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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.60,0:00:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned some of\Nmy most important life lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.38,0:00:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from drug dealers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.88,0:00:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gang members
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.25,0:00:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prostitutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.50,0:00:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've had some of my most\Nprofound theological conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.13,0:00:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in the hallowed halls of a seminary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.70,0:00:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on a street corner
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.12,0:00:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a Friday night, at 1 a.m.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.70,0:00:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a little unusual, since I am\Na Baptist minister, seminary-trained,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.87,0:00:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pastored a church for over 20 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.23,0:00:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.59,0:00:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came as a part of my participation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.26,0:00:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a public safety\Ncrime reduction strategy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.49,0:00:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that saw a 79 percent reduction\Nin violent crime
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.25,0:00:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over an eight-year period in a major city.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.38,0:00:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I didn't start out wanting to be\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.24,0:01:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a part of somebody's\Ncrime reduction strategy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.34,0:01:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 25, had my first church.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.22,0:01:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you would have asked me\Nwhat my ambition was,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.60,0:01:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have told you\NI wanted to be a megachurch pastor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.92,0:01:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted a 15-, 20,000-member church.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.86,0:01:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted my own television ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.68,0:01:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted my own clothing line.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.39,0:01:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.75,0:01:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be your long distance carrier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.89,0:01:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the whole nine yards.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.73,0:01:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.42,0:01:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After about a year of pastoring,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.48,0:01:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my membership went up about 20 members.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.10,0:01:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So megachurchdom was way down the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.73,0:01:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But seriously, if you'd have said,\N"What is your ambition?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.55,0:01:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have said just to be\Na good pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.58,0:01:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to be with people\Nthrough all the passages of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.94,0:01:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preach messages that would have\Nan everyday meaning for folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.21,0:01:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the African-American tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.12,0:01:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to represent\Nthe community that I serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.26,0:02:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was something else\Nthat was happening in my city
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.33,0:02:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the entire metro area,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.36,0:02:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in most metro areas\Nin the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.12,0:02:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was the homicide rate\Nstarted to rise precipitously.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.53,0:02:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were young people\Nwho were killing each other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.10,0:02:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for reasons that I thought\Nwere very trivial,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.75,0:02:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like bumping into someone\Nin a high school hallway,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.65,0:02:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then after school,\Nshooting the person.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.92,0:02:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone with the wrong color shirt on,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.43,0:02:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the wrong street corner\Nat the wrong time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.63,0:02:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And something needed\Nto be done about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.55,0:02:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It got to the point where it started\Nto change the character of the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.87,0:02:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could go to any housing project,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.10,0:02:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, like the one that was\Ndown the street from my church,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.26,0:02:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you would walk in,\Nand it would be like a ghost town,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.16,0:02:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the parents wouldn't allow\Ntheir kids to come out and play,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.78,0:02:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in the summertime,\Nbecause of the violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.85,0:03:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would listen in the neighborhoods\Non any given night,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.60,0:03:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the untrained ear,\Nit sounded like fireworks,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.83,0:03:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was gunfire.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.21,0:03:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd hear it almost every night,\Nwhen you were cooking dinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling your child a bedtime story,\Nor just watching TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.20,0:03:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can go to any emergency\Nroom at any hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.99,0:03:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you would see lying on gurneys
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.12,0:03:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young black and Latino men\Nshot and dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.70,0:03:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was doing funerals,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.53,0:03:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not of the venerated matriarchs\Nand patriarchs who'd lived a long life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.99,0:03:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a lot to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.89,0:03:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing funerals of 18-year-olds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.75,0:03:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,17-year-olds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.71,0:03:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 16-year-olds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.61,0:03:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was standing in a church\Nor at a funeral home
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.28,0:03:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling to say something
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.40,0:03:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would make some meaningful impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.30,0:04:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so while my colleagues were building\Nthese cathedrals great and tall
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.29,0:04:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and buying property outside of the city
