WELCOME
WELCOME BACK. LISA ANCIAUX HAS
>> MUCH OF HER LIKE TO SHUT
THINGS DOWN.
THINGS DOWN. SHE HAD BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES
OF PROTEST SINCE THE 70s SHE
SHUT DOWN THE CIA AND OCCUPIED
WALL STREET.
WALL STREET. SHE WENT TO THE STREETS OF
FERGUSON TO ENACT SOCIAL CHANGE.
IN HER NEW BOOK, SAID IT DOWN,
STORIES FROM ASSISTANCE
TEACHING OTHERS THE POWER OF
NONVIOLENT.
NONVIOLENT. >> THANK YOU.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO WRITE
THE BOOK?
THE BOOK?
THE BOOK? >> I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS MY
ENTIRE LIFE.
ENTIRE LIFE. I REALIZED, I HAVE THIS LIVED
EXPERIENCE IT WAS NOT FAIR TO
KEEP IT TO MYSELF.
I WATCHED PEOPLE COMMAND.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO LEARN THE
HARD WAY I AM TRYING TO PROVIDE
THEM SOME TOOLS TO MAKE SURE
THEY CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY BE
CHANGE AGENTS.
CHANGE AGENTS. >> WHEN YOU SAY LEARN THE HARD
WAY YOU MEAN THERE ARE MISTAKES
THAT CAN BE MADE AND WORK
AGAINST YOU.
AGAINST YOU. >> STEAKS CAN BE A GIFT IT IS
WHETHER YOU LEARN LESSONS OR
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. THERE ARE SOME LESSONS THAT
FEATURE WORK THAT CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. EVEN IF IT IS GIVING THEM
CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORTING THEM,
EVEN WHEN THEY MAKE MISTAKES,
LOVE THEM LET THEM KNOW IT IS
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. THAT IS PART OF WHAT'S ABOUT.
>> WE ARE COMING UP ON THE 30th
ANNIVERSARY OF WTO LET'S TALK
ABOUT THAT LOOKING BACK THAT
WAS SUPER CONTROVERSIAL HERE
BECAUSE IT INVOLVED SOME CAUSES
AND IT INVOLVED VANDALISM THAT
TURN PEOPLE OFF. EVENTUALLY IT
OVERSHADOWED IT WHAT WE WERE
TRYING TO TALK ABOUT WHICH WAS
COMPLICATED TO BEGIN WITH.
WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THAT
LOOKING BACK?
LOOKING BACK? >> I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IN
SEATTLE WHICH WAS A MOVEMENT
COMING TOGETHER TO SAVE THE
PLANET, IT REALLY DID CHANGE
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. I THINK IT WAS A HUGELY
IMPORTANT MOMENT AND HOW WE
CHANGE THE WORLD.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TO
UNDERSTAND IS THAT WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION WHICH WAS CRATING
DESTRUCTION AROUND THE WORLD
AND THE PLANET. WE SEE THAT
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. IT
TODAY. IT TRANSLATES TO THIS CLIMATE
OF URGENCY.
OF URGENCY. THIS CAUSED PEOPLE TO COME OUT,
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHAT YOU SAW PRIMARILY, WAS
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND
BUTTERFLIES AND PUPPETS AND
MARCHING BAGS USING THE BODY TO
BLOCK IT AND YOU ALSO SAW
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION.
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION. I KNOW THAT'S HARD BUT SO
TREMENDOUS VIOLENCE BY THE
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. IT WAS THAT POLICE VIOLENCE AND
CHEMICAL WEAPONS THAT AGITATED
THINGS TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
SO, IN TERMS OF PROPERTY
DESTRUCTION YOU USE THE WORD,
VANDALISM.
VANDALISM. I'M NONVIOLENT AND I THINK
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MAKE
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. THE MEDIA THAT SO MUCH
ATTENTION ON THE BREAKING OF A
WINDOW OR POUNDING ON A
NEWSPAPER STAND THAT IT IN SOME
WAYS ENCOURAGES PEOPLE MORE.
AS YOU GET MEDIA, EVEN MORE IT
IS UNDERSTANDING AND PUTTING
VALUE ON THE PROPERTY, IT FELT.
