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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.82,0:00:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1994, the Violent Crime Control\Nand Law Enforcement Act passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.82,0:00:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably know it as the crime bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.76,0:00:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a terrible law.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.19,0:00:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It ushered in an era of mass incarceration
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.53,0:00:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed mandatory minimums,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.43,0:00:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three-strikes laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.62,0:00:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the expansion of the death penalty --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.59,0:00:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was terrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.20,0:00:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it passed with bipartisan support.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.58,0:00:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.37,0:00:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,architect of the Republican Revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.31,0:00:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led the way --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.51,0:00:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signed into law by Democratic\NPresident, Bill Clinton.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.57,0:00:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also in 1994,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.76,0:00:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a senior in high school\Nwhen this bill got passed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.42,0:00:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you were likely to find me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.26,0:00:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the streets protesting\Nany number of causes ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.14,0:00:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the crime bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.51,0:00:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what makes this picture\Nall the more surprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.45,0:00:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Newt was not on the top of my\N"Favorite Person in this Country" list.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.29,0:00:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this picture was taken in 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:00:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the start of a movement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.79,0:00:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would pass a bill\Ncalled the First Step Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.49,0:01:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "New York Times"\Ncalled it the most significant reform
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.23,0:01:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in criminal justice in a generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.29,0:01:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, 1994 Nisha --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.15,0:01:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on-the-streets activist --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.44,0:01:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be disappointed in this photo --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.33,0:01:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you might be too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.79,0:01:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But standing here today I'm not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.29,0:01:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I'm here\Nto talk to you about today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.62,0:01:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is radical common ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.27,0:01:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not talking about the kind\Nof common ground where --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.11,0:01:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, we can talk\Nabout how much we love springtime
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.75,0:01:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "puppies are super cute."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.67,0:01:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not, you know,\Ncompromised common ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is common ground that's hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.82,0:01:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hurts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.38,0:01:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the type of common ground\Nwhere you will be ridiculed and judged.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.61,0:01:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's the type of common ground\Nthat can secure human freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.19,0:01:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can save lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.05,0:01:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the type of common ground\NI was born to find.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.80,0:01:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in my DNA.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.26,0:01:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad was born\Nduring the partition in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.25,0:01:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the Indian independence movement,\Nthe country was really divided
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.64,0:01:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between people who wanted\Nto keep the country together
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.20,0:01:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who wanted\Ndifferent independent nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.72,0:02:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the British left,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.22,0:02:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just decided to draw a line,\Nthe partition and make a new country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.99,0:02:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This started the largest forced\Nmass migration in human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.86,0:02:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fifteen million people trapped\Non the wrong side of these new borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.32,0:02:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two million people dead\Nduring the partition.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.76,0:02:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my dad was the youngest\Nbaby in a Hindu family
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.86,0:02:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the wrong side of the border.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.03,0:02:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like families all around\Nthe border on both sides,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.02,0:02:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they went into hiding.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.12,0:02:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was told when I was little\Nabout the story of my family in hiding,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.14,0:02:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one day when armed men came\Ninto the house that they were hiding in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.57,0:02:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,searching for families,\Nmy dad started crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.46,0:02:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my grandma started shaking him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.03,0:02:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my grandfather, in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.36,0:02:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he made the choice that he'd sacrifice\Nhis son in order to save the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.86,0:02:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But luckily, in that moment\Nhe stopped crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.07,0:02:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandma, she shook him\Nand he stopped crying
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.61,0:03:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm here today\Nbecause he stopped crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.94,0:03:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm also here today
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.85,0:03:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of that Muslim family\Nthat took us in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.37,0:03:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also were held at gunpoint
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.44,0:03:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an armed man asked\Nif they were hiding anyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.81,0:03:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they swore on the Quran\Nthat nobody was in that house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.74,0:03:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They chose in that moment\Nwhen the entire country --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.15,0:03:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody in the region,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.32,0:03:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could hate people\Nwho had different politics than you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.07,0:03:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.26,0:03:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could kill people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.94,0:03:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was what was happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.45,0:03:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they swore on their Holy book,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.90,0:03:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they chose the shared humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.48,0:03:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over politics of that day, and we lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.33,0:03:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.92,0:03:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I start with this story\Nbecause often people tell me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.58,0:03:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my mission for common\Nground is the weak position.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.99,0:03:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I ask how was that Muslims\Nfamily's actions weak?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.10,0:04:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that, my dad\Ndid grow up healthy in India
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.57,0:04:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he emigrated to this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.22,0:04:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was born here in the late '70s,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.01,0:04:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like most first-generation kids\NI was born to build bridges.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.37,0:04:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a bridge between\Nthe old country and the new.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.62,0:04:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just growing up, that's what I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.57,0:04:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a brown girl in the Black\Nand white South in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.60,0:04:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, on one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.80,0:04:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfect Indian daughter --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.27,0:04:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight As,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.48,0:04:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,captain of the debate team --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.91,0:04:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.18,0:04:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was also this radical feminist,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.61,0:04:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punk-rock activist sneaking\Nout of the house for concerts