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.63,0:04:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moving their congregations out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.20,0:04:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they could create\Nor recreate their cities of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.34,0:04:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the social structures in the inner cities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.49,0:04:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were sagging under the weight\Nof all of this violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.41,0:04:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I stayed, because somebody\Nneeded to do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.30,0:04:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I had looked at what I had\Nand moved on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.85,0:04:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to preach decrying\Nthe violence in the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.19,0:04:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started to look\Nat the programming in my church,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.75,0:04:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to build programs\Nthat would catch the at-risk youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.65,0:04:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who were on the fence\Nto the violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.11,0:04:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even tried to be innovative\Nin my preaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.27,0:04:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all have heard of rap music, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.50,0:04:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rap music?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.72,0:04:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even tried to rap sermon one time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.30,0:04:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't work, but at least I tried it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.04,0:04:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never forget the young person\Nwho came to me after that sermon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.24,0:04:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He waited until everybody was gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.12,0:05:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "Rev, rap sermon, huh?"\NAnd I was like, "Yeah, what do you think?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.96,0:05:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "Don't do that again, Rev."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.100,0:05:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.13,0:05:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I preached and I built these programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.46,0:05:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought maybe if\Nmy colleagues did the same
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.90,0:05:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it would make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.11,0:05:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the violence just\Ncareened out of control,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.10,0:05:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people who were not involved in\Nthe violence were getting shot and killed:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.83,0:05:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody going to buy a pack\Nof cigarettes at a convenience store,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.66,0:05:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or someone who was sitting\Nat a bus stop just waiting for a bus,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.66,0:05:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or kids who were playing in the park,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.82,0:05:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oblivious to the violence\Non the other side of the park,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.12,0:05:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it coming and visiting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.81,0:05:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things were out of control,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.36,0:05:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know what to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.80,0:05:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then something happened\Nthat changed everything for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.80,0:05:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a kid by the name of Jesse McKie,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.72,0:05:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking home with his friend\NRigoberto Carrion
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.65,0:06:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the housing project\Ndown the street from my church.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.35,0:06:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They met up with a group of youth\Nwho were from a gang in Dorchester,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.75,0:06:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.12,0:06:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as Jesse was running\Nfrom the scene mortally wounded,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.88,0:06:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was running in the direction\Nof my church,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.25,0:06:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he died some 100, 150 yards away.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.66,0:06:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he would have gotten to the church,\Nit wouldn't have made a difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.20,0:06:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the lights were out;\Nnobody was home.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.08,0:06:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I took that as a sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.23,0:06:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they caught some of the youth\Nthat had done this deed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.24,0:06:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my surprise, they were around my age,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.90,0:06:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the gulf that was between us was vast.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.52,0:06:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like we were in two\Ncompletely different worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.73,0:06:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so as I contemplated all of this
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.73,0:06:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looked at what was happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.14,0:06:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suddenly realized that there was\Na paradox that was emerging inside of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.42,0:06:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the paradox was this:\Nin all of those sermons
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.84,0:06:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I preached decrying the violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.82,0:07:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was also talking about\Nbuilding community,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.16,0:07:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I suddenly realized
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.34,0:07:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was a certain\Nsegment of the population
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.43,0:07:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was not including\Nin my definition of community.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.62,0:07:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the paradox was this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.02,0:07:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I really wanted the community\Nthat I was preaching for,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.72,0:07:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed to reach out
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.74,0:07:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embrace this group\Nthat I had cut out of my definition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.91,0:07:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which meant not about building programs
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.53,0:07:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to catch those who were\Non the fences of violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.13,0:07:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to reach out and to embrace those\Nwho were committing the acts of violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.16,0:07:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gang bangers, the drug dealers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.91,0:07:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as I came to that realization,\Na quick question came to my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.49,0:07:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why me?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.36,0:07:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, isn't this a law\Nenforcement issue?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.40,0:07:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why we have the police, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.23,0:07:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as the question, "Why me?" came,\Nthe answer came just as quickly:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.97,0:07:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why me? Because I'm the one who\Ncan't sleep at night thinking about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.67,0:08:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm the one looking around saying\Nsomebody needs to do something about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.85,0:08:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm starting to realize\Nthat that someone is me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.37,0:08:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, isn't that how\Nmovements start anyway?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.69,0:08:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't start with a grand convention\Nand people coming together
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.93,0:08:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then walking in lockstep\Nwith a statement.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.75,0:08:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it starts with just a few,\Nor maybe just one.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.92,0:08:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It started with me that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.08,0:08:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I decided to figure out\Nthe culture of violence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.43,0:08:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which these young people\Nwho were committing them existed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.30,0:08:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to volunteer\Nat the high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.48,0:08:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After about two weeks\Nof volunteering at the high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.17,0:08:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that the youth\Nthat I was trying to reach,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.66,0:08:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they weren't going to high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.10,0:08:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to walk in the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.80,0:08:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it didn't take a rocket scientist\Nto realize that they weren't out
