1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:48,396 --> 00:00:51,660 - Morning. - Good morning. 4 00:00:51,747 --> 00:00:55,098 - Hi, guys. - Hi. 5 00:00:55,185 --> 00:00:58,014 [indistinct chatter] 6 00:01:04,368 --> 00:01:06,414 - Over here! 7 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,208 - Okay, guys, I need all-- - Morning. 8 00:01:18,295 --> 00:01:19,731 - Good morning. - How's it going? 9 00:01:19,818 --> 00:01:20,863 - Good. - You guys all ready? 10 00:01:20,950 --> 00:01:21,733 both: Yeah. - Okay. 11 00:01:27,478 --> 00:01:32,396 - Today is Tuesday, January 8, 2018, 12 00:01:32,483 --> 00:01:36,487 and now it's time for our two minutes of silence. 13 00:01:36,574 --> 00:01:39,099 [bell dings] 14 00:01:39,186 --> 00:01:42,102 [solemn music] 15 00:01:42,189 --> 00:01:49,109 ♪ ♪ 16 00:02:05,168 --> 00:02:08,476 Okay, make it a great day. 17 00:02:08,563 --> 00:02:15,352 ♪ ♪ 18 00:02:19,226 --> 00:02:21,141 - [speaking indistinctly] 19 00:02:21,228 --> 00:02:22,446 Hi. 20 00:02:22,533 --> 00:02:24,318 - Oh, hi. - Aww. 21 00:02:24,405 --> 00:02:26,233 - Hi. Happy New Year. - Happy New Year. 22 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:27,321 - How are you? - Good. 23 00:02:27,408 --> 00:02:28,844 - Hi, Reuben. 24 00:02:28,931 --> 00:02:30,454 - I woke him up to come see you guys. 25 00:02:30,541 --> 00:02:34,371 - Oh, did you? Hi, sweetheart. Oh, there's a smile. 26 00:02:34,458 --> 00:02:37,200 Do you remember me? It's been a whole month. 27 00:02:37,287 --> 00:02:41,335 Hi. It's been a whole month. A-boo. 28 00:02:41,422 --> 00:02:43,554 Thanks for letting him be our little baby. 29 00:02:43,641 --> 00:02:44,990 He's so sweet. 30 00:02:45,077 --> 00:02:47,341 - Yeah. - I guess you like him, huh? 31 00:02:47,428 --> 00:02:49,212 This is Reuben. 32 00:02:49,299 --> 00:02:50,648 - Oh, what a cutie. 33 00:02:50,735 --> 00:02:53,347 - So he comes to fourth grade once a month. 34 00:02:53,434 --> 00:02:55,740 Are you ready to go to class? 35 00:02:55,827 --> 00:02:57,481 - Where's the baby? - He's coming. 36 00:02:57,568 --> 00:02:58,787 He's downstairs in the office. 37 00:02:58,874 --> 00:03:01,268 I just have to put out his blanket, 38 00:03:01,355 --> 00:03:02,704 and then I'll go get him. 39 00:03:02,791 --> 00:03:04,314 Have a good day. 40 00:03:11,756 --> 00:03:12,975 Okay. 41 00:03:19,155 --> 00:03:22,941 - Or anywhere? I now have my secret... 42 00:03:23,028 --> 00:03:25,727 [indistinct chatter] 43 00:03:27,381 --> 00:03:29,644 all: ♪ Hello, baby Reuben ♪ 44 00:03:29,731 --> 00:03:32,255 ♪ And how are you? ♪ 45 00:03:32,342 --> 00:03:35,258 [soft music] 46 00:03:35,345 --> 00:03:40,959 ♪ ♪ 47 00:03:41,046 --> 00:03:42,352 - Raise your hand if you can tell me 48 00:03:42,439 --> 00:03:44,659 how you think baby Reuben is. 49 00:03:44,746 --> 00:03:47,792 We just sang him the question, "How are you?" 50 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:49,707 How do you think he is? 51 00:03:49,794 --> 00:03:51,535 - Happy. - You think he's happy? 52 00:03:51,622 --> 00:03:53,494 What's he doing to tell you that? 53 00:03:53,581 --> 00:03:55,670 - He wanted you to touch his feet. 54 00:03:55,757 --> 00:03:58,238 - Did he move his feet in front of you? 55 00:03:58,325 --> 00:04:02,198 So how does it make you feel when you see Reuben happy? 56 00:04:02,285 --> 00:04:03,286 How do you feel? 57 00:04:03,373 --> 00:04:05,070 - Awesome. - Happy? 58 00:04:05,157 --> 00:04:07,290 It's--you know that feelings are contagious? 59 00:04:07,377 --> 00:04:09,249 You can catch a feeling. 60 00:04:09,336 --> 00:04:11,729 [Reuben coos] 61 00:04:11,816 --> 00:04:14,558 What do you think he's learning when I play with him 62 00:04:14,645 --> 00:04:16,299 and I look at him like this 63 00:04:16,386 --> 00:04:18,649 and I'm looking at him in the eye 64 00:04:18,736 --> 00:04:20,912 and I'm touching his head? 65 00:04:20,999 --> 00:04:23,088 What do you think he's learning? 66 00:04:23,175 --> 00:04:24,655 - Like, kind of, like, a new emotion, 67 00:04:24,742 --> 00:04:27,136 like, feeling, like, 68 00:04:27,223 --> 00:04:30,444 cool, like you're in a room with nobody in it, 69 00:04:30,531 --> 00:04:33,011 nothing, like, in a blank room, and-- 70 00:04:33,098 --> 00:04:34,796 - And it's just me caring for him. 71 00:04:34,883 --> 00:04:36,276 - Yeah. 72 00:04:36,363 --> 00:04:40,323 - He is learning to be a more caring human being 73 00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:42,194 so he'll be able-- 74 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:45,110 you'll be able to show that you care for people 75 00:04:45,197 --> 00:04:47,287 because I'm showing you. 76 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:54,206 ♪ ♪ 77 00:04:55,860 --> 00:04:58,820 [uplifting music] 78 00:04:58,907 --> 00:05:05,696 ♪ ♪ 79 00:06:44,926 --> 00:06:47,711 [all speaking native language] 80 00:07:58,434 --> 00:08:01,219 - Phoibe is my grandma. 81 00:08:01,306 --> 00:08:04,614 She was sad when we left the refugee camp. 82 00:08:04,701 --> 00:08:09,010 I remember her coming when we were about to leave. 83 00:08:09,097 --> 00:08:14,276 She was so sad, she didn't even say anything, 84 00:08:14,363 --> 00:08:16,974 and I know she was so sad 85 00:08:17,061 --> 00:08:22,153 because she knew we couldn't make it in the United States. 86 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,505 Now she's living in Anchorage with us. 87 00:08:25,592 --> 00:08:28,290 We enjoy having conversation with her. 88 00:08:28,377 --> 00:08:33,556 She's telling us what happened before, a hundred years ago. 89 00:08:38,256 --> 00:08:40,781 I'm from Congo. 90 00:08:40,868 --> 00:08:45,176 When I was three years old, we moved to Rwanda, 91 00:08:45,263 --> 00:08:50,660 and I lived in a refugee camp before I came here. 92 00:08:52,314 --> 00:08:55,012 We didn't have electricity. 93 00:08:55,099 --> 00:08:59,974 We were treated as people from other country. 94 00:09:02,367 --> 00:09:06,371 I used to miss my country, like, a lot, a lot, 95 00:09:06,458 --> 00:09:10,462 that I can think about it every night, 96 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:16,643 but right now I feel like the U.S. is my home. 97 00:09:24,999 --> 00:09:26,435 [phone rings] 98 00:09:26,522 --> 00:09:28,916 - The client is here. - Okay. 99 00:09:29,003 --> 00:09:30,221 Is it Achmed that's there with you? 100 00:09:30,308 --> 00:09:31,658 - He is, yep. 101 00:09:31,745 --> 00:09:33,355 - Okay, and it's his mom that's there? 102 00:09:33,442 --> 00:09:35,444 - That's correct, yes, uh-huh. - And refresh me. 103 00:09:35,531 --> 00:09:36,924 What country is she in? 104 00:09:37,011 --> 00:09:39,970 - She is right now in Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa. 105 00:09:40,057 --> 00:09:41,668 - Okay. 106 00:09:41,755 --> 00:09:44,671 - Hi-ho. How are you? 107 00:09:44,758 --> 00:09:47,891 Oh, look at Rosie walking. I have not seen Rosie walking. 108 00:09:47,978 --> 00:09:51,460 Usually she's in your arms. Look at her. 109 00:09:51,547 --> 00:09:56,073 - Okay, you're gonna work on when and where today. 110 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,727 - Okay, we'll try to find someone, 111 00:09:57,814 --> 00:09:59,642 Hope, that can maybe help you with driving, like, 112 00:09:59,729 --> 00:10:01,949 'cause you live far away, so it's hard, like, 113 00:10:02,036 --> 00:10:03,733 to get from a place to the other. 114 00:10:03,820 --> 00:10:05,474 - Yeah, yeah. 115 00:10:05,561 --> 00:10:07,694 - Your job is to just graduate from high school. 116 00:10:07,781 --> 00:10:09,870 - So the bank will lend you money. 117 00:10:09,957 --> 00:10:12,786 Lend--lend means you can have it, 118 00:10:12,873 --> 00:10:15,789 but I get it back. 119 00:10:15,876 --> 00:10:18,487 - We have the Welcome Fund, which is, like, 120 00:10:18,574 --> 00:10:21,577 unrestricted money that donors from, like, around Anchorage 121 00:10:21,664 --> 00:10:24,232 donate to to help us fill in 122 00:10:24,319 --> 00:10:26,277 all the voids that don't exist through all the grants. 123 00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:28,758 If the client doesn't have the means and he comes back in, 124 00:10:28,845 --> 00:10:31,761 talk to him because if this $55 is a big difference 125 00:10:31,848 --> 00:10:36,810 between his ability to, like, get the housing that he needs, 126 00:10:36,897 --> 00:10:38,072 then tell him not to worry about it. 127 00:10:38,159 --> 00:10:39,290 Tell him the Welcome Fund covered it. 128 00:10:39,377 --> 00:10:41,118 - Yeah, okay. - So... 129 00:10:41,205 --> 00:10:44,208 Horrific things happen to refugees. 130 00:10:44,295 --> 00:10:47,081 You have met the qualifications of a refugee 131 00:10:47,168 --> 00:10:49,474 'cause you have experienced extreme trauma. 132 00:10:49,561 --> 00:10:51,389 - Hello? - Hi, is this Ramiz? 133 00:10:51,476 --> 00:10:54,566 Most of our clients and the people that we are resettling 134 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:59,136 have fled violent outbursts of civil war or ongoing conflict, 135 00:10:59,223 --> 00:11:02,836 militias coming through towns, burning villages, 136 00:11:02,923 --> 00:11:05,186 attacking women at very high rates, 137 00:11:05,273 --> 00:11:08,711 some of the highest rates of sexual violence against women. 138 00:11:08,798 --> 00:11:11,148 - When people flee from those places 139 00:11:11,235 --> 00:11:13,107 and they go to neighboring countries 140 00:11:13,194 --> 00:11:17,154 or they leave those countries and come here, 141 00:11:17,241 --> 00:11:20,331 some of those people are traumatized, like, 142 00:11:20,418 --> 00:11:24,118 and how do you help such people? 143 00:11:30,211 --> 00:11:34,650 - Every time I think, "How is it gonna be for them?" 144 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:44,094 Clients from, let's say, a refugee camp from Somalia, 145 00:11:44,181 --> 00:11:49,709 they never saw a shower, so we're teaching them, 146 00:11:49,796 --> 00:11:52,320 and then they learn very quickly. 147 00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:57,760 My job is absolutely special. 148 00:11:57,847 --> 00:12:00,284 I see them at the airport, 149 00:12:00,371 --> 00:12:05,159 and a year later, they are different people. 150 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:13,820 - When I first came to United States, 151 00:12:13,907 --> 00:12:16,997 it was completely a new country. 152 00:12:17,084 --> 00:12:20,740 I didn't even know how to get on the bus. 153 00:12:22,306 --> 00:12:25,353 Solange, she's my auntie, 154 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,313 and we lived together when we were in a refugee camp. 155 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,708 - Once you dip it the first time, you can swipe it there. 156 00:12:32,795 --> 00:12:35,580 - She doesn't speak or hear, 157 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:39,454 and we enjoy seeing her in Anchorage. 158 00:12:42,718 --> 00:12:46,330 Maombi, she's my cousin. 159 00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:50,073 She lives in Anchorage, 160 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:55,209 and she came one day before my grandma came. 161 00:12:55,296 --> 00:12:58,603 - Hey. How are you? You look very pretty today. 