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.41,0:04:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, getting arrested\Nlike, all the time for causes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.54,0:04:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a mix of a lot things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.26,0:04:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they all live harmoniously in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.76,0:04:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Building bridges was just natural,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.22,0:04:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think all of us represent\Na mix of a bunch of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.04,0:04:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we have that ability\Nto find the common ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.56,0:04:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not how\NI was living my life ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.86,0:04:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.16,0:04:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I moved to the Bay Area in 2001,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.42,0:04:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this was kind of\Na turning point for me;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.50,0:04:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the start of the second Iraq War.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.43,0:05:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was organizing\Nwith a bunch of activists --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.88,0:05:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.08,0:05:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were thinking that probably\Nwe needed to expand our circle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.64,0:05:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.82,0:05:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we weren't going to successfully\Nstop the war if, you know --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.24,0:05:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just amongst us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.43,0:05:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we decided we'd build bridges,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.03,0:05:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expand our circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.62,0:05:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so the great, anarchist\Nversus communist soccer tournament
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.01,0:05:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 2001 was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.08,0:05:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.19,0:05:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.42,0:05:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how large my circle\Nwas allowed to expand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.04,0:05:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Building bridges with liberal Democrats?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.04,0:05:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, no way, that was a bridge too far.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.46,0:05:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Local electeds?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.31,0:05:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a bridge too far.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.62,0:05:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was in 2001.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.21,0:05:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think you'll agree with me now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.02,0:05:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2020 it's gotten even worse --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.64,0:05:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that division, that tribalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.38,0:05:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't sit down at dinner
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.85,0:05:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people who voted differently than us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.99,0:05:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, like, see a mean tweet\Nfrom our best friend --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.76,0:05:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tweet that, like,\Ndoesn't fit with our worldview,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.19,0:05:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of a sudden they're canceled.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.03,0:05:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The purity politics of the moment gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.70,0:05:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sometimes wake up --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.90,0:05:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what we're going to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.10,0:06:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people ask me\N"how do we do that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.11,0:06:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know about common ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.70,0:06:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like we can build those bridges.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.98,0:06:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.21,0:06:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a concept that I go back to,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.08,0:06:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a concept that should\Nbe familiar to everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.83,0:06:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the beginning of human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.68,0:06:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the idea of the commons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.19,0:06:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This shared place\Nin the center of town --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.36,0:06:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,town square,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.08,0:06:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the quad --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.26,0:06:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the place\Nwhere you come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.37,0:06:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your community,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.59,0:06:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can listen to people\Non soapboxes with different ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.62,0:06:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can be very different,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.14,0:06:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you come together because you know\Ntogether we're stronger than being apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.96,0:06:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today when I think of the commons,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.82,0:06:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I extend it to the resources\Nwe all share --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.87,0:06:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collectively owned,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.04,0:06:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the air we breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.79,0:06:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.06,0:06:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.59,0:06:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of the intelligence we share.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.68,0:06:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can share in libraries or the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.64,0:06:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the internet's important.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.47,0:06:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this digital age,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.95,0:06:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shared humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.28,0:06:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that access to be together in the commons,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.34,0:07:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at our fingertips.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.56,0:07:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're not using it that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.15,0:07:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not coming together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.73,0:07:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To choose that path towards the commons\Nand to be with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.79,0:07:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you also have to choose love.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.34,0:07:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a hard thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.88,0:07:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know you can't go to the town square
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.97,0:07:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled with hate for the town.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.89,0:07:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't lead a people you don't love.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.84,0:07:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't lead a country you don't love.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.47,0:07:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.26,0:07:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think you can change the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.10,0:07:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "I'm only changing it\Nfor the people like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.66,0:07:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own circle of friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.90,0:07:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not for the people I hate, not for them."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.89,0:07:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.10,0:07:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a terrible strategy, it doesn't work,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.46,0:07:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's what we keep doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.12,0:07:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see it every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.95,0:07:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These silos are just getting stronger.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.36,0:07:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.83,0:07:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your corner of the internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.69,0:07:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Instagram or Twitter,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.56,0:07:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're just in an echo chamber\Ntalking to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.04,0:07:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I can be really comfortable in my\NBerkeley Democratic Socialist commons