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.19,0:08:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.84,0:08:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started to walk the streets\Nat night, late at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.47,0:08:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going into the parks where they were,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.11,0:09:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building the relationship\Nthat was necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.24,0:09:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tragedy happened in Boston\Nthat brought a number of clergy together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.21,0:09:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a small cadre of us\Nwho came to the realization
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.20,0:09:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we had to come out\Nof the four walls of our sanctuary
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.19,0:09:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meet the youth where they were,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.87,0:09:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not try to figure out\Nhow to bring them in.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.74,0:09:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we decided to walk together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.44,0:09:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would get together
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.42,0:09:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one of the most dangerous\Nneighborhoods in the city
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.15,0:09:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a Friday night and on a Saturday night
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.57,0:09:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 10 p.m.,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.53,0:09:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would walk\Nuntil 2 or 3 in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.39,0:09:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine we were quite the anomaly\Nwhen we first started walking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.61,0:09:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we weren't drug dealers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.93,0:09:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We weren't drug customers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.81,0:09:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We weren't the police. Some of us\Nwould have collars on.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.57,0:09:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was probably a really odd thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.14,0:09:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they started speaking\Nto us after a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.35,0:09:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what we found out is that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.27,0:09:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while we were walking,\Nthey were watching us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.96,0:09:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they wanted to make sure\Nof a couple of things:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.50,0:10:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that number one, we were going\Nto be consistent in our behavior,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.67,0:10:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we would keep coming out there;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.38,0:10:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then secondly,\Nthey had wanted to make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.58,0:10:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we weren't out there to exploit them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.13,0:10:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there was always\Nsomebody who would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.41,0:10:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're going to take back the streets,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.27,0:10:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they would always seem to have\Na television camera with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.40,0:10:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a reporter,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.23,0:10:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would enhance\Ntheir own reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.74,0:10:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the detriment of those on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.25,0:10:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when they saw that we had none of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.80,0:10:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they decided to talk to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.40,0:10:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we did\Nan amazing thing for preachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.26,0:10:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We decided to listen and not preach.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.35,0:10:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, give it up for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.22,0:10:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.68,0:10:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, come on, you're cutting\Ninto my time now, okay? (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.79,0:10:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.61,0:10:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We said to them, "We don't know\Nour own communities after 9 p.m. at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.92,0:10:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.76,0:10:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.39,0:11:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the subject matter experts,\Nif you will, of that period of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.55,0:11:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So talk to us. Teach us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.39,0:11:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us to see what we're not seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.48,0:11:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us to understand\Nwhat we're not understanding."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.26,0:11:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were all too happy to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.68,0:11:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got an idea of what life\Non the streets was all about,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.44,0:11:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very different than what you see\Non the 11 o'clock news,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.24,0:11:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very different than what is portrayed\Nin popular media and even social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.48,0:11:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we were talking with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.70,0:11:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of myths were dispelled\Nabout them with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.90,0:11:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the biggest myths was\Nthat these kids were cold and heartless
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.58,0:11:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and uncharacteristically bold\Nin their violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.44,0:11:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we found out was the exact opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.74,0:11:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the young people\Nwho were out there on the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.48,0:11:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are just trying to make it on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.54,0:11:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also found out
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.49,0:12:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some of the most\Nintelligent and creative
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.05,0:12:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and magnificent and wise
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.98,0:12:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that we've ever met
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.47,0:12:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were on the street,\Nengaged in a struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.25,0:12:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know some of them call it survival,\Nbut I call them overcomers,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.39,0:12:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you're in\Nthe conditions that they're in,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.43,0:12:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to live every day\Nis an accomplishment of overcoming.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.67,0:12:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a result of that, we said to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.82,0:12:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do you see this church,\Nhow do you see this institution
