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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.87,0:00:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.28,0:00:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom is a strong black woman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.67,0:00:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who raised her kids to have the same sense of strength and pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.62,0:00:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit was epitomized by a single wall
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.24,0:00:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our small two-bedroom apartment on the South of Chicago
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.31,0:00:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two pictures hung proudly:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.93,0:00:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one larger-than-life photo of my siblings and [me],
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.14,0:00:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other, a picture of my mom at twelve years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.03,0:00:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staring into the eyes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.78,0:00:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was younger I used to stand on my tippy toes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.33,0:00:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stare at that picture, close my eyes tightly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.53,0:00:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just pretend that it was me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.43,0:00:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gazing up to the man who revolutionized the civil rights movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.86,0:00:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who marched on Washington and who transformed a generation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.17,0:00:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by his words "I have a dream."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.45,0:00:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I did get to meet him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.92,0:00:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, obviously didn't meet Dr. King,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.54,0:01:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I met a man named Dr. Vincent Harding.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.53,0:01:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Dr. King from day one
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.68,0:01:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even wrote some of his most iconic speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.10,0:01:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, this was a really important moment for me as a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.37,0:01:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was the first time that I realized
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.91,0:01:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it wasn't just Dr. King who led this revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.34,0:01:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was surrounded by a movement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.76,0:01:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made up of anonymous extraordinaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.58,0:01:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anonymous extraordinaries are people who work selflessly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.94,0:01:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vigorously for what they believe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.99,0:01:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who are motivated by conviction and not recognition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.26,0:01:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a long of time to realize the significance of this moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.17,0:01:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I was much older.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.91,0:01:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like I said, I grew up in Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.59,0:01:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a rough, poor neighborhood
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.82,0:01:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it didn't really matter to me as a kid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.32,0:01:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I literally I have the most incredible family in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.29,0:01:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two things that I did struggle with a lot growing up was,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.31,0:01:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one, that my dad has been sick my whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.20,0:01:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He suffers from Parkinson's and pancreatitis,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.83,0:01:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a I kid it was so hard for me to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.67,0:01:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch my hero in so much pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.76,0:01:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my other issue was with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.64,0:01:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess you could say I had an identity crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.99,0:02:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to move four times during high school and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.61,0:02:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my freshman year I went to an extremely racist high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.74,0:02:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids were so cruel. They gave us hate letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.12,0:02:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote terrible things on our lockers and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.84,0:02:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am biracial they would tell me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.18,0:02:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can't be both. You have to choose -- black or white."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.86,0:02:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the end I just resented being either.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.58,0:02:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then all of the sudden my senior year rolls around in 2008
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.80,0:02:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being mixed, being racially ambiguous
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.75,0:02:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this new cool fad.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.00,0:02:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "Oh, Natalie. Now it's okay to like you. You're pretty now."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.76,0:02:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was over it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.72,0:02:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really tired of caring about what other people thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.91,0:02:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just wanted to do whatever I could do to hurry up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.71,0:02:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go through my classes, whatever school I was going to be at next,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.16,0:02:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and graduate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.18,0:02:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't until I was seventeen
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.21,0:02:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw a film called "Invisible Children"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.12,0:02:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.64,0:02:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Child soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.60,0:02:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children as young as my nephews being abducted,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.04,0:02:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given an AK47s and forced to kill,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.89,0:02:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just anyone, but often times forced to kill their own parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.78,0:02:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own siblings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.85,0:02:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A rebel army, committing mass murder
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.71,0:03:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for no political or religion reason -- just because.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.25,0:03:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty five years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.63,0:03:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty five years this conflict has been going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.81,0:03:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm twenty years old, so that makes this conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.18,0:03:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five years older than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.94,0:03:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One man, one man with one charismatic voice
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.80,0:03:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started this whole thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.51,0:03:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Joseph Kony.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.13,0:03:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I saw this film something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.20,0:03:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something started kind of stirring inside of me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.28,0:03:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't identify what it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.82,0:03:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know if it was rage, if it was pity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.33,0:03:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I felt guilty because this was the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.80,0:03:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I heard about a twenty five year-long war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.66,0:03:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't even give it a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.18,0:03:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I knew is that it kicked me off my ass and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.54,0:03:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started asking questions:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.74,0:03:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.99,0:03:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can one seventeen year old do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.38,0:03:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've gotta give me something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.42,0:03:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they gave me something.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.36,0:03:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The founders and film makers at Invisible Children
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.42,0:03:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told me that there was this bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.26,0:03:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if I could just get this bill passed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.82,0:03:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would do two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.87,0:03:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, it would apprehend Joseph Kony,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.31,0:03:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the top commanders of his rebel army.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.95,0:04:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two, it would provide funding for the recovery
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.48,0:04:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these regions that have been devastated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.90,0:04:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by twenty five years of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.24,0:04:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like: "Done, let me at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I swear I will do whatever I can to make this happen."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.48,0:04:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, myself and ninety nine other idealistic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.56,0:04:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eighteen to twenty year olds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.02,0:04:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopped on a plane to intern in San Diego with Invisible Children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.53,0:04:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was postponing college, we weren't getting paid for this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.76,0:04:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can call me irresponsible or crazy -- my parents did --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.25,0:04:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for us it would have been insane not to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.50,0:04:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all felt this urgency and we would do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.18,0:04:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever it took to pass this bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.27,0:04:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were given our first task:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.94,0:04:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were going to plan an event called