162 00:13:05,088 --> 00:13:08,135 - Out of the atrocities of World War II 163 00:13:08,222 --> 00:13:09,658 and out of the Holocaust, 164 00:13:09,745 --> 00:13:11,660 the globe said, 165 00:13:11,747 --> 00:13:16,230 "We need to ensure the safety of every human being." 166 00:13:16,317 --> 00:13:18,798 [indistinct speech] 167 00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:20,625 - And then we see that reflected 168 00:13:20,712 --> 00:13:23,150 all the way down to small-town America, 169 00:13:23,237 --> 00:13:25,674 who is stepping up to do their part to ensure 170 00:13:25,761 --> 00:13:27,284 that when that person gets here, 171 00:13:27,371 --> 00:13:28,895 they're welcomed to a place, 172 00:13:28,982 --> 00:13:30,722 and they have all the resources that they need. 173 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:33,551 - All right, we will put food in the refrigerator. 174 00:13:33,638 --> 00:13:35,423 - And that's the heart of the Resettlement Program. 175 00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:38,556 That's the heart of why someone who's 102 years old 176 00:13:38,643 --> 00:13:43,910 has the right to come to this country and join her family, 177 00:13:43,997 --> 00:13:48,001 and as a globe, we have decided that that is a fact. 178 00:13:48,088 --> 00:13:51,395 If we were having this conversation a few years ago, 179 00:13:51,482 --> 00:13:53,136 I would tell you the likelihood that you would 180 00:13:53,223 --> 00:13:55,269 end up in the United States was very high. 181 00:13:55,356 --> 00:13:57,184 We used to welcome over half of the world's refugees. 182 00:13:57,271 --> 00:14:01,710 That's not the case today. 183 00:14:01,797 --> 00:14:03,930 The value of a human life is the value of a human life 184 00:14:04,017 --> 00:14:05,192 regardless of who you are. 185 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:12,112 ♪ ♪ 186 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:16,812 [indistinct chatter] 187 00:14:21,991 --> 00:14:23,645 - How did this all come to happen? 188 00:14:23,732 --> 00:14:25,081 How did the universe start? 189 00:14:25,168 --> 00:14:26,778 Like, there has to be a beginning and an end, 190 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:29,303 and, like, it's completely unexplainable without 191 00:14:29,390 --> 00:14:30,826 some sort of higher power 192 00:14:30,913 --> 00:14:32,567 starting the whole cycle itself. 193 00:14:32,654 --> 00:14:34,656 - Yeah, when you really think about it, like, 194 00:14:34,743 --> 00:14:37,528 there is a lot of things that can't really be explained-- 195 00:14:37,615 --> 00:14:40,096 miracles, 196 00:14:40,183 --> 00:14:43,665 something like--I've known people who feel like 197 00:14:43,752 --> 00:14:45,972 they were reincarnated from other--like, 198 00:14:46,059 --> 00:14:47,625 things that can't exactly be explained. 199 00:14:47,712 --> 00:14:49,627 - Like, things-- - I have a strong faith, 200 00:14:49,714 --> 00:14:52,587 and I didn't want--and, like, I would tell my mom 201 00:14:52,674 --> 00:14:54,197 about the class and everything, and she was like, 202 00:14:54,284 --> 00:14:56,025 "Oh, don't forget about your faith." 203 00:14:56,112 --> 00:14:58,462 - If you don't understand something, you can be fearful. 204 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:00,595 You can--can be angry at it. 205 00:15:00,682 --> 00:15:02,989 - I did not want to take this class at all. 206 00:15:03,076 --> 00:15:06,557 You know, I tried so hard to get out of the class. 207 00:15:06,644 --> 00:15:09,604 I talked to my counselors and everything, 208 00:15:09,691 --> 00:15:10,779 and I was like, "I don't wanna take this class. 209 00:15:10,866 --> 00:15:12,041 "I don't see the point. 210 00:15:12,128 --> 00:15:14,304 Like, I'm not in any of those religions." 211 00:15:14,391 --> 00:15:16,741 Like, I have my own religion, and that's it. 212 00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:18,874 If you wanna have a different religion, that's cool, 213 00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:22,182 but I don't want--I don't wanna learn about your religion. 214 00:15:22,269 --> 00:15:24,619 Like, it's a waste of time, yeah. 215 00:15:24,706 --> 00:15:27,752 [dramatic music] 216 00:15:27,839 --> 00:15:34,846 ♪ ♪ 217 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,501 all: ♪ All hail to thee ♪ 218 00:15:37,588 --> 00:15:42,811 ♪ Johansen High ♪ 219 00:15:46,119 --> 00:15:47,424 [whistle blasts] 220 00:15:47,511 --> 00:15:51,037 - Here you go! Yeah! 221 00:15:51,124 --> 00:15:52,777 [applause] 222 00:15:52,864 --> 00:15:55,955 [band playing upbeat music] 223 00:15:56,042 --> 00:16:00,481 ♪ ♪ 224 00:16:07,096 --> 00:16:11,405 - Morning. Where is everybody? 225 00:16:11,492 --> 00:16:13,973 Whoa, boys. Gentlemen. 226 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:17,324 No, no, no. Be nice. I know. 227 00:16:17,411 --> 00:16:19,630 [indistinct chatter] 228 00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:30,032 - When you were writing, you were like... 229 00:16:30,119 --> 00:16:34,645 - All right, folks. Religion, what the heck is it? 230 00:16:34,732 --> 00:16:38,171 One of the elements of religion that is the most common 231 00:16:38,258 --> 00:16:41,261 is a belief in an absolute power. 232 00:16:41,348 --> 00:16:44,264 Now, some religions call this idea "God." 233 00:16:44,351 --> 00:16:46,570 Some religions call this idea "Allah." 234 00:16:46,657 --> 00:16:49,051 Some call it the "Tao." Some call it "Brahman." 235 00:16:49,138 --> 00:16:51,749 There are different ways of seeing these ideas, 236 00:16:51,836 --> 00:16:54,709 different relationships that people have with this idea. 237 00:16:54,796 --> 00:16:57,929 Not everybody has chosen a religion for themselves. 238 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,583 Some people believe there is no spiritual world 239 00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:00,932 to connect with. 240 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,543 That is called atheist. 241 00:17:02,630 --> 00:17:04,284 Agnostic is different. 242 00:17:04,371 --> 00:17:08,027 Agnostic is the idea that you're just not sure. 243 00:17:08,114 --> 00:17:11,508 Religion is like--it's like a vehicle that gets you 244 00:17:11,595 --> 00:17:14,816 from this human experience that we all have, 245 00:17:14,903 --> 00:17:17,601 and it connects you with a spiritual one. 246 00:17:17,688 --> 00:17:19,647 The First Amendment to the Constitution says, 247 00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:21,692 "Congress shall make no law 248 00:17:21,779 --> 00:17:24,304 "respecting an establishment of religion 249 00:17:24,391 --> 00:17:27,133 or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." 250 00:17:27,220 --> 00:17:29,526 What is the topic of the first right? 251 00:17:29,613 --> 00:17:32,399 - Religion. - Religion. 252 00:17:32,486 --> 00:17:34,227 That's how important it is in this country, 253 00:17:34,314 --> 00:17:36,533 this idea of freedom of religion. 254 00:17:44,889 --> 00:17:46,543 - Well, if that came up, 255 00:17:46,630 --> 00:17:48,154 then the best thing for that person to do is come 256 00:17:48,241 --> 00:17:50,765 and talk to me about it, and we will figure out 257 00:17:50,852 --> 00:17:53,811 if we can't pursue an--you know, a compromise. 258 00:17:53,898 --> 00:17:57,293 But in all of my years, doesn't happen. 259 00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:58,512 Mm-hmm. 260 00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:00,035 Most people are like, "Okay, teach me. 261 00:18:00,122 --> 00:18:03,386 Tell me what you got." So. 262 00:18:03,473 --> 00:18:06,172 Imagine if we were sitting in here 263 00:18:06,259 --> 00:18:09,827 and someone official walked into our classroom and said, 264 00:18:09,914 --> 00:18:12,003 "You know, we're having trouble with some kids, 265 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:15,094 "and we need to remove some people. 266 00:18:15,181 --> 00:18:18,271 "We are going to remove all of the people 267 00:18:18,358 --> 00:18:22,927 who have on yellow striped shirts." 268 00:18:23,014 --> 00:18:24,842 - Poor Tawny. - Bye, Tawny. 269 00:18:24,929 --> 00:18:26,931 And we all look around, and we're like, 270 00:18:27,018 --> 00:18:30,979 "Oh, thank God it wasn't me," right? 271 00:18:31,066 --> 00:18:32,415 A few minutes pass, and they come back, 272 00:18:32,502 --> 00:18:33,721 and they look around, 273 00:18:33,808 --> 00:18:35,418 and they go, "Yup, you know what? 274 00:18:35,505 --> 00:18:38,378 I think everyone wearing black needs to come with us too." 275 00:18:38,465 --> 00:18:40,423 - I'm running. - Seriously. 276 00:18:40,510 --> 00:18:42,425 Should I have spoken up before, 277 00:18:42,512 --> 00:18:44,079 when they take poor little Tawny away 278 00:18:44,166 --> 00:18:45,950 because she has on yellow stripes? 279 00:18:46,037 --> 00:18:48,214 Maybe I made a mistake keeping my mouth shut, thinking I 280 00:18:48,301 --> 00:18:51,695 was comfortable sitting here in my black, 281 00:18:51,782 --> 00:18:55,395 because now it's my turn. 282 00:18:55,482 --> 00:18:59,094 We need to protect the rights of the smallest minority 283 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:01,836 because in doing that, we're protecting our own rights. 284 00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:03,359 We can't get too comfortable. 285 00:19:03,446 --> 00:19:07,233 We have to stand up for each other. 286 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,061 That's what the Constitution is reminding us, 287 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:14,022 stand up for each other. 288 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:25,816 [somber music] 289 00:19:25,903 --> 00:19:32,780 ♪ ♪ 290 00:19:44,313 --> 00:19:49,188 - This degree means everything to me. 291 00:19:49,275 --> 00:19:51,059 I didn't wanna wake up in five more years 292 00:19:51,146 --> 00:19:52,930 and still be a server. 293 00:19:53,017 --> 00:19:55,019 I didn't wanna wake up in five more years 294 00:19:55,106 --> 00:19:59,067 and be a hairdresser making $10 an hour. 295 00:19:59,154 --> 00:20:01,765 I couldn't do that. 296 00:20:02,679 --> 00:20:07,467 - It's, like, upside down. - 4 times 10, which is 40. 297 00:20:07,554 --> 00:20:11,862 - You just draw what you saw. - I'm a single mother, 298 00:20:11,949 --> 00:20:16,650 and all you know that you need to do is wake up, 299 00:20:16,737 --> 00:20:20,828 go to school, you know, go to work, see my son, 300 00:20:20,915 --> 00:20:25,006 do it again the next day, and that's very hard. 301 00:20:25,093 --> 00:20:28,792 - Did you get it to focus? - I think it's down too low. 302 00:20:28,879 --> 00:20:32,187 Going to school, working full-time at night, 303 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:34,842 I went months without seeing my son. 304 00:20:34,929 --> 00:20:38,062 He didn't want me when I was home. 305 00:20:38,149 --> 00:20:39,716 He wanted my mom. 306 00:20:39,803 --> 00:20:42,241 He was calling my mom "Mom," 307 00:20:42,328 --> 00:20:48,595 and it sucked. 