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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.23,0:00:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lily Tomlin once said, "Somebody\Nshould do something about that."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.16,0:00:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I realized, "I am somebody."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.92,0:00:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my first "aha, I am somebody" moment\Nwhen I was walking down the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.20,0:00:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my native New York city,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.86,0:00:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and happened upon\Nwhat I can only describe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.29,0:00:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a pulsating, brown, furry,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.43,0:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet kind of slimy\Nlittle ball at my feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.01,0:00:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was in grave danger\Nof being smashed to bits
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.93,0:00:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a very angry sanitation worker,\Nwith a very large shovel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.47,0:01:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea what this little\Nalien thing was, but instinctively,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.97,0:01:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I threw myself on top of it,\Nscreaming, "No, no, no, no, no!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.68,0:01:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll take it."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.51,0:01:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course the guy thought\NI was totally nuts, but I did,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.30,0:01:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took this little ball, and I put it\Nin a box, and I took it to Central Park,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.24,0:01:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I sat there staring at it for a couple\Nof hours, not knowing what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.63,0:01:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of a sudden,\Nthe box started to move,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.54,0:01:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the flaps on the top\Nof the box opened,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.77,0:01:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not one, but two beautiful bats\Nflew out over my head
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.78,0:01:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into the night sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.34,0:01:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently, what had happened,\Nor it's the best guess of the experts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.88,0:01:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that two bats had become\Nstuck together in the throws of passion -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.62,0:01:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.66,0:02:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and fallen from a rooftop somewhere,\Nand landed at my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.16,0:02:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for me, I didn't know\Nwhat this little thing was,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.20,0:02:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was pulsating, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.94,0:02:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that meant it must have had a pulse,\Nwhich would mean probably a heartbeat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.36,0:02:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would mean it could suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.68,0:02:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that just wasn't going to happen\Non my watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.03,0:02:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I don't know what makes some people\Nwatchers and other people doers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.43,0:02:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what plants a seed\Nthat blossoms into a calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.93,0:02:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do know that, for me, it's a compulsion,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.47,0:02:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak for those\Nthat cannot speak for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.71,0:02:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uncomfortable, though, it may be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.59,0:02:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for somebody who never\Nraised her hand in class,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.23,0:02:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hated to be called on to read aloud,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.43,0:02:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was described by every teacher\Nas "painfully shy."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.70,0:02:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess something in me\Nmust have connected to those
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.95,0:03:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seemed invisible and voiceless.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.74,0:03:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps, something in me\Nsaw myself as one of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.84,0:03:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needing rescue and a voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.11,0:03:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I know is I have no choice\Nin the matter anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.84,0:03:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born for this, and I raise my hand\Nfor animals every chance I get.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.56,0:03:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the first time\Nthat I was shown footage
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.74,0:03:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obtained by undercover investigators,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.11,0:03:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how animals had suffered and died\Nfor my dinner, my clothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.43,0:03:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my entertainment, and my\Nwell-intentioned charitable contributions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.68,0:03:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stood in stunned silence,\Ntears were racing down my face,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.51,0:03:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my hands were covering my eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.74,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was hit with such rage \Nand such pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:03:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could barely speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.60,0:04:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike these cows that you might\Nrecognize from YouTube,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.100,0:04:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this footage that I saw\Nwas dark and grainy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.51,0:04:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but images of eyes wide with terror\Nwill haunt me forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.33,0:04:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animals on factory farms,\Nand laboratories, zoos, circuses,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.31,0:04:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aquariums, amusement parks, rodeos,\Nall of it, they are all routinely beaten.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.63,0:04:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are denied everything \Nnatural to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.06,0:04:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are isolated, burned, electrocuted,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.60,0:04:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brain-damaged, blinded.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.26,0:04:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are beaten, as I said before,\Nand they are whipped into submission.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.72,0:04:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are left to linger in cold cages,\Nalone, without any painkillers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.61,0:04:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they are killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.24,0:04:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain had to process\Nthat this is legal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.96,0:05:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the way that billions\Nupon billions of animals live.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.26,0:05:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the way that they die.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.13,0:05:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what lurks behind closed doors
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.60,0:05:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only ardent animal advocates\Ndare to open.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.98,0:05:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was hit with such a wave of guilt,\Nthat I barely recognized myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.39,0:05:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These images changed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.41,0:05:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gutted me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.77,0:05:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They made me realize that all\Nof these labels that I so detested,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.31,0:05:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like "oppressor," and "bully,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.29,0:05:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could just as easily be applied to me,\Nregardless of intent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.06,0:05:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was a contributor\Nto industries that view animals