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.48,0:04:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The rescue of Josep Kony's child soldiers"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.01,0:04:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where participants would come
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.60,0:04:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a hundred cities worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.39,0:04:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rally in the city center until a celebrity or a political figure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.83,0:04:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came and used their voice on behalf of these child soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.69,0:04:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that point each city was "rescued."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.46,0:04:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the catch was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.74,0:04:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we weren't leaving the cities until we were rescued.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.38,0:04:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given Chicago and nine other cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.86,0:04:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I told my bosses, I was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.37,0:04:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"if we're going for big name people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.87,0:05:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not go for the queen bee? Why not go for Oprah Winfrey?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.94,0:05:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They thought I was a little idealistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.63,0:05:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I mean, we were trying to think big.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.88,0:05:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were doing an impossible thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.49,0:05:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why not try to reach a more impossible thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.31,0:05:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we had from January to April to get this done.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.97,0:05:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the number of hours that I spent on logistics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.56,0:05:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from getting permits to rallying participants
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.50,0:05:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding venues.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.94,0:05:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the number of times that I was rejected
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.57,0:05:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by celebrities' agents or politicians' secretaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.03,0:05:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the amount of money that I spent personally on Red Bull and Diet Coke
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.88,0:05:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stay awake during this movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.48,0:05:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.81,0:05:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can judge me if you want to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.14,0:05:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is my hospital bill
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.70,0:05:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the kidney infection I got
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.29,0:05:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an overconsumption of caffeine due to this event.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.16,0:05:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were just some of the ridiculous things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.93,0:05:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we did to try and pull this event off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.14,0:05:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, April 21st rolls around and the event begins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.32,0:05:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hundred cities around the world -- they were beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.13,0:06:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six days later, all the cities were rescued but one:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.20,0:06:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.19,0:06:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were waiting in the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.44,0:06:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People start coming from all over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.32,0:06:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the country to be reinforcements
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.29,0:06:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join their voice with ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.96,0:06:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, on May 1st, we wrapped ourselves around Oprah's studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.67,0:06:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we got her attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.55,0:06:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a clip from a film called
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.63,0:06:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Together We are Free"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.58,0:06:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documenting the rescue event
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.13,0:06:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my attempt to get Oprah.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.03,0:06:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Oprah: First when I drove into the office this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.83,0:06:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a giant ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.93,0:06:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you all came in, was there a group outside?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.84,0:06:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audience: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.73,0:06:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oprah: ... holding up signs asking if I would talk to them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.72,0:06:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for just five minutes, so I was happy to do so
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.54,0:06:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are with a group called Invisible Children
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.97,0:06:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told this group outside that I'd
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.03,0:06:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them a minute to state their case.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.40,0:06:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man in crowd: Oprah, thank you so much for having us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.06,0:06:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically these folks out here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.31,0:06:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have seen the story of thirty thousand children
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.58,0:06:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abducted by a rebel leader named Joseph Kony.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.68,0:06:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're out here in solidarity and they have been out here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.52,0:07:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for six days.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.27,0:07:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started as a hundred thousand people worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.26,0:07:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's down to five hundred standing strong,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.92,0:07:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can raise the profile of this issue
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.88,0:07:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can end the longest running war in Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.74,0:07:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rescue those kids that are child soldiers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.80,0:07:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still in East Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.60,0:07:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Oprah, I have to say this girl Natalie here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.56,0:07:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's eighteen years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.99,0:07:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was an intern for us this year
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.57,0:07:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said, "My one goal is to get Oprah."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.59,0:07:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had two thousand people come out on Saturday,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.32,0:07:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it rained.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.22,0:07:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She stood here in the rain with fifty people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.55,0:07:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they heard she was here, hundreds started coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.48,0:07:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are here from Mexico, Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.04,0:07:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natalie is eighteen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.40,0:07:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't think you're too young.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.08,0:07:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can change the world any day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.81,0:07:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start now, start today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.100,0:07:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.39,0:07:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man in crowd: Was it worth it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.46,0:07:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crowd: Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.22,0:08:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natalie! Natalie! Natalie!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.67,0:08:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together we are free! Together we are free!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.19,0:08:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.14,0:08:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you would think that this is the moment in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.91,0:08:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pinnacle that made me an extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.11,0:08:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was an awesome moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.08,0:08:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I was on top of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.51,0:08:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten million people watch the Oprah Winfrey show.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.75,0:08:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But looking back, that wasn't it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.67,0:08:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get me wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.90,0:08:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I said, it was a great moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.16,0:08:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made for a heck of a profile picture on Facebook for a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.97,0:08:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had been extraordinary all along.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.44,0:08:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wasn't alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.79,0:08:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, even though my story was featured in this film,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.45,0:08:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just one of a hundred interns
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.42,0:08:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who worked their tails off to make this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.28,0:08:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm up in the air, but the guy that I'm sitting on his shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.88,0:08:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's my best friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.50,0:08:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Johannes Oberman