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.27,0:12:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helping this situation?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.31,0:12:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we developed a plan\Nin conversation with these youths.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.61,0:12:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stopped looking at them\Nas the problem to be solved,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.76,0:12:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started looking at them\Nas partners, as assets,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.94,0:12:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as co-laborers in the struggle\Nto reduce violence in the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.65,0:12:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine developing a plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.84,0:13:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have one minister at one table\Nand a heroin dealer at the other table,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.94,0:13:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming up with a way in which the church\Ncan help the entire community.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.51,0:13:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Boston Miracle was about\Nbringing people together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.79,0:13:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had other partners.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.64,0:13:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had law enforcement partners.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.25,0:13:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had police officers.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.16,0:13:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't the entire force,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.31,0:13:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there were still some who still\Nhad that lock-'em-up mentality,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.00,0:13:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there were other cops
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.14,0:13:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who saw the honor in partnering\Nwith the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.22,0:13:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who saw the responsibility from themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.41,0:13:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to work as partners\Nwith community leaders and faith leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.96,0:13:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to reduce violence\Nin the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.49,0:13:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same with probation officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.94,0:13:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same with judges,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.82,0:13:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same with folks who were\Nup that law enforcement chain,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.56,0:13:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they realized, like we did,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.74,0:14:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'll never arrest ourselves\Nout of this situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.44,0:14:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there will not be\Nenough prosecutions made,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.31,0:14:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you cannot fill these jails up enough
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.76,0:14:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to alleviate the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.90,0:14:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped to start an organization
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.64,0:14:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20 years ago, a faith-based organization,\Nto deal with this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.44,0:14:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left it about four years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.74,0:14:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started working in cities\Nacross the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.84,0:14:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,19 in total,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.78,0:14:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I found out\Nwas that in those cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.60,0:14:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was always this component\Nof community leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.43,0:14:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who put their heads down\Nand their nose to the grindstone,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.72,0:14:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who checked their egos at the door
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.69,0:14:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saw the whole as greater\Nthan the sum of its parts,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.95,0:14:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came together and found ways\Nto work with youth out on the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.57,0:15:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the solution is not more cops,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.35,0:15:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the solution is mining the assets\Nthat are there in the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.64,0:15:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a strong community component
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.38,0:15:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the collaboration\Naround violence reduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.37,0:15:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there is a movement\Nin the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.70,0:15:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of young people who I am very proud of\Nwho are dealing with the structural issues
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.30,0:15:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that need to change if we're going\Nto be a better society.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.76,0:15:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is this political ploy\Nto try to pit police brutality
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.66,0:15:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and police misconduct\Nagainst black-on-black violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.69,0:15:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.60,0:15:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.62,0:15:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think about decades\Nof failed housing policies
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.33,0:15:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and poor educational structures,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.21,0:15:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you think about\Npersistent unemployment
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.48,0:15:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and underemployment in a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.36,0:16:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you think about poor healthcare,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.12,0:16:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you throw drugs into the mix
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.30,0:16:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and duffel bags full of guns,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.35,0:16:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little wonder that you would see\Nthis culture of violence emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.78,0:16:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the response that comes\Nfrom the state is more cops
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.14,0:16:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more suppression of hot spots.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.30,0:16:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all connected,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.56,0:16:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the wonderful things\Nthat we've been able to do
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.34,0:16:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be able to show the value\Nof partnering together --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.47,0:16:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community, law enforcement,\Nprivate sector, the city --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.04,0:16:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to reduce violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.43,0:16:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to value\Nthat community component.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.53,0:16:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that we can end\Nthe era of violence in our cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.15,0:16:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that it is possible\Nand that people are doing it even now.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.14,0:16:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I need your help.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.54,0:17:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't just come from folks\Nwho are burning themselves out
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.19,0:17:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.74,0:17:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need support. They need help.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.74,0:17:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back to your city.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.68,0:17:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.26,0:17:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You need some help? I'll help you out."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.98,0:17:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find those people. They're there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.18,0:17:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bring them together with law enforcement,\Nthe private sector, and the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.54,0:17:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the one aim of reducing violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.40,0:17:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but make sure that\Nthat community component is strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.35,0:17:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the old adage\Nthat comes from Burundi is right:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.67,0:17:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you do for me,\Nwithout me, you do to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.41,0:17:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.54,0:17:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)