308 00:20:48,682 --> 00:20:52,120 So now we're moving to the next magnification. 309 00:20:52,207 --> 00:20:53,687 - Just did. 310 00:20:53,774 --> 00:20:55,819 - I really thought I could hold it down, 311 00:20:55,906 --> 00:20:59,954 but I was freaking out about my bills. 312 00:21:00,041 --> 00:21:02,086 When I tell you I'm broke, I am broke. 313 00:21:02,173 --> 00:21:05,046 Yeah, that one's kind of hard. 314 00:21:05,133 --> 00:21:07,178 I'm the one who stays up crying in the middle of the night 315 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,442 wondering, like, how am I gonna pay this? 316 00:21:09,529 --> 00:21:11,400 How are we gonna make it? 317 00:21:25,196 --> 00:21:26,763 - I'm Russell. 318 00:21:26,850 --> 00:21:28,330 I work at the college. - Okay. 319 00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:29,897 - I'll buy your coffee, and I'll buy you lunch 320 00:21:29,984 --> 00:21:31,768 if I can talk to you for ten minutes. 321 00:21:31,855 --> 00:21:33,422 Will that work? - Yeah. 322 00:21:33,509 --> 00:21:35,511 - Right? What's working for you here? 323 00:21:35,598 --> 00:21:37,296 What are we doing well, and what do we need to know 324 00:21:37,383 --> 00:21:39,907 that's not going so well? I'm Russell. 325 00:21:39,994 --> 00:21:41,038 - Nice to meet you, Millefer. - I work here at the college. 326 00:21:41,125 --> 00:21:42,213 Tell me your name again. 327 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:43,563 - Millefer. - Millefer? 328 00:21:43,650 --> 00:21:45,129 - Yes. - That's a beautiful name. 329 00:21:45,216 --> 00:21:46,261 Tell me about... When I came here, 330 00:21:46,348 --> 00:21:47,828 I looked at our success rates, 331 00:21:47,915 --> 00:21:51,135 and more of our students were failing out 332 00:21:51,222 --> 00:21:55,575 than they were graduating, and I wanted to understand why. 333 00:21:55,662 --> 00:21:57,577 - You have to take care 334 00:21:57,664 --> 00:22:00,406 of your kid first versus going to school. 335 00:22:00,493 --> 00:22:03,452 - I just started asking students questions, 336 00:22:03,539 --> 00:22:06,977 and the responses that our students told me 337 00:22:07,064 --> 00:22:08,196 that were keeping them 338 00:22:08,283 --> 00:22:11,025 from being successful in the classroom 339 00:22:11,112 --> 00:22:13,462 changed who I am personally and professionally 340 00:22:13,549 --> 00:22:16,378 because their biggest barriers to classroom success 341 00:22:16,465 --> 00:22:19,207 had nothing to do with the classroom. 342 00:22:19,294 --> 00:22:20,730 - Hello. - Hello. 343 00:22:20,817 --> 00:22:22,036 - How are you? - Good. How are you? 344 00:22:22,123 --> 00:22:23,733 - Come on in. How can I help you today? 345 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:26,214 - You can either get assistance with tuition, 346 00:22:26,301 --> 00:22:28,782 with textbooks, with transportation, 347 00:22:28,869 --> 00:22:31,654 or with childcare. What questions do you have? 348 00:22:31,741 --> 00:22:33,264 - I just wanted to know about the food pantry and-- 349 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:34,918 - The food pantry? Yeah. 350 00:22:35,005 --> 00:22:37,921 - 54% of our students are food insecure, 351 00:22:38,008 --> 00:22:41,403 and 59% of our students are housing insecure. 352 00:22:41,490 --> 00:22:42,839 - They're gonna repossess my car, 353 00:22:42,926 --> 00:22:44,319 and I'm not gonna be able to get to school. 354 00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:46,321 I'm gonna mess everything all up again. 355 00:22:46,408 --> 00:22:48,541 - And then here's the number. - For the utility bill? 356 00:22:48,628 --> 00:22:53,284 - Transportation, childcare, healthcare, utility payments, 357 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:58,377 legal services, housing, things that I'd always assumed 358 00:22:58,464 --> 00:23:01,249 were someone else's responsibility, 359 00:23:01,336 --> 00:23:04,774 I understood had to be Amarillo College's responsibility. 360 00:23:04,861 --> 00:23:06,472 - I'm working really hard, 361 00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:08,082 and I really want to stay in school, 362 00:23:08,169 --> 00:23:12,608 and it's only--I just wanna be able to pay--pay my car. 363 00:23:12,695 --> 00:23:14,697 I have military PTSD from combat, 364 00:23:14,784 --> 00:23:16,612 and I'm still trying to go to school. 365 00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:18,745 - Okay, so Angelique Martin, 366 00:23:18,832 --> 00:23:20,921 she was needing help paying her car. 367 00:23:21,008 --> 00:23:24,185 So she's--has her car through Auto Connection here in town. 368 00:23:24,272 --> 00:23:26,883 She pays a small amount every two weeks, 369 00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:28,885 and she had used the financial aid 370 00:23:28,972 --> 00:23:31,366 that she received the first eight weeks 371 00:23:31,453 --> 00:23:35,022 to pay all up until this point, 372 00:23:35,109 --> 00:23:38,112 and so now she needs help paying for this-- 373 00:23:38,199 --> 00:23:42,290 - What's her GPA? - It's low. Mm-hmm. 374 00:23:42,377 --> 00:23:43,987 - We can't help her. We can't help her. 375 00:23:44,074 --> 00:23:45,728 - No? Okay. 376 00:23:45,815 --> 00:23:47,556 - Maybe we could call the car place and advocate for her. 377 00:23:47,643 --> 00:23:49,863 - I don't mind doing that, but I was also thinking of maybe 378 00:23:49,950 --> 00:23:52,213 asking if the church can help. 379 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:55,695 [phone line beeping, dialing] 380 00:23:55,782 --> 00:23:57,610 - I was calling in regards 381 00:23:57,697 --> 00:24:01,962 to one of your customers, Angelique Martin. 382 00:24:02,049 --> 00:24:03,398 - Okay. - If we are gonna improve 383 00:24:03,485 --> 00:24:04,791 their education attainment, 384 00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:06,532 We had to connect them to resources 385 00:24:06,619 --> 00:24:08,969 that our community had to help them 386 00:24:09,056 --> 00:24:14,017 overcome the life barriers that they experienced every day. 387 00:24:14,104 --> 00:24:17,543 That's where the magic is for our community 388 00:24:17,630 --> 00:24:21,155 because that's how we're gonna break the cycle of poverty 389 00:24:21,242 --> 00:24:24,985 that is not just crippling the Amarillo or panhandle region. 390 00:24:25,072 --> 00:24:28,249 It's gonna cripple our entire country. 391 00:24:28,336 --> 00:24:30,077 But the only way someone 392 00:24:30,164 --> 00:24:31,644 who's grown up in generational poverty 393 00:24:31,731 --> 00:24:34,951 is gonna be able to get a degree and move out of it 394 00:24:35,038 --> 00:24:38,259 is if they have support and resources, 395 00:24:38,346 --> 00:24:41,784 and we're trying to systemically do that here. 396 00:24:41,871 --> 00:24:43,612 - Hi. I'm Jordan Herrera. - Hi. 397 00:24:43,699 --> 00:24:46,180 - I'm here to pick up a check from Mark. Is he here today? 398 00:24:46,267 --> 00:24:48,965 - Yeah. - I got a check here for you. 399 00:24:49,052 --> 00:24:50,532 All right. - Thank you so much, Mark. 400 00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:51,838 - Have a nice day. - We appreciate it. 401 00:24:51,925 --> 00:24:53,753 - You betcha. 402 00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:01,064 - Good morning. 403 00:25:01,151 --> 00:25:02,239 - Good morning. - Are you Paul? 404 00:25:02,326 --> 00:25:03,545 - You must be Jordan. - I'm Jordan. 405 00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:04,677 - How you doing, Jordan? - Good, nice to meet you. 406 00:25:04,764 --> 00:25:06,374 - It's a pleasure to meet you, Jordan. 407 00:25:06,461 --> 00:25:09,638 - Hi. So here's the check for $300 for Angelique. 408 00:25:09,725 --> 00:25:11,335 - Okay. Oh. 409 00:25:11,422 --> 00:25:12,815 - Our gratitude for helping her out and-- 410 00:25:12,902 --> 00:25:14,600 - Oh, and here's what I'm gonna do. 411 00:25:14,687 --> 00:25:16,515 We're gonna kick in a little gift ourselves. 412 00:25:16,602 --> 00:25:17,690 So the first-- 413 00:25:17,777 --> 00:25:19,605 - Oh, that's amazing. 414 00:25:19,692 --> 00:25:21,432 - Forgive charge, and we're gonna forgive an extra $100. 415 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,478 - Well, thank you so much. We appreciate it so much. 416 00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:25,480 - Well, you're certainly welcome. 417 00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:28,091 We--we appreciate the efforts, 418 00:25:28,178 --> 00:25:30,137 the community effort and the church. 419 00:25:30,224 --> 00:25:31,442 - Yeah. - And our support of the-- 420 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,096 - It takes a village. 421 00:25:33,183 --> 00:25:34,010 - That's r--well, that's what it does. 422 00:25:34,097 --> 00:25:35,316 - It does. 423 00:25:35,403 --> 00:25:37,013 - And what I really like about it is 424 00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:39,668 it's--so it's showing local people 425 00:25:39,755 --> 00:25:43,367 doing--doing some local good to help people... 426 00:25:43,454 --> 00:25:45,587 - Absolutely. - Make a step up, 427 00:25:45,674 --> 00:25:48,547 and that's--we need more of that. 428 00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:49,809 - Hi, beautiful. - How are you? 429 00:25:49,896 --> 00:25:52,289 - I like that. - Oh, thank you. 430 00:25:52,376 --> 00:25:55,728 - The car situation that you brought up to us, 431 00:25:55,815 --> 00:25:59,601 I was able to talk to a church here in town, 432 00:25:59,688 --> 00:26:03,910 so we were able to go pick up a check this morning 433 00:26:03,997 --> 00:26:07,000 from the church for $300 434 00:26:07,087 --> 00:26:09,350 to help pay both of the car payments 435 00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:11,091 that needed to be paid for September. 436 00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:12,875 - Oh, thank you so much. - You're welcome. 437 00:26:12,962 --> 00:26:17,663 - I've never been turned down. You guys never turn me down. 438 00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:19,708 - We're--we're never gonna turn you down. 439 00:26:19,795 --> 00:26:22,842 We won't. We won't, and you know what, Angelique? 440 00:26:22,929 --> 00:26:27,063 All of the services that we have here are for this reason. 441 00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:28,543 That's why they're here. 442 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:32,721 They exist to help students like you. 443 00:26:32,808 --> 00:26:35,724 You can provide a service all day, every day. 444 00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:38,684 You can hand out whatever you think people need, 445 00:26:38,771 --> 00:26:41,600 but until you can make somebody feel like a human being 446 00:26:41,687 --> 00:26:45,386 and that they're worthy of your time, it's not gonna matter. 