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.04,0:07:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talk to all of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.44,0:08:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my dad can be in his bootstrappy\Nimmigrant Republican commons,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.49,0:08:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can watch MSNBC
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.70,0:08:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he can watch Fox News
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.81,0:08:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will not know the same things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.60,0:08:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't have the same --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.13,0:08:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we won't live in the same world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.79,0:08:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may never know each other\Nor be with each other again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.99,0:08:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want to keep going\Ndown that path.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.95,0:08:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know we can get back\Nto a better path.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.54,0:08:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know we can find our way to the commons,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.59,0:08:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that because I had a first,\Nlike, front-row, firsthand look
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.40,0:08:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the ability to do it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.59,0:08:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it on a large scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.01,0:08:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I want to get you back\Nto the First Step Act
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.57,0:08:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the criminal justice reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.38,0:08:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed for a job\Nwith Van Jones about seven years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.20,0:08:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's been a mentor and my boss,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.20,0:08:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's actually an inspiration\Nbehind a lot of this in the speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.68,0:08:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he told me that we were going to pass\Nbipartisan criminal justice reform,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.22,0:08:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I laughed because I thought\Nthat was an oxymoron.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.12,0:08:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the streets --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.33,0:08:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go figure --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.56,0:08:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Republican\NNational Convention in 2000
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.74,0:09:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Philadelphia,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.94,0:09:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were protesting\Nthe criminal justice system.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.36,0:09:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were no Republicans\Non the streets with me at that protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.99,0:09:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remembered the crime bill;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.57,0:09:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived through the tough-on-crime era;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.68,0:09:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.17,0:09:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he saw it and he walked me through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.26,0:09:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw me and people like him on the Left,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.03,0:09:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who it's always been and issue\Nof dignity and justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.78,0:09:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this system has been\Nracist since the start
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.13,0:09:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discriminating against poor\Npeople and people of color
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.88,0:09:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's an issue of justice and dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.16,0:09:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there we were.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.61,0:09:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he also saw something different\Nfrom our colleagues on the Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.43,0:09:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fiscal Conservatives,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.33,0:09:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had an economic incentive to do it:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.31,0:09:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they saw a system that cost\Nthe taxpayers a whole lot of money
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.26,0:09:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was getting terrible results
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.83,0:09:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't making\Nthe communities any safer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.40,0:09:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Libertarian Right,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.05,0:09:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who believe in less government,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.46,0:09:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saw an expansion of government control,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.51,0:09:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an expansion of the police state,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.14,0:09:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mass incarceration is like,\Nantithetical to who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.23,0:09:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the religious Right:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.06,0:09:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second chances --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.92,0:09:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,redemption.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.78,0:10:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are values that they hold dear,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.85,0:10:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the criminal justice system\Ncan't see those anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.14,0:10:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so there was common ground to be had.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.20,0:10:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we set out to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.09,0:10:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And under the leadership\Nof the formerly incarcerated folks
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.93,0:10:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have been leading this forever,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.65,0:10:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we built this bipartisan coalition\Nto pass criminal justice reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.12,0:10:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eighty-seven senators voted in favor\Nof the First Step Act,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.96,0:10:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yeah, President Trump signed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.35,0:10:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because we were able to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.11,0:10:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we were able\Nto look at that shared humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.84,0:10:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get over our distaste\Nfor working across the aisle,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.38,0:10:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20,000 people have been\Nimpacted in just the last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.44,0:10:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,7,000 home who would\Nnot have been home,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.01,0:10:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,17,000 years of human freedom\Nrestored just in the last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.32,0:10:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.52,0:10:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Republicans and Democrats\Nin this election cycle,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.60,0:10:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost all of them running,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.90,0:11:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are running on platforms\Nof criminal justice reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.28,0:11:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are trying to bring this bigger,\Nstronger, bolder and more reforms
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.09,0:11:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everywhere they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.28,0:11:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was impossible\Nduring the tough-on-crime era.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.93,0:11:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also look at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.70,0:11:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the people coming home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.43,0:11:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my office, we get a video\Nlike this almost every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.78,0:11:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thousands of people coming home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.64,0:11:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when people tell me\Nthat common ground is the weak position
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.63,0:11:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that my love for the people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.12,0:11:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my belief in our shared\Nhumanity is naive,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.86,0:11:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that if I work with folks\Nacross the aisle
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.40,0:11:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm somehow getting\Ntaken advantage of,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.57,0:11:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just look at this:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.76,0:11:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.16,0:11:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, "Say that to this --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.50,0:11:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the folks coming home."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.80,0:11:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say that to those 2.2 million people\Nthat are still behind bars.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.68,0:11:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now our challenge\Nis to make this possible