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.91,0:08:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Johannes worked with me from day one in Chicago --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.93,0:09:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as long hours, just as many sleepless nights as I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.02,0:09:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl on the right, her name's Bethany Bylsma.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.44,0:09:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bethany planned New York City and Boston
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.15,0:09:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were seriously the most beautiful events that we held.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.04,0:09:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl on the left, her name's Colleen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.95,0:09:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colleen moved to Mexico, moved for three months,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.03,0:09:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to plan five events there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.32,0:09:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to be kicked out the day before the events
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.85,0:09:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the swine flu.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.21,0:09:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, there was this family.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.51,0:09:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This family, they didn't get to come to the rescue,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.79,0:09:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they couldn't make it out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.91,0:09:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they ordered a hundred boxes of pizza for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.63,0:09:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,delivered them to the corner of Michigan and Randolph
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.90,0:09:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were silently protesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.40,0:09:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it was people like this --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.11,0:09:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing whatever they could,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.68,0:09:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simultaneously, single-mindedly,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.58,0:09:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a care for who was watching --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.47,0:09:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.45,0:09:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't about us getting on Oprah.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.53,0:09:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when I got down from those shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.31,0:09:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the war hadn't ended.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.03,0:09:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about that bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.28,0:09:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oprah was just a checkpoint on the way to that bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.41,0:09:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bill was the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.83,0:09:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bill is was what we had our eyes set on from day one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.49,0:10:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was going to help us end Africa's longest running war,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.90,0:10:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is what brought a hundred thousand people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.85,0:10:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to the rescue them from around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.13,0:10:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it paid off.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.02,0:10:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten days after we were on Oprah,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.42,0:10:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bill was introduced into Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.19,0:10:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.70,0:10:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it got -- unanimously -- two hundred and sixty-seven
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.36,0:10:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cosponsors in Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.38,0:10:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, one week after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.88,0:10:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama signed our bill into law.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.59,0:10:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.09,0:10:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And none of us interns got to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.50,0:10:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't get to be there in this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.39,0:10:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our founders were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.59,0:10:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the guys cheesing in the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.86,0:10:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.62,0:10:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that moment right there
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.90,0:10:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what made all of it worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.50,0:10:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what a hundred thousand anonymous extraordinaries
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.69,0:10:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked for so hard to make that happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.83,0:10:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the Oprah moments, they
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.33,0:10:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prove that the supposedly impossible can be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.75,0:11:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They inspire us, they boost our confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.69,0:11:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the moment isn't a movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.82,0:11:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even a lot of those moments strung together
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.98,0:11:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't fuel a movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.55,0:11:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What fuels a movement
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.72,0:11:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the anonymous extraordinaries behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.51,0:11:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.46,0:11:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what got me pushing on through the rescue
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.05,0:11:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the thought of those child soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.53,0:11:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.59,0:11:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to go to Africa at one point.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.08,0:11:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met these incredible people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.99,0:11:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have friends
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.14,0:11:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been living in this conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.60,0:11:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their entire life and it was personal to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.47,0:11:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that doesn't have to be what drives you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.29,0:11:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you may wanna be the next Shepard Fairey
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.28,0:11:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next J.K. Rowling
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.98,0:11:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next whoever, it doesn't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.16,0:11:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what ever you want, chase after it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.21,0:11:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with everything that you have --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.13,0:11:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because of the fame or the fortune,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.77,0:11:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but solely because that's what you believe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.56,0:11:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's what makes your heart sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.21,0:11:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what your dance is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.82,0:11:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what is going to define our generation --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.54,0:11:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we start chasing and fighting
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.98,0:11:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the things that we love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.43,0:11:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we want to fight for.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.91,0:11:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cared too much in high school about
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.27,0:11:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what people thought about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.49,0:12:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what's so awesome about this conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.52,0:12:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many of you are so young.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.03,0:12:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find that thing that inspires you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.96,0:12:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you love, and just chase after it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.88,0:12:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, fight for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.46,0:12:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that is what's gonna change this world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.98,0:12:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is what defines us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.40,0:12:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite what people think,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.81,0:12:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my Oprah moments, my being on TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.22,0:12:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't define me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.40,0:12:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you were to follow me home to LA,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.30,0:12:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would see me waiting tables,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.96,0:12:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nannying to pay the bills
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.87,0:12:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I chase after my dream of becoming a filmmaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.79,0:12:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the small, anonymous, monotonous,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.05,0:12:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every-single-day acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.66,0:12:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to remind myself to be extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.59,0:12:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And believe me, when the door is closed
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.06,0:12:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the cameras are off, it's tough.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.69,0:12:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there's one thing that I want to drive home to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.08,0:12:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing that I can say
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.06,0:12:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just to you but to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.63,0:12:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that it's the acts that make us extraordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.58,0:12:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the Oprah moments.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.39,0:12:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.