447 00:26:47,997 --> 00:26:50,652 - Ultimately, what we all want is to be loved, 448 00:26:50,739 --> 00:26:54,569 to have a family, to have a job that pays us a living wage 449 00:26:54,656 --> 00:26:59,226 so that we can walk in hope and provide for those 450 00:26:59,313 --> 00:27:02,621 that we love and share a life with. 451 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:04,361 The undercurrent of fear, I think, 452 00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:07,538 is an undercurrent of economic injustice. 453 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:12,239 Opportunity for everyone rather than just the few. 454 00:27:12,326 --> 00:27:14,676 - The globe is most unkind 455 00:27:14,763 --> 00:27:17,897 when we determine that someone's life 456 00:27:17,984 --> 00:27:20,464 holds more value than another person's life. 457 00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:23,467 That's the start of unkindness. 458 00:27:23,554 --> 00:27:27,907 - With a society that has so much available to it 459 00:27:27,994 --> 00:27:32,781 in physical material, things, our country is at risk 460 00:27:32,868 --> 00:27:37,743 because we've just forgotten how to care for each other. 461 00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:39,832 - Hi, how are you? - Somewhere along the way 462 00:27:39,919 --> 00:27:41,834 it became okay 463 00:27:41,921 --> 00:27:45,141 to just kinda walk over bodies to get to where you're going. 464 00:27:45,228 --> 00:27:47,578 How disastrous does it have to become 465 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:50,930 before we bring out the better angels of our inner souls? 466 00:27:51,017 --> 00:27:52,801 - Does that sound right? - Yes. 467 00:27:52,888 --> 00:27:55,369 - But as a society, where did we lose our way 468 00:27:55,456 --> 00:27:57,414 and say that this is okay that a whole bunch of people 469 00:27:57,501 --> 00:28:00,243 who live in abject poverty end up, 470 00:28:00,330 --> 00:28:01,984 years later, with somebody living on the streets 471 00:28:02,071 --> 00:28:05,727 'cause they don't have the skills to survive in our world? 472 00:28:13,561 --> 00:28:16,129 - Should we see who's in the park first? 473 00:28:16,216 --> 00:28:18,087 See if there's anyone in Kushner Park? 474 00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:25,051 - Might be too cold to work, huh? 475 00:28:25,138 --> 00:28:26,748 - It's fucked up. It's fucked up. 476 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:28,794 I mean, I'm fucked up. I--it's my problem. 477 00:28:28,881 --> 00:28:31,231 I have the problem. 478 00:28:31,318 --> 00:28:33,189 - Put your arm--pledge allegiance for a minute. 479 00:28:33,276 --> 00:28:35,322 Put your arm there, just like this. 480 00:28:35,409 --> 00:28:36,976 Just relax for a moment, okay? 481 00:28:42,459 --> 00:28:44,548 So he's gonna go over to McInnis House. 482 00:28:44,635 --> 00:28:46,376 We've got one bed. 483 00:28:46,463 --> 00:28:48,596 We just wanna be sure his vital signs are okay before we go. 484 00:28:48,683 --> 00:28:50,772 - Yeah. 485 00:28:50,859 --> 00:28:54,471 - And I think in the back of my--did it stop? 486 00:28:54,558 --> 00:28:56,038 - "Error, error." 487 00:28:56,125 --> 00:28:57,648 - Oh, did it say "error reading?" 488 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,259 - Yeah, error. - Okay. 489 00:28:59,346 --> 00:29:00,695 - I--I'm an idiot. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. 490 00:29:00,782 --> 00:29:02,436 - No, I-- - Is this blood pressure? 491 00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:03,916 - It is blood pressure, but don't worry, you know? 492 00:29:04,003 --> 00:29:05,569 We'll live with it 'cause your oxygen's okay. 493 00:29:05,656 --> 00:29:07,615 We can live with it. Let me see this hand. 494 00:29:07,702 --> 00:29:09,138 Let me see. 495 00:29:09,225 --> 00:29:10,792 Oh, they're warm there. You're warm. Okay. 496 00:29:10,879 --> 00:29:13,229 - Yeah, but I'm still starting to get-- 497 00:29:13,316 --> 00:29:14,622 - And is your feet--how bad are your feet? 498 00:29:14,709 --> 00:29:16,406 Are they pretty bad? 499 00:29:16,493 --> 00:29:18,191 - Trench foot and frostbite and everything else. 500 00:29:18,278 --> 00:29:20,149 - Kay, we won't take them off. We'll look at them when-- 501 00:29:20,236 --> 00:29:21,411 - I don't even know-- - No, we'll look at them 502 00:29:21,498 --> 00:29:23,196 when you get over to McInnis House. 503 00:29:23,283 --> 00:29:24,719 You don't have to do that now. 504 00:29:24,806 --> 00:29:25,764 I'm kinda glad you're coming in. 505 00:29:25,851 --> 00:29:26,895 I haven't seen you in a long time. 506 00:29:26,982 --> 00:29:28,244 - Hey, love you, Jim. 507 00:29:28,331 --> 00:29:29,115 You are my favorite person in the world. 508 00:29:29,202 --> 00:29:30,377 - Okay, let me get--oops. 509 00:29:30,464 --> 00:29:32,031 - He's a real human being. 510 00:29:32,118 --> 00:29:35,686 Yeah, he's always been incredibly genuine, 511 00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:37,340 very kind to me, you know? 512 00:29:37,427 --> 00:29:42,911 I mean, in ways that you can't even express. 513 00:29:42,998 --> 00:29:45,392 I can't even say how many things 514 00:29:45,479 --> 00:29:47,089 that these people have done for me. 515 00:29:47,176 --> 00:29:49,831 They've done for me from--than I could do for myself. 516 00:29:52,268 --> 00:29:54,096 - You look like you're stiff. 517 00:29:54,183 --> 00:29:56,098 When you go out to take care of a group of homeless people, 518 00:29:56,185 --> 00:29:58,187 and I would say in particular the street folks, 519 00:29:58,274 --> 00:29:59,885 they will show you the weaknesses 520 00:29:59,972 --> 00:30:01,930 in the mainstream health care system in a second... 521 00:30:02,017 --> 00:30:04,193 So it's coming in both hands? All right. 522 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,631 - Things that we didn't even realize. 523 00:30:07,718 --> 00:30:10,025 There is no doubt that homelessness 524 00:30:10,112 --> 00:30:13,507 is a public health emergency and tragedy, 525 00:30:13,594 --> 00:30:14,987 and it's deadly. 526 00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:16,945 My name is O'Connell. I'm Dr. O'Connell. 527 00:30:17,032 --> 00:30:19,295 What do you need, anything? 528 00:30:19,382 --> 00:30:22,168 - I need mental health, and I want-- 529 00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:23,865 - Let me introduce... Street medicine 530 00:30:23,952 --> 00:30:25,432 can actually be just an extension 531 00:30:25,519 --> 00:30:27,086 of regular primary care, 532 00:30:27,173 --> 00:30:29,436 just--just trying to address the particular obstacles 533 00:30:29,523 --> 00:30:31,655 that group of people have to coming into care. 534 00:30:31,742 --> 00:30:33,005 Oh, okay. 535 00:30:33,092 --> 00:30:33,962 - I need your help. - In private? 536 00:30:34,049 --> 00:30:34,963 - Yeah. - Okay. 537 00:30:35,050 --> 00:30:36,530 We can do it in private. 538 00:30:36,617 --> 00:30:37,923 We learned that you can manage heart failure. 539 00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:39,663 You can manage hypertension. 540 00:30:39,750 --> 00:30:42,841 You can manage a lot of chronic diseases by bringing, 541 00:30:42,928 --> 00:30:45,974 you know, your blood pressure cuffs and your things outside. 542 00:30:46,061 --> 00:30:49,586 - Do they still use those? - I still think you had 543 00:30:49,673 --> 00:30:50,892 a little bit of a concussion when you fell down, 544 00:30:50,979 --> 00:30:53,373 and I'd rather have you in, Bobby, okay? 545 00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:55,114 - If you're trained in medicine, 546 00:30:55,201 --> 00:30:56,985 there is no career path to take care of homeless people. 547 00:30:57,072 --> 00:30:58,508 And you don't need detox, right? 548 00:30:58,595 --> 00:31:00,032 - No, no. 549 00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:01,947 - It was a nurse who said, 550 00:31:02,034 --> 00:31:04,558 "You've been trained all wrong," and she took away 551 00:31:04,645 --> 00:31:07,126 all the tools of my trade, and she said, "What we do 552 00:31:07,213 --> 00:31:09,432 is we tend to invite people in to soak their feet," 553 00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:11,782 and she said, "So I'm gonna have you soak feet." 554 00:31:16,787 --> 00:31:22,054 - Remember, foot care clinic is a gateway into primary care, 555 00:31:22,141 --> 00:31:25,057 not because we will just want to disturb people 556 00:31:25,144 --> 00:31:27,189 and just bother with vital signs, 557 00:31:27,276 --> 00:31:32,064 but it gives us an indication as to somebody's health condition. 558 00:31:32,151 --> 00:31:33,369 Does it make sense? 559 00:31:33,456 --> 00:31:34,718 - Yeah. - All right. 560 00:31:34,805 --> 00:31:37,373 - What's your name? - Walter Bogar. 561 00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:41,900 - Any allergies? What happened to this foot? 562 00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:45,294 - It's a long story. It's a gangrene toe. 563 00:31:45,381 --> 00:31:48,341 It's a dry gangrene. It'll fall off eventually. 564 00:31:48,428 --> 00:31:52,432 - My feet are soaking wet. Oh, walking in the rain. 565 00:31:52,519 --> 00:31:56,436 - How are you today? Do you have any allergies? 566 00:31:56,523 --> 00:31:58,481 Have you had any vaccine this year? 567 00:31:58,568 --> 00:32:00,919 - [speaks indistinctly] 568 00:32:01,006 --> 00:32:03,008 - Let's see what's going on here. 569 00:32:03,095 --> 00:32:07,186 Ooh. Did you see that this is really rough, Eric? 570 00:32:07,273 --> 00:32:09,231 You feel my thumb there? 571 00:32:09,318 --> 00:32:10,711 - Yeah. - How about here? 572 00:32:10,798 --> 00:32:12,408 - Yeah. - Okay. 573 00:32:12,495 --> 00:32:13,932 - Let's take a look at the rest. 574 00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:15,237 - Oh, I can do this. 575 00:32:15,324 --> 00:32:16,543 - Any pain down here? - No. 576 00:32:20,416 --> 00:32:25,117 [indistinct chatter] 577 00:32:25,204 --> 00:32:28,598 - Yeah. - Yeah, let me see. Okay. 578 00:32:28,685 --> 00:32:31,819 - Oh, this? - I don't know why it's green. 579 00:32:31,906 --> 00:32:33,690 - My feet were wet all week. 580 00:32:33,777 --> 00:32:35,214 I walked around in wet sneakers for a week. 581 00:32:35,301 --> 00:32:36,606 - Oh, no. - Yeah. 582 00:32:36,693 --> 00:32:38,608 - That's bad news. - Oh, thank you. 583 00:32:38,695 --> 00:32:41,829 - So tell me, how's that? That help you? 584 00:32:41,916 --> 00:32:43,744 - Yeah. - Okay, okay. 585 00:32:43,831 --> 00:32:46,094 - The hotter the better. - Okay. 586 00:32:46,181 --> 00:32:48,053 - The hotter the better. 587 00:32:48,140 --> 00:32:52,883 - I was given this opportunity in America to go to school 588 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,886 and then get my education in line, 589 00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:57,976 so I knew deep inside me 590 00:32:58,063 --> 00:33:00,369 that I need to give back to this community 591 00:33:00,456 --> 00:33:02,676 that have supported me. 592 00:33:02,763 --> 00:33:04,634 Where is my friend? 