THINGS HAPPEN TO SOME STORES
BUT THEY RECOVERED.
WHEN A FARMER LOSES LAND OR
COMMIT SUICIDE, THEY DO NOT
COME BACK. WE HAVE TO START
THINKING MORE DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT
OUR DYNAMICS THAT ARE TAKING
PLACE?
PLACE?
PLACE? WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US?
HARMING OR DOING NO HARM
HOLDING LIFE AS SACRED AS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.
>> IS NOT PART OF THAT
RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S
PROPERTY?
PROPERTY?
PROPERTY? >> I MEAN IN THE GIVEN WORLD
YES, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
GENTRIFICATION, RIGHT?
GENTRIFICATION, RIGHT? >> I'M NOT SAYING
GENTRIFICATION IS GOOD OR OTHER
THINGS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS
GOOD I AM JUST LANE IS THERE NO
PROPER ROLE FOR A PROTEST THAT
DOES NOT INVOLVE HURTING
ANYBODY OR HURTING THINGS THAT
DON'T BELONG TO YOU.
>> IF YOU'VE LIVED IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR LONG TIME AND
YOU HAVE A HOME, AND YOU BECOME
JUST PLACED BECAUSE OF SOME
DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S NOT
EXPECTING THAT PERSON'S
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. I MEAN, YES I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY AND
AGAIN, YOU KNOW I'M NOT IN
ABACO PROPERTY DESTRUCTION I DO
NOT THINK IT'S EFFECTIVE IN
CRATING CHANGE I DON'T THINK
PEOPLE TO JOIN US.
SO, I CANNOT CONTROL PEOPLE I
CAN ONLY BE WITH WHAT I KNOW
AND FEEL AS BEST. AND, YOU KNOW
OVER THESE YEARS, YOU KNOW, I
THINK RESPECT IS A CORE THING.
>> YOU WANTED TO RUN BOTH WAYS
AND SO DO I.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
OWN HISTORY.
OWN HISTORY. YOU HAVE BEEN ARREST DEAD FOR
WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO THAT BUT
IT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO YOU.
TELL ME WHY INTEL ME WHAT
PEOPLE CAN DO IF THEY ARE NOT
READY FOR THAT LEVEL OF
ACTIVISM.
ACTIVISM.
ACTIVISM. >> I LEARNED TWO LESSONS WHEN I
WAS YOUNGER PEOPLE CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND THERE IS
INJUSTICE.
INJUSTICE. I DID WORK IN THE SYSTEM IN
STUDENT GOVERNMENT TRYING TO
WORK IN LEGISLATURE.
I BEGAN TO LEARN THOUGHT THERE
IS POWER THERE BUT THAT'S NOT
WHERE CHANGES MADE ITS PEOPLE
IN THE STREETS COMING TOGETHER.
USE OUR IMAGINATIONS THAT CAN
CREATE THE POPULAR MANDATE FOR
POLITICIANS TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
THING.
THING. THOSE LESSONS FIELD ME. I BEGAN
TO SEE THAT WHEN WE DO WORK
TOGETHER, CREATIVELY IT'S A
CULTURE OF LIFE. SO MUCH MORE
DOMINANT CULTURE REALLY IS
SAPPING OUR LIFE FROM US.
YES, I BELIEVE IT AND TAKING
RISKS AND PART OF THAT IS BY
CHOICE AND ENACTING A DIFFERENT
SET OF VALUES THAN SOME OF THE
CULTURE HAS.
CULTURE HAS. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I
WOULD SAY THAT EVERYBODY CAN
MAKE CHANGE.
MAKE CHANGE. IT'S FOR ANYBODY IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT UNHAPPY ABOUT
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. JUST THE OTHER DAY, I CAN I DO
WELL THAT. I SAID, CAN YOU COOK?
CAN YOU GIVE SOMEBODY A RIDE? I
WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOUR LIFE.
YOUR LEVEL OF COMMITMENT.
>> IT'S ALL PART OF IT.
>> WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO
WORK ON THINGS THEY CARE ABOUT
WHAT DOES IT DO FOR PEOPLE?
