I am I'm so grateful a to be

我是我很感激一個是

a recipient this award to be keeping such extraordinary company

得此殊榮的人，能有如此不平凡的陪伴。

I first of all wanna thank

我首先要感謝

All of you were involved in making this possible

你們所有的人都參與了這一切

but the main thing that I want to do here is to just say I'm inspired

但主要的事情，我想在這裡做的是 只是說我的靈感

by young people who are representative because I think that's the purpose

由具有代表性的年輕人來做，因為我認為這才是目的。

ultimately this foundation and I want to tell just a brief story because

最終，這個基金會，我想只講一個簡短的故事，因為。

archbishop 22 is here one of my heroes

22號大主教在這裡是我的英雄之一。

and let you know where I was when I was about your age

讓你知道我在你這個年紀的時候在哪裡？

I'm really dating myself now although I'm

我現在真的是在和自己約會，雖然我... ...

also betting their expression because a

也賭上自己的表情，因為一個

back in nineteen 79

早在1979年

I was a freshman in college

我是大一的學生

at Occidental College and California and

西方學院和加利福尼亞和

I had had a somewhat rocky youth and and

我有一個有點搖擺不定的青春和和。

teenage years my father was not home I

少年時代，父親不在家

was growing up partly with my grandparents in high school

在高中的時候，我和爺爺奶奶一起長大

I got in trouble occasionally was what my mother called a good time Charlie

我偶爾惹上麻煩是我母親所說的好時光查理。

a meaning I wasn't really serious in terms of my

意思是說，我對我的...

studies in terms my work had some awareness of the world around me

在我的工作方面，我的研究對我周圍的世界有一些認識。

had some sense of injustice in on fairness

有失公允的感覺

but it wasn't finally home that was well developed

但這並不是最後的家，是發展好的家

and I remember in 1979 arriving as a freshman and doing what

我記得在1979年，我作為一個新生來到這裡，做了什麼？

freshman do your trying to figure out what courses

大一新生做你的嘗試 弄清楚什麼課程

are in tryna changes study habits and try and identify about food in the

試圖改變學習習慣，並試圖確定有關食品在嘗試。

cafeteria what it is

食堂是什麼

%uh and a

%uh和a

we were visited on campus by a couple of gentleman from South Africa who

一對來自南非的夫婦來學校拜訪我們，他們是

were represented as the ANC

作為剛果國民大會的代表

in 1979 1980 and

1979年、1980年和

they spoke about their efforts to overcome apartheid

他們談到了他們為克服種族隔離所做的努力。

and for up

而對於

an hour myself in a group of students

一個小時

listened to these young men who were not

聽著這些年輕人誰不是

much older than we were describe the

比我們大得多的人

extraordinary struggles they were going through the sacrifices that were being

他們正在經歷非凡的鬥爭，他們正在經歷犧牲。

made

製作

people who it were in during jail and torture and beatings

它在監獄裡的人和酷刑和毆打。

because they had a sense that somehow

因為他們有一種感覺，不知為何

some way a justice would prevail and

伸張正義

that brief meeting I think in some ways changed my life

那次短暫的會面，我想在某種程度上改變了我的生活。

because why did told me first of all was that ordinary people can do

因為為什麼要告訴我首先是普通人也能做到的

extraordinary things when they're given an opportunity

天時地利人和

we sometimes think that our leaders have to be

我們有時會認為，我們的上司必須

have fancy degrees are well educated or some public office somewhere

高學歷、高學歷、高官厚祿

these young men had not none of those things

這些年輕人沒有這些東西

about what they possessed was a

他們所擁有的東西是一個

anger over injustice that they were able to channel in a constructive positive

對不公正的憤怒，他們能夠以建設性的積極方式加以引導。

way

途徑

and I thought to myself that

我心想

Bay gave me some sense the direction that my life

灣給了我一些感覺，我的生活方向

might go and so I became active

可能會去，所以我變得活躍

in the anti-apartheid movement on campuses and I'm

在校園裡的反種族隔離運動中，我...