593 00:33:04,721 --> 00:33:07,768 - How are you, darling? - Okay, let's do it. 594 00:33:07,855 --> 00:33:09,683 - Okay. 595 00:33:12,338 --> 00:33:14,166 - There. - You do such a good job. 596 00:33:14,253 --> 00:33:16,777 You take good care of me. You really do. 597 00:33:16,864 --> 00:33:23,349 - Thank you. The mayor is here. The mayor is here. 598 00:33:23,436 --> 00:33:24,915 Good morning, Mayor. 599 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:26,439 - Most homeless people 600 00:33:26,526 --> 00:33:28,049 don't hear somebody mention their name 601 00:33:28,136 --> 00:33:30,791 with dignity for weeks, sometimes, if not months. 602 00:33:30,878 --> 00:33:32,923 - Thanks. - Yeah. 603 00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:34,577 - The nurses are brilliant with this 604 00:33:34,664 --> 00:33:36,318 because it flips the power structure, 605 00:33:36,405 --> 00:33:38,886 so you're at the feet of the person you're trying to serve. 606 00:33:41,410 --> 00:33:44,587 - These people are human beings like you and me, 607 00:33:44,674 --> 00:33:48,765 and they also have fallen into bad times 608 00:33:48,852 --> 00:33:53,161 and ended up being homeless. What can we do to help them? 609 00:33:53,248 --> 00:33:55,294 Can you please allow me to get the blood pressure on your arm? 610 00:33:55,381 --> 00:33:56,860 - You can try. - Oh, thank you so much. 611 00:33:56,947 --> 00:33:58,819 - Didn't work last time. - Thank you. 612 00:33:58,906 --> 00:34:00,212 - It's gonna be through the roof 613 00:34:00,299 --> 00:34:02,301 'cause I don't have my medication. 614 00:34:02,388 --> 00:34:03,998 - Oh. - Yeah, yeah. 615 00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:05,956 I'm done with this. 616 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:08,089 My blood pressure's high. You can just tell every time. 617 00:34:08,176 --> 00:34:09,830 It's always high. 618 00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:11,440 I haven't had my meds in a week. 619 00:34:11,527 --> 00:34:14,617 - All right. Okay. This is--this is really high. 620 00:34:14,704 --> 00:34:16,097 - Yeah, it's nothing to worry about. 621 00:34:16,184 --> 00:34:17,838 It's been like that forever. 622 00:34:17,925 --> 00:34:20,188 - What can I do? Just-- - Nothing. 623 00:34:20,275 --> 00:34:22,016 You--there's nothing you can do. What are you gonna do? 624 00:34:22,103 --> 00:34:24,540 - I can call that doctor up and-- 625 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:25,889 - Yeah, what's that gonna do? 626 00:34:25,976 --> 00:34:29,110 - Make you an appointment to see him 627 00:34:29,197 --> 00:34:31,069 ASAP, as soon as possible. - Who, Rothford? 628 00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:32,461 - Yes. 629 00:34:32,548 --> 00:34:34,333 - And what is that gonna do? 630 00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:38,946 - He's gonna at least increase your blood pressure medication. 631 00:34:39,033 --> 00:34:40,861 - Yeah, if you wanna try, you can try calling him. 632 00:34:40,948 --> 00:34:43,994 - No, I will do it now. 633 00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:48,216 - God bless you guys. Awesome. 634 00:34:48,303 --> 00:34:53,743 - Can you get him a appointment with Dr. Rothford at Pine? 635 00:34:53,830 --> 00:34:56,137 - You--did you... [indistinct] 636 00:34:56,224 --> 00:35:00,576 - Why? Why, in America-- 637 00:35:00,663 --> 00:35:03,884 why would people be still sleeping on the street? 638 00:35:03,971 --> 00:35:07,540 What can we do to bring all those people every night 639 00:35:07,627 --> 00:35:11,021 on the street into a house 640 00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:15,330 so they wouldn't experience snow on them, rain, 641 00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:17,550 even heat of the sun? 642 00:35:21,902 --> 00:35:25,210 Some will come in, and they look exhausted, 643 00:35:25,297 --> 00:35:27,560 so I give them a glass of water, 644 00:35:27,647 --> 00:35:29,388 check their vital signs. 645 00:35:29,475 --> 00:35:32,130 Some, I will see medical issues. 646 00:35:32,217 --> 00:35:34,349 I have to send them out to the hospital, 647 00:35:34,436 --> 00:35:38,397 so you treat people with kindness. 648 00:35:38,484 --> 00:35:41,400 We make them to open up, and you will see more. 649 00:35:41,487 --> 00:35:43,880 - Do you have gloves? - No. 650 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:46,666 - You can earn people's trust but be present. 651 00:35:46,753 --> 00:35:48,450 Sometimes it happens on the first day. 652 00:35:48,537 --> 00:35:50,583 Sometimes it happens after six months, 653 00:35:50,670 --> 00:35:54,064 but the persistence and the continuity is what really works, 654 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:55,544 and when you can do that, 655 00:35:55,631 --> 00:35:57,285 then you can start to deliver health care. 656 00:35:57,372 --> 00:35:59,722 If you don't take the time to do that, you can't. 657 00:35:59,809 --> 00:36:03,639 - Skin looks good. This hurt? 658 00:36:03,726 --> 00:36:05,902 There's an aspect of my comfort zone 659 00:36:05,989 --> 00:36:08,601 that I've completely demolished and expanded 660 00:36:08,688 --> 00:36:10,080 just coming here, 661 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:11,952 working with feet. 662 00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:13,258 At first, it was hard to get used to, 663 00:36:13,345 --> 00:36:15,477 and--and now, you know, 664 00:36:15,564 --> 00:36:18,176 it's--it's just an aspect of humans. 665 00:36:18,263 --> 00:36:20,221 - Do you mind if I take your vitals? 666 00:36:20,308 --> 00:36:21,918 - Everyone in here who's walking behind me, 667 00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:26,314 they--this is their job, and they're everywhere. 668 00:36:26,401 --> 00:36:28,098 They are all over the country, all over the world, 669 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:29,796 you know, helping people, 670 00:36:29,883 --> 00:36:33,278 taking some small effort to--to provide and try to, 671 00:36:33,365 --> 00:36:37,064 you know, equal the playing field in a unfair world. 672 00:36:37,151 --> 00:36:41,547 - In one year, I've come from absolutely nothing, 673 00:36:41,634 --> 00:36:44,071 a stuttering mess downstairs-- 674 00:36:44,158 --> 00:36:45,942 with the help of the staff and everybody else, 675 00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:49,685 I've come out one complete year to having my feet fixed, 676 00:36:49,772 --> 00:36:53,341 my hip reta--replaced. I got a smile, you know? 677 00:36:53,428 --> 00:36:55,778 I got my headlights on now, you know what I mean? 678 00:36:55,865 --> 00:36:59,129 So I'm a complete new vehicle thanks to this place, 679 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,219 and that's the reason why I am where I am today. 680 00:37:01,306 --> 00:37:04,352 - And thanks to yourself. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 681 00:37:04,439 --> 00:37:05,614 - When I look at the long vision, 682 00:37:05,701 --> 00:37:07,660 my guess is those two months 683 00:37:07,747 --> 00:37:09,444 invested in soaking this man's feet, 684 00:37:09,531 --> 00:37:11,925 which--for which we could get no income, 685 00:37:12,012 --> 00:37:14,057 probably saved the system a few million dollars 686 00:37:14,144 --> 00:37:16,059 down the line. 687 00:37:16,146 --> 00:37:18,192 I have come to think of homelessness--this is 688 00:37:18,279 --> 00:37:19,802 my own little version of it, 689 00:37:19,889 --> 00:37:22,979 is like if you held a prism up to society, right, 690 00:37:23,066 --> 00:37:27,114 what gets refracted are the weaknesses in every sector, 691 00:37:27,201 --> 00:37:30,248 in the education sector, in the housing sector, 692 00:37:30,335 --> 00:37:34,426 the health sector, corrections, and justice. 693 00:37:34,513 --> 00:37:36,732 We have to figure out how to address the weaknesses 694 00:37:36,819 --> 00:37:39,126 in all of those societal sectors 695 00:37:39,213 --> 00:37:41,128 if we're really gonna address the problem. 696 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,480 - Go. 697 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,661 - Guys! - Whoo-hoo! 698 00:38:06,371 --> 00:38:09,112 - You don't have any air in the tire. 699 00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:12,377 - Yeah, it's been hard to ride lately. 700 00:38:12,464 --> 00:38:16,990 - Oh, my goodness. It's flat. Look at that. 701 00:38:17,077 --> 00:38:19,645 When you get a flat tire, you need to stop by, 702 00:38:19,732 --> 00:38:21,690 and--and I'll pump it up for you. 703 00:38:21,777 --> 00:38:23,562 - Okay. - Okay? 704 00:38:23,649 --> 00:38:26,391 - Thank you. - Oh, of course. 705 00:38:26,478 --> 00:38:29,394 This is something that I love to do. 706 00:38:29,481 --> 00:38:32,353 You wanna go--pump it up? It's a little hard, isn't it? 707 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,834 - Mm-hmm, it's really hard. [grunts] 708 00:38:39,882 --> 00:38:41,667 - It feels different. - Doesn't it, different? 709 00:38:41,754 --> 00:38:44,496 Give it a shot. I'll bet you're really gonna like it. 710 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:50,502 - Oh, ahh! - How's that? 711 00:38:50,589 --> 00:38:53,331 - Oh, my gosh, look how easy it is! 712 00:38:53,418 --> 00:38:55,985 [laughs] 713 00:38:56,072 --> 00:39:00,555 Thank you, Steve. - Oh, you're welcome. 714 00:39:00,642 --> 00:39:02,644 - When children end up in foster care, 715 00:39:02,731 --> 00:39:06,431 they are often removed from homes where there is neglect, 716 00:39:06,518 --> 00:39:11,436 and their family safety net is ripped to shreds. 717 00:39:11,523 --> 00:39:15,440 Who is gonna be there to catch you when you fall? 718 00:39:17,877 --> 00:39:20,009 - Good morning. - Good morning. 719 00:39:20,096 --> 00:39:23,709 - Good morning. 720 00:39:23,796 --> 00:39:25,406 - Ah, you're doing our hair this morning? 721 00:39:25,493 --> 00:39:27,669 - Good morning! 722 00:39:30,237 --> 00:39:32,239 - I guess I do need to practice for this, okay. 723 00:39:32,326 --> 00:39:33,719 - Is this your presentation? - Yes. 724 00:39:33,806 --> 00:39:36,417 - Try and do it a little bit from memory maybe. 725 00:39:36,504 --> 00:39:39,725 - Okay. Jewelry played a big part in Ancient Egypt. 726 00:39:39,812 --> 00:39:41,248 If you were poor, 727 00:39:41,335 --> 00:39:44,251 then you would wear beaded necklaces and headbands. 728 00:39:44,338 --> 00:39:46,819 If you were wealthy, then you were... 729 00:39:46,906 --> 00:39:50,823 - Kids need a rock. They need that stability, 730 00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:52,999 that one person in their life that's immobile, 731 00:39:53,086 --> 00:39:54,609 and that's me. 732 00:39:54,696 --> 00:39:57,656 I am their refuge. I am, you know, 733 00:39:57,743 --> 00:40:01,921 all of those things that give them a safe place to be. 734 00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:05,620 You know, I have grown children, grandchildren, 735 00:40:05,707 --> 00:40:07,317 great-grandchildren. 736 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:09,929 To me, it was never a matter of choice. 