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.27,0:11:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across a whole bunch\Nof other issues too:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.72,0:11:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human rights, immigration --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.44,0:11:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all sorts of things --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.67,0:11:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health care, mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.99,0:11:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's common ground to be had.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.94,0:11:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.12,0:11:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want change in a large scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.69,0:11:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need large movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.18,0:12:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that means\Nour circles have to be bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.31,0:12:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not easy being a Lefty\Nworking across the aisle;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.00,0:12:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I certainly get\Nmy fair share of hate mail,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.06,0:12:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think that that's exactly\Nthe radical approach we need right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.49,0:12:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is Jenny Kim.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.76,0:12:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is someone who is dead serious\Nabout second-chance hiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.94,0:12:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wants to make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.12,0:12:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that formerly incarcerated folks\Nhave a pathway to jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.75,0:12:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that businesses make it\Nan amazing place for folks to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.75,0:12:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's also the deputy\Ngeneral counsel at Koch Industries.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.76,0:12:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K-O-C-H, Koch.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.91,0:12:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is an amazing organizer,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.35,0:12:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm proud to work\Nwith her on this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.59,0:12:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And an issue I care deeply about,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.18,0:12:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably a lot of you do too -- climate,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.11,0:12:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which seems divisive,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.46,0:12:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems like there's no common\Nground to be had there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.07,0:12:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there is.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.28,0:12:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump's own Department of Defense\Nthis year released a report saying
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.52,0:12:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all future wars were going\Nto be wars about resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.90,0:12:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wars about climate.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.69,0:12:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so yeah, I want to find\Npartnership with the military.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.82,0:12:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I used to be the national director --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.05,0:12:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the national organizer\Nfor the War Resisters League,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.58,0:12:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oldest pacifist\Norganization in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.58,0:13:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there's common ground\Nto be had there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.72,0:13:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, I'll partner with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.99,0:13:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.03,0:13:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The approach means\Nwe need to find love.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.25,0:13:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to get back\Nto that shared humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.31,0:13:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that commons.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.48,0:13:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know this love,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.69,0:13:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't just get us through\NThanksgiving dinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.10,0:13:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the kind of love\Nthat secures freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.15,0:13:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.01,0:13:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.58,0:13:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to step into my courage,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.00,0:13:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want all of you\Nto step into your courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.77,0:13:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like that Muslim family
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.57,0:13:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stepped into their courage\Nfor my Hindu family all those years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.97,0:13:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we can do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.56,0:13:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a little bit uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.50,0:13:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are who I know you to be --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.34,0:13:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, someone who cares\Nabout change and progress
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.98,0:13:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wants to see something\Nchange in the world --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.34,0:13:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you probably want to know how
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.98,0:13:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're also a little bit uncomfortable\Nabout me standing up here
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.24,0:13:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and celebrating these pictures\Nwith Newt and Koch,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.65,0:13:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about partnerships\Nwith the military.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.22,0:13:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to feel those feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.36,0:13:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel them too.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.58,0:14:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't enter into these\Npartnerships lightly at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.13,0:14:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My entire trajectory of who I am\Nhas made me think
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.83,0:14:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's not even possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.42,0:14:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.82,0:14:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.01,0:14:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that discomfort,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.02,0:14:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's preceded every major\Nbreakthrough in human history ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.45,0:14:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's that feeling\Nthat comes before a moonshot.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.50,0:14:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I want to make you\Neven a little more uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.08,0:14:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you think about an issue\Nthat you care deeply about --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.15,0:14:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that you want to see changed\Non a national or global scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.43,0:14:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think big.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.87,0:14:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would resolution look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.83,0:14:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a large scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.01,0:14:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would it look like\Nto solve that problem?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.14,0:14:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you get there with just\Nyour circle of friends?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.30,0:14:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.52,0:14:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The anarchist-communist soccer\Ntournament isn't going to help
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.40,0:14:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring about that change.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.16,0:14:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to think about how\Nwe can expand our circle a little more.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.93,0:14:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is there common ground to be found?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.26,0:14:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you think of any unlikely allies?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.60,0:15:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strange partners?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.52,0:15:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.48,0:15:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's in your way?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.85,0:15:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's stopping you\Nfrom finding that common ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.53,0:15:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is there room for them in that circle?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.55,0:15:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.78,0:15:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we have to be able\Nto find it at this scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.04,0:15:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it means that we're going\Nto have to step into that courage
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.02,0:15:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and include people,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.20,0:15:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold our vision so strong,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.74,0:15:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know that justice\Nand freedom is so important
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.14,0:15:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're able to include more people,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.62,0:15:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love the people who might\Nnot love us back.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.00,0:15:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I want to ask you:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.31,0:15:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's your Newt?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.82,0:15:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's your Koch?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.02,0:15:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's the military in your story?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.87,0:15:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to find --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.51,0:15:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choose that common ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.06,0:15:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.28,0:15:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)