not sure we were particularly effective as I recall Occidental College

我不確定我們是否有特別的效果，因為我記得西方學院。

continued to refuse to divest despite the various protests that we organize

儘管我們組織了各種抗議活動，但他們仍然拒絕撤資。

the students I transferred to Columbia

我轉到哥倫比亞大學的學生

there was similar resistance on Columbia's campus but over time I like

哥倫比亞大學校園裡也有類似的阻力，但隨著時間的推移，我喜歡上了

to think that

以為

I was part love that mosaic bat

我是部分愛的馬賽克蝙蝠

apply pressure and ultimately helped

施壓，並最終幫助

those in South Africa achieve the extraordinary liberation

南非人民實現了巨大的解放

that I would witness almost ten years later

十年後我將見證

night as a as a loss to

晚上作為一個作為損失

and I remember the image Nelson Mandela walking out of prison and

我還記得納爾遜-曼德拉走出監獄的畫面，並

understanding that a seminal moment in history had occurred

識時務者為俊傑。

and that mandela's long march towards freedom

和曼德拉走向自由的漫長征途。

was not his alone but was part

不是他一個人的，而是一部分

love thousands the footsteps love millions of footsteps of people

愛萬千人的腳步愛萬千人的腳步。

around the world and i trace back

世界各地，我追溯

me getting involved in politics to that mall

我從政到那個商場

because I as a consequence is that organizing on a college campus I became

因為我作為一個結果是，組織在大學校園裡，我成了

a community organizer as a consequence welcome your organizer a

一個社區組織者作為一個結果歡迎你的組織者一個

after going back to law school became a civil rights attorney

回到法學院後成為一名民權律師。

as consequence a being a civil rights attorney I

作為一個民權律師的結果，我。

entered the state legislature and I now stand before you as a

進入州立法機構，我現在站在你們面前，作為一個。

United States Senator and as a candidate for president

美國參議員和總統候選人

and so the primary message I guess I am

所以主要的資訊，我想我是

in receiving this award is that

獲此殊榮的原因是

all love you represent

摯愛

enormous potential enormous possibility for change

巨大的潛力 巨大的變化可能性

because we all know that injustice still exists just

因為我們都知道，不公平的現象仍然存在，只是。

exists here in the United States in every

在美國這裡，每一個人都存在。

for neighborhood and every inner city and every rural community

為社區、每一個城市中心和每一個農村社區提供服務。

all across the country there is quiet desperation

天下熙熙皆為利來，天下攘攘皆為利往

young people's lives are filled with

年輕人的生活充滿了

sadness and desperation anarchy and chaos

悲歡離合 亂象叢生

and obviously all around the world we see

顯然，在世界各地，我們都能看到

those same symptoms hopelessness

同樣的症狀，無望

made manifest in places like Darfur

達爾富爾等地的情況

places like the Middle East

中東等地

in places that too often forgotten about another written about until the flare-up

在太經常被遺忘的地方，另一個寫的地方，直到發飆

in

在

tragedy so I hope that all %uh view

悲劇，所以我希望所有%uh查看

who are on the brink of doing extraordinary things

大有作為的人

decide the channel that talent in that energy

決定該能量中的人才輸送

and that imagination to figuring out how do you

和想象力，以弄清楚如何做你

move the process along for better history

推陳出新

you know how do you put your shoulder against the wheelman move that boulder

你知道如何把你的肩膀抵住輪機員移動的巨石。

up the hill

上山

and I'm absolutely confident that if I love you take up the challenge

我有絕對的信心，如果我愛你，就要接受挑戰

the world is waiting for you ready to be changed

世界正等著你，準備好被改變

because I think we live in this moment in history right now where

因為我覺得我們現在生活在這個歷史時刻，在那裡

better the hunger for change the hunger for something new

飢不擇食 飢不擇食

the desire to break out above the

闖蕩之心

ordinary the self-interested the pedi the trivial

庸人自擾，小人自擾，小事一樁

is is everywhere and

是無處不在，

the waiting for you and so I hope for that as you see the recipients of this

等候你，所以我希望，當你看到這個接受者的時候，你會發現，你是一個很好的人。

award

頒發

you recognize that

你認識到

it's actually more VA towards a

其實更多的是VA走向

give you a little spark and drive you

給你一點火花，驅使你

im the wonderful directions that I hope your lights take

我希望你的燈光能帶你走向美好的方向。

in the years to come so thank you very much

在未來的歲月裡，所以非常感謝你。