737 00:40:10,016 --> 00:40:12,148 It's just what you do. You pick 'em up, 738 00:40:12,235 --> 00:40:15,717 and you go forward, and you raise children. 739 00:40:15,804 --> 00:40:17,502 - Brody, is this one yours? 740 00:40:17,589 --> 00:40:18,938 'Cause I'll break the yolk if it's yours. 741 00:40:19,025 --> 00:40:20,853 - Yes, it is. - You know, 742 00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:24,465 I have a whole community that loves my children, 743 00:40:24,552 --> 00:40:28,730 and all that can do is create great humans. 744 00:40:28,817 --> 00:40:30,558 I love you. Have a good day today. 745 00:40:33,213 --> 00:40:34,910 Okay, have fun. 746 00:40:34,997 --> 00:40:37,086 - Kay, who's gonna figure out who sits in the front seat? 747 00:40:37,173 --> 00:40:39,437 - I will! - I will! 748 00:40:39,524 --> 00:40:42,309 - I saw--I do that, Estelle. - Okay. 749 00:40:42,396 --> 00:40:45,704 - Children need to know that they are beloved, 750 00:40:45,791 --> 00:40:47,575 and elders need to know 751 00:40:47,662 --> 00:40:50,056 that their lives still have meaning and purpose. 752 00:40:50,143 --> 00:40:51,666 - How about some water, guys? 753 00:40:51,753 --> 00:40:55,017 - It's a place for fostered and adopted people, 754 00:40:55,104 --> 00:40:56,715 not just, like, 755 00:40:56,802 --> 00:41:00,675 regular people that would live in a regular house. 756 00:41:00,762 --> 00:41:03,722 - We believe generations coming together 757 00:41:03,809 --> 00:41:06,551 makes a powerful safety net. 758 00:41:06,638 --> 00:41:08,640 - As long as I feel like I can help any of these children 759 00:41:08,727 --> 00:41:11,512 in any way, I really feel privileged, 760 00:41:11,599 --> 00:41:14,384 and that's the main reason I moved here. 761 00:41:17,300 --> 00:41:20,434 - It means so much to me to have a child 762 00:41:20,521 --> 00:41:23,089 in my life who trusts me, 763 00:41:23,176 --> 00:41:25,874 and when you see the love for some of the elders, 764 00:41:25,961 --> 00:41:27,310 it's very evident. 765 00:41:27,397 --> 00:41:29,225 There we go. 766 00:41:29,312 --> 00:41:32,968 - The children have always been at ease here. 767 00:41:33,055 --> 00:41:36,015 They've come from abuse, 768 00:41:36,102 --> 00:41:39,061 and yet they came here with open arms. 769 00:41:42,238 --> 00:41:43,718 - You ended here, or did you end here? 770 00:41:43,805 --> 00:41:45,590 - Right here. 771 00:41:45,677 --> 00:41:48,636 Every kid here has an elder that they hang out with. 772 00:41:48,723 --> 00:41:53,902 "Probably just a temper tantrum," George says. "He re--" 773 00:41:53,989 --> 00:41:55,730 - What's a temper tantrum? 774 00:41:55,817 --> 00:41:59,429 - When someone gets mad and is really upset. 775 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:02,128 - Everybody's family. 776 00:42:02,215 --> 00:42:04,652 It's just the thing about living here. 777 00:42:04,739 --> 00:42:06,567 You can't live here without everybody being family. 778 00:42:06,654 --> 00:42:09,483 It's just how it goes. 779 00:42:09,570 --> 00:42:12,138 I tell my friends I have, like, 42 grandmas 780 00:42:12,225 --> 00:42:14,706 and, like, eight grandpas. 781 00:42:14,793 --> 00:42:17,056 - Just sit down here and pretend to read. 782 00:42:17,143 --> 00:42:19,667 Oh, look at that beautiful picture, yeah. 783 00:42:19,754 --> 00:42:21,539 All right, here's a good place. 784 00:42:21,626 --> 00:42:24,454 - Stun-ing. 785 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:26,065 - Yeah. - Standing? 786 00:42:26,152 --> 00:42:27,893 - Stunning. 787 00:42:27,980 --> 00:42:30,765 Very good. I am so proud of you. 788 00:42:30,852 --> 00:42:32,941 Okay, let's go eat. 789 00:42:34,943 --> 00:42:37,642 - Hi. 790 00:42:37,729 --> 00:42:39,861 - There you are, honey. 791 00:42:46,999 --> 00:42:50,176 - We're foster kids. - Are you? 792 00:42:50,263 --> 00:42:52,047 Are they clowning around? 793 00:42:52,134 --> 00:42:56,182 - Yeah. - We didn't have a book 794 00:42:56,269 --> 00:42:57,966 'cause it was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing, 795 00:42:58,053 --> 00:43:00,012 so we read a magazine that was out there. 796 00:43:00,099 --> 00:43:01,404 - Oh, yeah? - Yeah. 797 00:43:01,491 --> 00:43:02,928 - Magazines now, huh? - Yeah. 798 00:43:03,015 --> 00:43:04,625 - Wow. 799 00:43:04,712 --> 00:43:06,888 - You can read about anything you wanna read now. 800 00:43:06,975 --> 00:43:09,456 You're doing so good. 801 00:43:09,543 --> 00:43:12,415 - The teacher actually pulled me aside yesterday and s-- 802 00:43:12,502 --> 00:43:13,634 - About him? - Noticed improvements on both. 803 00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:15,331 - Good. - Yeah. 804 00:43:15,418 --> 00:43:20,119 I'm a grandmother who adopted four grandsons. 805 00:43:20,206 --> 00:43:23,862 It still is today too good to be true. 806 00:43:23,949 --> 00:43:26,212 The connection, knowing, that, you know, 807 00:43:26,299 --> 00:43:30,172 you're not in it alone; you're in it together. 808 00:43:30,259 --> 00:43:33,088 - 2009--18. - Yeah. 809 00:43:33,175 --> 00:43:35,177 You're supposed to get... [indistinct] 810 00:43:39,660 --> 00:43:41,053 - You know, one thing I did learn, 811 00:43:41,140 --> 00:43:45,405 you don't have to be blood-related to be related. 812 00:43:49,148 --> 00:43:51,803 - Our purpose is to help these children have abundant, 813 00:43:51,890 --> 00:43:53,543 beautiful lives, 814 00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:56,634 and thereby we will have abundant, beautiful lives. 815 00:44:10,604 --> 00:44:12,084 - We all have goals. 816 00:44:12,171 --> 00:44:16,784 We all have places that we wanna end up. 817 00:44:16,871 --> 00:44:20,483 Working and going to school all the time, 818 00:44:20,570 --> 00:44:24,792 I was mentally and physically exhausted. 819 00:44:28,056 --> 00:44:31,581 I'm a hard worker. I love my son. 820 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,845 I want to be a good mom. 821 00:44:36,543 --> 00:44:38,937 It was Christmastime. 822 00:44:39,024 --> 00:44:41,766 I couldn't buy my son Christmas gifts. 823 00:44:41,853 --> 00:44:44,769 I was working like crazy. 824 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,687 I go in to take my biology final. 825 00:44:49,774 --> 00:44:51,689 Every question, I'm like, "I don't know. 826 00:44:51,776 --> 00:44:53,429 I don't know. I don't know." 827 00:44:56,563 --> 00:44:59,131 You know, all these thoughts are running through my head that, 828 00:44:59,218 --> 00:45:00,741 "Oh, you're a failure," you know? 829 00:45:00,828 --> 00:45:02,569 "Everything that you've done, you've failed, 830 00:45:02,656 --> 00:45:06,878 "and you failed with your--you failed with your son. 831 00:45:06,965 --> 00:45:11,056 "You failed with hairdressing. You failed with waiting tables. 832 00:45:11,143 --> 00:45:13,580 You failed at being a provider for your son," 833 00:45:13,667 --> 00:45:15,713 but I was giving my all. 834 00:45:17,976 --> 00:45:22,502 And so I really just wanted to get in my car 835 00:45:22,589 --> 00:45:25,592 and drive it off a cliff, 836 00:45:25,679 --> 00:45:29,596 and that's exactly what I wanted to do 837 00:45:29,683 --> 00:45:32,164 because in my head I'm sitting there thinking, 838 00:45:32,251 --> 00:45:37,299 "You're--if this didn't work, none of it's ever gonna work, 839 00:45:37,386 --> 00:45:40,694 "and Kingston's gonna be happier with my parents, 840 00:45:40,781 --> 00:45:42,609 and he'll be taken care of," 841 00:45:42,696 --> 00:45:47,614 and--and I left that place 842 00:45:47,701 --> 00:45:51,052 holding in as much as I could. 843 00:45:51,139 --> 00:45:54,229 I knew I needed to reach out for help. 844 00:45:54,316 --> 00:45:56,928 I knew I needed to talk to somebody 845 00:45:57,015 --> 00:45:59,844 because I was afraid of what I was gonna do to myself. 846 00:46:09,549 --> 00:46:13,596 I had heard about the ARC through a fellow student, 847 00:46:13,683 --> 00:46:15,642 and she was a single mother as well. 848 00:46:15,729 --> 00:46:17,818 - Figure out a plan, kinda talk about, like, 849 00:46:17,905 --> 00:46:19,646 where you're at, where you wanna be. 850 00:46:19,733 --> 00:46:24,259 She came in, and she said, "I need to talk to someone. 851 00:46:24,346 --> 00:46:26,218 I don't know what to do." 852 00:46:26,305 --> 00:46:31,092 - I poured my heart and soul out in that--in that office. 853 00:46:31,179 --> 00:46:34,095 - And I just got to know her for who she is, 854 00:46:34,182 --> 00:46:37,403 and she's amazing. - Now we help... 855 00:46:37,490 --> 00:46:40,536 - At the most vulnerable time in my life, 856 00:46:40,623 --> 00:46:43,452 when somebody could have turned me away, 857 00:46:43,539 --> 00:46:47,935 somebody could have judged me, they encouraged me. 858 00:46:48,022 --> 00:46:51,852 They hugged on me. They loved on me. 859 00:46:51,939 --> 00:46:54,724 They listened to everything I had to say. 860 00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:58,337 - I just explained to her what we could provide in here. 861 00:46:58,424 --> 00:47:01,906 - I had no idea that they would help me with my bills. 862 00:47:01,993 --> 00:47:05,344 - The services that we had, the resources that we had... 863 00:47:05,431 --> 00:47:08,521 - They cared about me enough to invest in me. 864 00:47:11,916 --> 00:47:14,527 And that's... [sniffles] 865 00:47:17,138 --> 00:47:20,794 - The number of students that utilize that service 866 00:47:20,881 --> 00:47:24,145 is overwhelming to me. 867 00:47:26,887 --> 00:47:28,584 We have all of these services, 868 00:47:28,671 --> 00:47:30,848 but none of those services individually 869 00:47:30,935 --> 00:47:33,720 are designed to eradicate poverty, 870 00:47:33,807 --> 00:47:37,158 but if we as a college can glue them together 871 00:47:37,245 --> 00:47:41,162 in a way that allows Alicia to stay in school and graduate 872 00:47:41,249 --> 00:47:44,818 with a degree and matriculate into a living-wage job, 873 00:47:44,905 --> 00:47:48,126 then she doesn't need those services anymore. 874 00:47:48,213 --> 00:47:50,519 We solved her problem long-term 875 00:47:50,606 --> 00:47:54,436 by fixing the barriers that she faces short-term, 876 00:47:54,523 --> 00:47:57,526 and it's taken every part of the community 877 00:47:57,613 --> 00:47:59,224 to make that happen. 878 00:48:02,488 --> 00:48:06,448 - What we really need is community, 879 00:48:06,535 --> 00:48:08,711 and that's wellbeing. That's resilience. 880 00:48:08,798 --> 00:48:10,626 That's--that's the joy of it all 881 00:48:10,713 --> 00:48:12,019 'cause if I can dance with you, 882 00:48:12,106 --> 00:48:14,674 if I can laugh with you, you trust me, 883 00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:16,284 and if you trust me, 884 00:48:16,371 --> 00:48:18,896 you're gonna come see me when things are hard. 885 00:48:21,289 --> 00:48:24,162 - Community is where hope is going to be found. 886 00:48:29,950 --> 00:48:32,648 - The biggest need for us is we need each other, 887 00:48:32,735 --> 00:48:35,477 and when we say that, we're not just talking about people 888 00:48:35,564 --> 00:48:37,827 within 3 feet around us, but we start there. 