I WANT YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON HOW
THAT CHANGES YOUR LIFE.
I THANK YOU, THAT'S ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WHEN
WE TRY TO MAKE CHANGE
INSTITUTIONS WE ARE CHANGING
OURSELVES.
OURSELVES. >> MUST SIMPLY I WOULD SAY ONE
OF THE WAYS WE GIVE UP OUR
POWER IS BELIEVING WE DO NOT
HAVE ANY.
HAVE ANY.
HAVE ANY. WHEN YOU START TO ACTUALLY DO
SOMETHING, TO IMPROVE SOMETHING
OR MAKE SOMETHING BETTER TAKE A
RISK, YOU START RECLAIMING YOUR
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. WE
POWER. WE NEED TO WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN
THAT COMMUNITY LIKE DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING TALKED ABOUT, YOU
KNOW THERE IS NO GOING BACK.
WHEN YOU COME BACK TO LIFE WHEN
YOU SEE THE POWER YOU HAVE, WE
BECOME UNSTOPPABLE.
BECOME UNSTOPPABLE. >> THIS IS VERY
INTERGENERATIONAL YOU PAINT A
PICTURE OF WHAT WE CAN DO THAT
INVOLVES YOUNG PEOPLE TO
SENIORS AND EVERYBODY IN
BETWEEN.
BETWEEN.
BETWEEN. IT IS INCLUSIVE.
THAT SEEMS LIKE THE IMPORTANT
LESSON OF THE WE PROMOTE SOCIAL
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A PASSION AND
ENERGY.
ENERGY.
ENERGY. THEY HAVE WISDOM.
OLDER FOLKS CAN BE MORE
TEMPERED AND LEARNED SOME
LESSONS.
LESSONS.
LESSONS. BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE GET OLDER,
WE MAY BECOME ELDERS WE MAY
DEVELOP WISDOM TO SHARE.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AROUND
THE WORLD, THERE ARE YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO WERE RISING UP
BECAUSE OF THIS CLIMATE
EMERGENCY.
EMERGENCY. THEY KNOW THERE FEATURE IS AT
RISK THEY ARE GOING TO LIVE
LONGER THAN WE ARE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN, -- IT'S ALREADY
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED RIGHT NOW.
>> IS THE PATTERN CHANGE AND
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEING
DISPLACED.
DISPLACED. IF YOU LIKE WE DO NOT SURE THAT
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>
MUCH. >> THAT'S A PIECE OF THE
MIGRATION CRISIS.
MIGRATION CRISIS. WE ARE FACING SOME HARD TIMES.
DROUGHTS AND GOOD SECURITY.
ISLANDS ARE GOING UNDERWATER.
IT HAS CREATED A MIGRATION
CRISIS.
CRISIS.
CRISIS. IT IS
IT IS
IT IS >>
IT IS >> WITH A MILITARY RESPONSE
INSTEAD OF A HUMANITARIAN
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND ALL THESE ISSUES ARE
CONNECTED WE NEED EACH OTHER.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
BECAUSE THE FEATURED LOOK GREAT
. THE FUTURE IS NOT INEVITABLE.
THAT'S THE LESSON IN SEATTLE
BUT WTO, HAD TO SAY, THERE IS
NO ALTERNATIVE, BUT A LOT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE SAID, WE DON'T
BELIEVE THAT.
BELIEVE THAT. THEY ROSE UP AND CHANGE THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. THE FUTURE IS NOT WRITTEN.
IT'S UP TO US TO CREATE BUT IT
MEANS ALL OF US.
ALL THE PEOPLE WATCHING TODAY,
YOU CAN BE WILLING TO SAY WE
CLAIM OUR POWER WE WILL START
DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A FUTURE THAT IS
FULL OF DIGNITY FOR EVERYBODY.
THE CLIMATE CAN SURVIVE.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH FOR
SHARING TODAY.
SHARING TODAY. LISA ANCIAUX WILL BE AT THIRD
PLACE LOOKS TOMORROW NIGHT AT
7:00 WE HAVE FURTHER DETAILS ON
OUR