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.01,0:05:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as nothing more\Nthan property and machines.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.59,0:05:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the little girl that wouldn't dare\Nraise her hand in class
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.69,0:05:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grew up to be somebody that wants\Nto raise the roof for animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.28,0:06:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I found that I could\Nno longer live in peace
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.03,0:06:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while there's a war\Nbeing waged against animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.56,0:06:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could no longer feel full\Nwhile they're being starved,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.30,0:06:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or feel warm knowing that they're being\Nenslaved in cold cages.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.84,0:06:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't feel safe\Nwhile they're being brutalized,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.53,0:06:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I certainly couldn't feel free\Nwhile they are still oppressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.01,0:06:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Activism destroys me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.15,0:06:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it also heals me, every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.63,0:06:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every day we're faced\Nwith new challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.51,0:06:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to educate the public\Nwithin a digestible way?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.80,0:06:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because let's face it:\Nif we're too graphic,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.66,0:06:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people turn away; they don't want to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.51,0:06:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're too gentle,\Nthen we don't make any impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.59,0:06:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for me, sometimes my activism\Nis loud, and it's aggressive,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.52,0:06:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's blaring through megaphones\Noutside of slaughterhouses.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.43,0:07:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at other times,\Nit's in soft, measured tones,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.73,0:07:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking about orcas\Nand dolphins in captivity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.36,0:07:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to little children entering Sea World.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.78,0:07:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes, \Nyeah, my message goes viral,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.99,0:07:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with me being let away\Nfrom this scene in handcuffs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.70,0:07:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that activism starts\Nas a whisper in our soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.32,0:07:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a voice, way down deep inside,\Nalmost like intuition,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.61,0:07:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that presents itself\Nas an unmistakeable knowing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.14,0:07:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nudges us to look\Nour conscience dead in the eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.29,0:07:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask ourselves\Nthe tough questions, such as,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.89,0:07:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is this moral?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.67,0:07:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is this the right choice for me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.89,0:07:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can I sleep at night\Nknowing what I know now?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.78,0:08:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Am I living my truth?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.68,0:08:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often times,\Nthe answers will surprise us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.06,0:08:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A revolution begins with an idea,\Na truth in ourselves that we cannot deny,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.30,0:08:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel compelled to spread,\Nregardless of the facts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.26,0:08:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, yeah, it might isolate us \Nfrom those close to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.00,0:08:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it might take our safety, our freedom,\Nand put them at risk,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.25,0:08:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can drive us\Nto our darkest depths of despair,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.77,0:08:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and break our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.18,0:08:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's worth it. Oh man, it is worth it!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.80,0:08:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because a revolution brings about change\Nwhose time has come,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.92,0:08:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are at a tipping point\Nof this revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.33,0:08:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that begins and builds with each of us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.80,0:08:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing what we know is true
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.18,0:08:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the most sacred places of our hearts,\Nand acting on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.54,0:09:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, giving these animals a voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.63,0:09:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these choiceless animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.18,0:09:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps illuminate these dark,\Ncold, bearing enclosures
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.06,0:09:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bring out, with cries of pain,\Nloneliness and torture,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.62,0:09:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voices begging to be seen,\Nto be recognized,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.99,0:09:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know that they are not alone,\Nand that yes, they are heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.75,0:09:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe, somehow,\Nthis makes me feel less alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.86,0:09:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acting on behalf of these animals\Nthat I will never meet,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.94,0:09:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but fight for every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.80,0:09:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has connected me\Nto a global cry for justice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.69,0:09:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has moved mountains\Nfor other social justice movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.60,0:09:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has taken me from feeling\Nlike a powerless individual
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.54,0:09:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an important,\Nproactive part of the wheel
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.73,0:09:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a driving force\Ntoward making this world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.52,0:10:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kinder, and gentler,\Nand more sustainable place to live,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.32,0:10:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connecting me to my highest self\Nas a citizen of the world that I live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.93,0:10:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have planted a seed of change,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.10,0:10:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I delight in seeing it grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.94,0:10:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as more and more animals\Nare awarded rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.41,0:10:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and veganism takes its place\Nin the mainstream.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.17,0:10:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have this in us,\Nno matter what our calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.89,0:10:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can all change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.47,0:10:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can all raise our hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.65,0:10:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, I promise you, I will not rest
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.03,0:10:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until every cage is empty,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.28,0:10:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every tank is drained.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.53,0:10:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What might it be for you?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.43,0:10:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.02,0:10:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)