889 00:48:41,744 --> 00:48:46,053 We have to take time to have each other experience 890 00:48:46,140 --> 00:48:49,839 what it means to be a neighbor to each other. 891 00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:52,755 [upbeat music] 892 00:48:52,842 --> 00:48:59,762 ♪ ♪ 893 00:49:08,989 --> 00:49:13,863 I'll see you later, babe. Yep. 894 00:49:13,951 --> 00:49:17,606 Geneva, you--you in charge 895 00:49:17,693 --> 00:49:19,652 of the big shop part, the workshop part. 896 00:49:19,739 --> 00:49:23,221 - What about me? - And sales, y'all too. Okay? 897 00:49:23,308 --> 00:49:26,876 But--but for you, you gotta listen to her. 898 00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:28,530 What's going on, man? 899 00:49:30,793 --> 00:49:33,492 It's already--you tried to beat that sun, didn't you? 900 00:49:33,579 --> 00:49:35,973 - Yeah, I did. 901 00:49:38,888 --> 00:49:40,673 - What's your mother really good at? 902 00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:46,070 - She takes care of us and teaching us. 903 00:49:46,157 --> 00:49:48,855 - Teaching, that's right. What type of things she teach? 904 00:49:48,942 --> 00:49:51,466 - She teach us, like, 905 00:49:51,553 --> 00:49:56,210 how to--how to be nice to each other. 906 00:49:56,297 --> 00:49:59,866 - That's right. What about you? 907 00:49:59,953 --> 00:50:04,653 - My mom, she good at cooking for me, 908 00:50:04,740 --> 00:50:06,220 for my family, 909 00:50:06,307 --> 00:50:10,659 and I like how she feed me--well-- 910 00:50:10,746 --> 00:50:12,966 and--I like how she feed me 911 00:50:13,053 --> 00:50:15,969 and she give me clothes to wear 912 00:50:16,056 --> 00:50:19,494 and a shower and a roof. 913 00:50:19,581 --> 00:50:21,235 - And a roof. - And that's all. 914 00:50:21,322 --> 00:50:24,673 And I like how my mom is good at teaching me 915 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:29,417 how to be a better person, you know, good. 916 00:50:29,504 --> 00:50:32,768 - Ready, set, go! 917 00:50:38,078 --> 00:50:42,909 Knock on the door. Hello? 918 00:50:42,996 --> 00:50:46,434 Last year, we started a bike shop... 919 00:50:46,521 --> 00:50:50,308 All right. Biker Boyz and Girlz Club. 920 00:50:50,395 --> 00:50:52,353 No--yeah, you take that one over there. 921 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:55,052 You take it. Let me help you. 922 00:50:55,139 --> 00:50:57,315 Line 'em up straight, in a straight line. 923 00:50:57,402 --> 00:51:00,187 We noticed how many people running up 924 00:51:00,274 --> 00:51:02,320 and down Harding Street, 925 00:51:02,407 --> 00:51:04,583 and most of 'em under the age of 15. 926 00:51:04,670 --> 00:51:07,542 - This one's big. - That's how we started it. 927 00:51:07,629 --> 00:51:09,588 We asked them if they would be our business partners. 928 00:51:11,242 --> 00:51:13,113 This gonna be the retail area. 929 00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:14,810 Everything--where the thing would be, the soft. 930 00:51:14,897 --> 00:51:16,856 I think my role is to figure out 931 00:51:16,943 --> 00:51:18,292 how to discover people's gifts and talents... 932 00:51:18,379 --> 00:51:20,164 - Well, I said, off of here 933 00:51:20,251 --> 00:51:21,382 so they can actually see what's going on in here. 934 00:51:21,469 --> 00:51:22,992 - That's right. Seeing and celebrating 935 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:24,690 what's in front of us. 936 00:51:24,777 --> 00:51:27,606 - Oh, I must ha-- - Why am I-- 937 00:51:27,693 --> 00:51:30,348 - Nia, can you touch this? Hey. 938 00:51:30,435 --> 00:51:32,437 - We got a hole in it, so we need to patch it. 939 00:51:32,524 --> 00:51:33,960 - Who got the broom? 940 00:51:34,047 --> 00:51:35,440 Who gonna sweep? Who wanna try that? 941 00:51:35,527 --> 00:51:36,615 - Me. - Me. 942 00:51:36,702 --> 00:51:40,053 - All right. 943 00:51:40,140 --> 00:51:42,708 The chief of police came down at one point and said, "Hey, 944 00:51:42,795 --> 00:51:45,406 I'd like to invest in this, and I got some bikes." 945 00:51:47,234 --> 00:51:48,540 - Nice to meet you. 946 00:51:48,627 --> 00:51:51,108 - So rather than selling them, 947 00:51:51,195 --> 00:51:53,197 we created an agreement. with a nonprofit... 948 00:51:55,721 --> 00:51:58,637 - That is so wonderful. 949 00:51:58,724 --> 00:52:00,900 - We have to provide opportunities 950 00:52:00,987 --> 00:52:04,121 and support those people that--that are doing the work, 951 00:52:04,208 --> 00:52:05,861 quite frankly. 952 00:52:05,948 --> 00:52:08,081 - Flat tire, flat tire. - Oh, we gotta get 'em off. 953 00:52:08,168 --> 00:52:09,909 - Yeah. 954 00:52:09,996 --> 00:52:11,606 - We've had people come up and was like, you know, 955 00:52:11,693 --> 00:52:13,173 "I really need to get a--borrow a bike 956 00:52:13,260 --> 00:52:14,696 to get to a job interview," 957 00:52:14,783 --> 00:52:17,351 or something like that, and a lot of times we'll-- 958 00:52:17,438 --> 00:52:19,875 we'll go loan them a bike so that they can go do that. 959 00:52:19,962 --> 00:52:21,790 - Historically, this has been-- this has been a rough area, 960 00:52:21,877 --> 00:52:24,445 both to grow up in and to police, 961 00:52:24,532 --> 00:52:26,969 and it's--it's things like this 962 00:52:27,056 --> 00:52:29,363 that I think can help alter that a little bit. 963 00:52:32,192 --> 00:52:33,672 - If you listen to the news, 964 00:52:33,759 --> 00:52:36,370 you'll hear the 46208 neighborhood 965 00:52:36,457 --> 00:52:40,940 as a place for treacherous things or things that are wrong, 966 00:52:41,027 --> 00:52:44,465 but to me it's a neighborhood where people love each other. 967 00:52:44,552 --> 00:52:47,729 It's a place where people share, 968 00:52:47,816 --> 00:52:50,341 and most of that is about community. 969 00:52:50,428 --> 00:52:52,908 - Ahh! 970 00:52:52,995 --> 00:52:56,129 - Yeah, y'all probably gonna have a lot of people here today. 971 00:52:56,216 --> 00:52:57,696 - Yeah, we let you all through and have a seat. 972 00:52:57,783 --> 00:52:59,088 - Yeah, y'all... [indistinct] - Go ahead and have a seat. 973 00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:00,394 Y'all good. 974 00:53:00,481 --> 00:53:02,396 - Stories and people 975 00:53:02,483 --> 00:53:03,876 sharing their stories 976 00:53:03,963 --> 00:53:07,532 is a philanthropic act. Y'all have any questions? 977 00:53:07,619 --> 00:53:10,491 When you sit on the porch and someone becomes vulnerable... 978 00:53:10,578 --> 00:53:12,189 - I don't have a driver's license. 979 00:53:12,276 --> 00:53:14,016 I'm 27, and I've never had one. 980 00:53:14,103 --> 00:53:15,975 - My permit was suspended when I was 16, 981 00:53:16,062 --> 00:53:17,759 so I ain't never had a license. 982 00:53:17,846 --> 00:53:20,109 - I brought some folks from the Indiana Legal Service 983 00:53:20,197 --> 00:53:22,416 for my friend IU law school. 984 00:53:22,503 --> 00:53:24,026 I'm trying to make this as less hoops as possible. 985 00:53:24,113 --> 00:53:26,768 What I'm committing is trying to get 60 people 986 00:53:26,855 --> 00:53:29,902 they driver's license back from and around this neighborhood 987 00:53:29,989 --> 00:53:32,296 or at large that are people of color. 988 00:53:32,383 --> 00:53:37,257 Let us not forget that being African American in this country 989 00:53:37,344 --> 00:53:41,305 meant you were treated cruel at some point, 990 00:53:41,392 --> 00:53:46,658 and a couple of things. We can live in sorrow of that 991 00:53:46,745 --> 00:53:51,358 because those scars of my grandparents have affected me, 992 00:53:51,445 --> 00:53:55,144 and they affect people in my neighborhood. 993 00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:57,886 But for me, what I'm looking for is healing. 994 00:53:57,973 --> 00:54:00,324 And how to utilize his gifts and his power. 995 00:54:00,411 --> 00:54:03,327 - [indistinct] says it best. There are assets. 996 00:54:03,414 --> 00:54:05,677 We just gotta tap into the assets and understand 997 00:54:05,764 --> 00:54:09,246 that they don't look like me. They don't look like you, 998 00:54:09,333 --> 00:54:11,291 and we just need to be able to embrace them 999 00:54:11,378 --> 00:54:13,989 because once you do that, there's hope and healing 1000 00:54:14,076 --> 00:54:16,296 within the body of the community. 1001 00:54:16,383 --> 00:54:20,344 - What listening does, it builds the first piece of capital 1002 00:54:20,431 --> 00:54:24,565 that we all need as humans. It's trust. 1003 00:54:24,652 --> 00:54:26,915 But to have they power shined on, right? 1004 00:54:27,002 --> 00:54:28,743 In honor, right? 1005 00:54:28,830 --> 00:54:31,355 These people have power. These are my neighbors. 1006 00:54:31,442 --> 00:54:33,705 [applause] 1007 00:54:33,792 --> 00:54:35,228 And I learned a couple of lessons, 1008 00:54:35,315 --> 00:54:37,230 the power of being a neighbor 1009 00:54:37,317 --> 00:54:39,972 and the power of shutting up and listening. 1010 00:54:40,059 --> 00:54:44,368 [laughter] 1011 00:54:44,455 --> 00:54:47,327 On these little journeys, the young people learn 1012 00:54:47,414 --> 00:54:50,025 also the practice of stopping 1013 00:54:50,112 --> 00:54:53,812 and treating your neighbors with dignity. 1014 00:54:53,899 --> 00:54:56,249 They know what it means to be treated 1015 00:54:56,336 --> 00:54:59,426 in a way that is not dignified, 1016 00:54:59,513 --> 00:55:02,995 but they also understand how to treat people with dignity. 1017 00:55:03,082 --> 00:55:07,347 - Welcome to McDonald's. How can I take your order? 1018 00:55:07,434 --> 00:55:09,871 - We don't sell hot sauce here, ma'am. 1019 00:55:09,958 --> 00:55:12,352 - I want to continue discovering the gifts 1020 00:55:12,439 --> 00:55:15,442 and talents of everybody in the life of our community, 1021 00:55:15,529 --> 00:55:17,357 find a place for they gift, 1022 00:55:17,444 --> 00:55:18,967 and celebrate their gifts 1023 00:55:19,054 --> 00:55:20,447 in ways that build community, economy, 1024 00:55:20,534 --> 00:55:21,883 and mutual delight. 1025 00:55:21,970 --> 00:55:24,016 Five and five. 1026 00:55:24,103 --> 00:55:25,974 We just want you to pay attention. 1027 00:55:27,933 --> 00:55:31,110 You keep this in your pocket. You understand? 1028 00:55:31,197 --> 00:55:35,419 They know that little corner house on Harding and Edgemont, 1029 00:55:35,506 --> 00:55:38,900 where that bike shop is, is more than a bike shop. 1030 00:55:48,214 --> 00:55:49,607 Do you think I'm professional? 1031 00:55:49,694 --> 00:55:53,001 both: Yeah. - [laughs] 1032 00:55:53,088 --> 00:55:55,569 I la--that's funny. Thank you. 1033 00:55:55,656 --> 00:55:57,484 That's a compliment. 1034 00:55:57,571 --> 00:55:59,225 That's the most honorable compliment 1035 00:55:59,312 --> 00:56:01,923 I'll probably get today. 1036 00:56:02,010 --> 00:56:06,145 I want to be a witness, not just in my zip code, 1037 00:56:06,232 --> 00:56:08,234 but I want me and my neighbors all over the world 1038 00:56:08,321 --> 00:56:12,107 to be a witness to the power of love. 1039 00:56:12,194 --> 00:56:13,413 Y'all wanna make the bike shop here? 1040 00:56:13,500 --> 00:56:15,067 - I don't know about that. 1041 00:56:15,154 --> 00:56:16,373 - I've been thinking about buying this 1042 00:56:16,460 --> 00:56:17,461 for the bike shop and fixing it up. 1043 00:56:17,548 --> 00:56:19,071 - I don't even know her name. 1044 00:56:19,158 --> 00:56:21,508 - Do you know her name? If we can fix this up, 1045 00:56:21,595 --> 00:56:24,163 we can have an office and then where you fix the bikes. 