Menino asked me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.70,0:03:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to launch the country's first\Nyouth-focused PB effort
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.25,0:03:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with one million dollars of city funds.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.31,0:03:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we didn't start\Nwith line items and limits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.34,0:03:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or spreadsheets and formulas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.15,0:03:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.15,0:03:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to make sure\Nthat everyone was listened to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.73,0:03:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we brought in young people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.16,0:03:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from historically and traditionally\Nmarginalized neighborhoods,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.76,0:03:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,members of the queer community,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.84,0:03:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and youth that were formerly incarcerated,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.90,0:03:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and together, often with pizza\Nand a sugar-free beverage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.34,0:03:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we talked about how to make Boston better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.94,0:03:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we designed a process that we called\N"Youth Lead the Change."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.09,0:03:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We imagined a Boston
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.37,0:04:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where young people\Ncould access the information
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.36,0:04:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they need to thrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.43,0:04:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where they could feel safe\Nin their communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.93,0:04:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where they can transform public spaces\Ninto real hubs of life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.82,0:04:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.34,0:04:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's exactly what they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.32,0:04:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the first year,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.78,0:04:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people allocated 90,000 dollars\Nto increase technology access
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.62,0:04:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Boston public high school students,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.80,0:04:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by delivering laptops\Nright to Boston public high schools
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.30,0:04:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that students could thrive\Ninside and outside of the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.93,0:04:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They allocated 60,000 dollars\Nto creating art walls
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.35,0:04:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that literally and figuratively\Nbrightened up public spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.22,0:04:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they addressed\Na more important problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.55,0:04:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young people were being criminalized\Nand pulled into the justice system
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.82,0:04:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for putting their art on walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.15,0:04:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this gave them a safe space\Nto practice their craft.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.25,0:05:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They allocated 400,000 dollars\Nto renovating parks,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.40,0:05:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make them more accessible\Nfor all people of all bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.90,0:05:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, admittedly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.92,0:05:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this didn't go as smoothly\Nas we had planned.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.68,0:05:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right before we broke ground on the park,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.90,0:05:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually found out that it was on top\Nof an archaeological site,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.39,0:05:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had to halt construction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.12,0:05:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I broke PB.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.24,0:05:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But because the city\Nwas so committed to the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.35,0:05:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.80,0:05:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They invited community in to do a dig,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.81,0:05:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protected the site,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.62,0:05:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found artifacts,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.17,0:05:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extended Boston's history,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.70,0:05:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then moved forward\Nwith the renovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.94,0:05:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that isn't a reflection\Nof radical imagination in government,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.19,0:05:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.09,0:05:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What sounds simple
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.20,0:05:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually transformational\Nfor the people and communities involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.31,0:05:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm seeing community members\Nshape transportation access,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.51,0:05:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improve their schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.16,0:06:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even transform government buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.42,0:06:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that there is space\Ninside of them for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.71,0:06:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we had PB,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.54,0:06:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would see people who look like me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.98,0:06:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come from where I come from
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.55,0:06:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walk in to government buildings\Nfor this new initiative
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.85,0:06:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that new working group,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.63,0:06:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'd watch them\Nwalk right back out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.64,0:06:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I wouldn't see them again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.38,0:06:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because their expertise\Nwas being unvalued.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.52,0:06:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't truly\Nbeing engaged in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.84,0:06:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put PB is different.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.88,0:06:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we started doing PB,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.20,0:06:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met amazing young leaders\Nacross the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.96,0:06:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One in particular, a rock star,\NMalachi Hernandez,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.04,0:06:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.51,0:06:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came into a community meeting --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.14,0:06:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shy, curious, a little quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.20,0:06:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stuck around,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.73,0:06:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became one of the young people\Nhoping to lead the project.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.68,0:06:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now fast-forward a couple of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.56,0:06:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Malachi was the first in his family\Nto attend college.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.93,0:06:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.31,0:07:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was the first\Nin his family to graduate.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.97,0:07:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Malachi has appeared
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.71,0:07:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Obama White House several times
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.38,0:07:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the My Brother's\NKeeper initiative.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.96,0:07:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama even quotes\NMalachi in interviews.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.46,0:07:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true, you can look it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.86,0:07:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Malachi got engaged, stayed engaged,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.96,0:07:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is out here changing the way\Nwe think about community leadership
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.36,0:07:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.84,0:07:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or my friend Maria Hadden,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.65,0:07:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was involved\Nin the first PB process in Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.60,0:07:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then went on to become a founding
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.53,0:07:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participatory budgeting\Nproject board member,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.44,0:07:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually a staff member,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.48,0:07:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then unseated a 28-year incumbent,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.67,0:07:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming the first queer Black alderperson
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.90,0:07:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Chicago's history.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.64,0:07:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's real engagement.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.02,0:07:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's being taken seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.53,0:07:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's building out and building on\Ncommunity leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.55,0:07:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's system change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.59,0:08:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just in the US either.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.97,0:08:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After starting 30 years ago in Brazil,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.61,0:08:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PB has spread to over 7,000 cities\Nacross the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.11,0:08:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Paris, France,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.50,0:08:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mayor puts up\Nfive percent of her budget,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.42,0:08:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 100 million euros,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.58,0:08:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for community members to decide on\Nand shape their city.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.95,0:08:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Globally, PB has been shown\Nto improve public health,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.09,0:08:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reduce corruption,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.58,0:08:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and increase trust in government.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.33,0:08:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we know the challenges\Nthat we face in today's society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.87,0:08:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we expect people\Nto feel motivated,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.03,0:08:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show up to the polls
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.68,0:08:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they can't trust that government\Nis run by and for the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.48,0:08:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I argue that we haven't\Nactually experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.43,0:08:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true participatory democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.57,0:08:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these United States\Nof America just yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.78,0:08:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But democracy is a living,\Nbreathing thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.41,0:08:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's still our birthright.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.66,0:09:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time to renew trust,\Nand that's not going to come easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.43,0:09:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to build new ways of thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.74,0:09:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of talking, of working,\Nof dreaming, of planning
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.65,0:09:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in it's place.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.92,0:09:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would America look like\Nif everyone had a seat at the table?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.83,0:09:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we took the time to reimagine\Nwhat's possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.79,0:09:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then ask, "How do we get there?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.59,0:09:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite author,\NOctavia Butler, says it best.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.19,0:09:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In "Parable of the Sower,"\Nbasically my Bible, she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.93,0:09:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All that you touch\NYou Change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.51,0:09:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that you Change\NChanges you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.81,0:09:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only lasting truth\NIs Change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.77,0:09:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God\NIs Change."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.20,0:09:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time for these 50 states to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.58,0:09:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What got us here sure as hell\Nwon't get us there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.84,0:09:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to kick the walls of power down
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.15,0:09:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and plant gardens of genuine\Ndemocracy in their place.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.77,0:10:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how we change systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.57,0:10:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By opening doors so wide
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.71,0:10:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people can't help but walk in.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.96,0:10:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's stopping you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.85,0:10:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from bringing participatory budgeting\Nto your community?