1046 00:56:24,250 --> 00:56:27,122 - [speaks indistinctly] 1047 00:56:27,209 --> 00:56:30,691 - Putting time and practice into family, 1048 00:56:30,778 --> 00:56:34,042 love, being a good neighbor, 1049 00:56:34,129 --> 00:56:36,610 that's really what counts for all of us. 1050 00:56:36,697 --> 00:56:40,397 [poignant music] 1051 00:56:40,484 --> 00:56:46,968 ♪ ♪ 1052 00:56:54,541 --> 00:56:56,543 [bird chirps] 1053 00:57:49,901 --> 00:57:52,077 - Food order, first thing in the morning. 1054 00:57:52,164 --> 00:57:54,209 Yay! Thank you. 1055 00:58:43,302 --> 00:58:44,695 - I thought we transported it home. 1056 00:58:50,570 --> 00:58:52,224 - Yep. 1057 00:59:19,686 --> 00:59:21,340 - Why you hiding that one? 1058 00:59:21,427 --> 00:59:22,602 You didn't want nobody to see it? 1059 00:59:22,689 --> 00:59:23,821 You messed up? You messed that one up? 1060 00:59:23,908 --> 00:59:24,996 - That's just-- - You tried to hide it? 1061 00:59:25,083 --> 00:59:26,345 Don't hide your mistakes. 1062 00:59:26,432 --> 00:59:27,694 - No. - It's okay. 1063 01:00:08,648 --> 01:00:10,737 - Hey, Melissa. - Yeah. 1064 01:00:10,824 --> 01:00:13,305 June is usually summertime, right? 1065 01:00:13,392 --> 01:00:14,611 - Yes, it is. 1066 01:00:14,698 --> 01:00:17,222 - Let's cut around here. - Yeah. 1067 01:00:17,309 --> 01:00:18,963 - About that size, about a foot, 1068 01:00:19,050 --> 01:00:20,617 and then we're gonna strip this. 1069 01:00:20,704 --> 01:00:23,271 - You're ready for the Tour de Hurleyville. 1070 01:00:23,358 --> 01:00:25,360 - I'm joining the crew here. 1071 01:00:25,447 --> 01:00:28,407 - Okay, follow me. This way. - Come on, Johnny boy! 1072 01:00:28,494 --> 01:00:30,670 - Here I come! - I know it. 1073 01:00:30,757 --> 01:00:33,194 You're hot on my tail there, buddy. 1074 01:00:33,281 --> 01:00:35,066 Ah, feel the breeze. 1075 01:00:38,330 --> 01:00:42,464 - In the past, when a child with a significant disability 1076 01:00:42,551 --> 01:00:47,034 was born, neurologists and physicians 1077 01:00:47,121 --> 01:00:48,993 would be the first to say 1078 01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:51,822 that your family would be better off, 1079 01:00:51,909 --> 01:00:54,520 place the person in an institution, 1080 01:00:54,607 --> 01:00:58,089 basically, warehouse folks with disabilities. 1081 01:00:58,176 --> 01:00:59,786 And they were pretty rough places. 1082 01:00:59,873 --> 01:01:02,441 Oh, my God, look at that tree, John. 1083 01:01:02,528 --> 01:01:04,617 - It is magical, yes. 1084 01:01:04,704 --> 01:01:07,489 It's like going back through time. 1085 01:01:07,576 --> 01:01:10,405 - In 1980 it was the time in New York state 1086 01:01:10,492 --> 01:01:13,191 where we were under sanction by the federal government 1087 01:01:13,278 --> 01:01:18,239 to close major institutions, and this movement started. 1088 01:01:18,326 --> 01:01:20,502 - Good morning. 1089 01:01:22,548 --> 01:01:25,377 - Good morning. How are you? 1090 01:01:25,464 --> 01:01:28,206 - Good. - Good. Welcome back to school. 1091 01:01:28,293 --> 01:01:30,208 - The spirit here is revolutionary. 1092 01:01:30,295 --> 01:01:32,297 We'll take the most complicated people, 1093 01:01:32,384 --> 01:01:35,387 and we'll figure out how to care for them. 1094 01:01:35,474 --> 01:01:37,737 - Even if you have multiple disabilities 1095 01:01:37,824 --> 01:01:40,174 and you have struggles, you can still learn. 1096 01:01:40,261 --> 01:01:43,525 There are different ways to adapt the environment, 1097 01:01:43,612 --> 01:01:46,441 adapt lessons, adapt everything, really, 1098 01:01:46,528 --> 01:01:49,401 to help somebody be more successful. 1099 01:01:49,488 --> 01:01:52,230 - Gotta get samples. - You have to remember 1100 01:01:52,317 --> 01:01:54,623 that these folks were placed in the '40s, 1101 01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:59,280 '50s, and '60s and functionally abandoned. 1102 01:01:59,367 --> 01:02:03,067 They still hold on to decades and centuries of judgment, 1103 01:02:05,504 --> 01:02:09,029 Older gents and women who lived there for 55 years 1104 01:02:09,116 --> 01:02:12,119 and who were probably typically normal intelligence 1105 01:02:12,206 --> 01:02:14,382 but had a physical disability, 1106 01:02:14,469 --> 01:02:17,690 They were in a terribly ugly environment for the most part. 1107 01:02:17,777 --> 01:02:20,606 - We're evolving as a community, as a country. 1108 01:02:20,693 --> 01:02:23,565 The inclusiveness of this population, 1109 01:02:23,652 --> 01:02:25,698 years ago, you didn't know that they existed. 1110 01:02:31,965 --> 01:02:34,359 - Hi. - Good morning. 1111 01:02:34,446 --> 01:02:36,491 The residents are essential in helping us pack out 1112 01:02:36,578 --> 01:02:38,102 for things like that, 1113 01:02:38,189 --> 01:02:40,147 and it's really like a team effort. 1114 01:02:40,234 --> 01:02:41,801 - We're outside of a clinic. 1115 01:02:41,888 --> 01:02:45,283 We're outside of a four-wall normal situation. 1116 01:02:45,370 --> 01:02:48,416 - So what are we doing today? - Washing lettuce. 1117 01:02:48,503 --> 01:02:50,375 - You got it. You got it. Okay. 1118 01:02:50,462 --> 01:02:54,379 - The perfect day on the farm is all of the staff 1119 01:02:54,466 --> 01:02:58,600 standing back and watching while the residents do the job. 1120 01:02:58,687 --> 01:03:00,298 Now, we like to work together too, 1121 01:03:00,385 --> 01:03:03,083 but that ability to do that, like, that's something 1122 01:03:03,170 --> 01:03:05,259 that they taught me, is that is possible. 1123 01:03:05,346 --> 01:03:08,175 - This is called Maximilian sunflower. 1124 01:03:08,262 --> 01:03:10,221 - Maximilian sunflower? 1125 01:03:10,308 --> 01:03:12,179 - You got it, girl. - Yeah. 1126 01:03:12,266 --> 01:03:15,269 - What can you do with these raw materials? 1127 01:03:15,356 --> 01:03:16,270 What's your favorite color? 1128 01:03:16,357 --> 01:03:17,837 - Red. 1129 01:03:17,924 --> 01:03:19,491 - You get a bunch of skilled people together 1130 01:03:19,578 --> 01:03:23,103 who can make magic out of things in all capacities, 1131 01:03:23,190 --> 01:03:26,803 infrastructure, education, therapy, 1132 01:03:26,890 --> 01:03:30,328 all these things coming together in a real symphony 1133 01:03:30,415 --> 01:03:33,461 looks pretty good. It's working. 1134 01:03:33,548 --> 01:03:36,813 - You want the longer one? - Yeah. 1135 01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:39,424 - The fire company is a hub of the community. 1136 01:03:39,511 --> 01:03:42,688 It's the brotherhood and sisterhood of the town, 1137 01:03:42,775 --> 01:03:45,256 and it brings everybody together in a time of need 1138 01:03:45,343 --> 01:03:47,127 and a time of joy as well. 1139 01:03:51,001 --> 01:03:52,741 - Good job, Tommy. 1140 01:03:55,657 --> 01:03:57,746 - I thought it was really funny 1141 01:03:57,834 --> 01:03:59,923 how I was making the water dance. 1142 01:04:00,010 --> 01:04:04,014 That's what I did to myself. I got myself wet. 1143 01:04:05,972 --> 01:04:09,236 - Thank you, my dear. This is cool. 1144 01:04:09,323 --> 01:04:10,934 They're compostable. 1145 01:04:11,021 --> 01:04:13,240 [laughter] 1146 01:04:40,006 --> 01:04:42,226 - You know my board president, you know, Ed Sweeney? 1147 01:04:42,313 --> 01:04:44,358 - I think so. 1148 01:04:44,445 --> 01:04:47,927 - He may approach you to join the agency board of directors. 1149 01:04:48,014 --> 01:04:50,625 You'll have to decide if you want to do it or not. 1150 01:04:50,712 --> 01:04:52,889 It's a lot of work. 1151 01:05:13,692 --> 01:05:17,217 - Have you had practice for about eight weeks? 1152 01:05:17,304 --> 01:05:18,871 Holy cow. 1153 01:05:18,958 --> 01:05:21,004 Is there a certain dance you like better than others? 1154 01:05:21,091 --> 01:05:22,266 - The tango. - The tango? 1155 01:05:22,353 --> 01:05:24,137 You like the tango? 1156 01:05:24,224 --> 01:05:27,097 [soft string music] 1157 01:05:27,184 --> 01:05:33,930 ♪ ♪ 1158 01:05:53,645 --> 01:05:55,603 - I love this town. 1159 01:05:57,736 --> 01:06:00,695 I love seeing Jeffrey in his wheelchair 1160 01:06:00,782 --> 01:06:04,569 coming down the street. I love going to the market 1161 01:06:04,656 --> 01:06:05,962 and seeing Brian working at the market. 1162 01:06:06,049 --> 01:06:09,617 I love seeing them going to the barbershop. 1163 01:06:09,704 --> 01:06:14,579 If everywhere were to feel how we feel in this little town 1164 01:06:14,666 --> 01:06:18,539 that we're in, it'd be great. 1165 01:06:18,626 --> 01:06:20,628 - Ah, ah. Ah. 1166 01:06:20,715 --> 01:06:22,369 - Ah. 1167 01:06:22,456 --> 01:06:23,849 - It's only been 40 years 1168 01:06:23,936 --> 01:06:24,850 that they've come from the dark ages, 1169 01:06:24,937 --> 01:06:27,505 and I fear they could go back 1170 01:06:27,592 --> 01:06:31,683 if we don't get a handle on some of this stuff. 1171 01:06:31,770 --> 01:06:35,121 The single most important thing to do for us 1172 01:06:35,208 --> 01:06:37,297 all living on this planet, 1173 01:06:37,384 --> 01:06:41,780 it's being empathetic, caring for your fellow man. 1174 01:06:41,867 --> 01:06:44,043 If you have that in your arsenal, 1175 01:06:44,130 --> 01:06:46,045 you can do just about everything. 1176 01:06:56,012 --> 01:06:58,318 - Come on in, boys. 1177 01:07:01,539 --> 01:07:03,367 Good morning, ladies. 1178 01:07:07,153 --> 01:07:11,940 Come on. Come on. 1179 01:07:12,028 --> 01:07:13,681 - Sorry. - Okay. It's okay. 1180 01:07:18,425 --> 01:07:21,037 All right, ladies and gentlemen, 1181 01:07:21,124 --> 01:07:24,257 this first quote comes from the religion 1182 01:07:24,344 --> 01:07:29,306 Judaism, the Talmud, Shabbat 31a, and the quote says, 1183 01:07:29,393 --> 01:07:33,397 "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow men." 1184 01:07:33,484 --> 01:07:36,095 If you find it hateful, whether it's the way 1185 01:07:36,182 --> 01:07:39,446 someone talks to you, looks at you, 1186 01:07:39,533 --> 01:07:43,102 treats you differently, whatever it is, 1187 01:07:43,189 --> 01:07:45,496 if you find it hateful--so you can make, 1188 01:07:45,583 --> 01:07:49,804 in your own head silently, a list of all the hateful things 1189 01:07:49,891 --> 01:07:51,850 that people could--the way they could treat you. 1190 01:07:51,937 --> 01:07:55,636 Now take that list, and don't treat other people that way. 1191 01:07:55,723 --> 01:07:58,683 It's pretty simple. 1192 01:07:58,770 --> 01:08:01,294 Most world religions have some version of the Golden Rule, 1193 01:08:01,381 --> 01:08:03,166 and they all basically are saying the same thing. 1194 01:08:03,253 --> 01:08:05,255 It's all about how we treat each other. 1195 01:08:05,342 --> 01:08:07,692 All right, so underneath the quote, 1196 01:08:07,779 --> 01:08:09,868 what you're going to do--and this is part of the warm-up. 1197 01:08:09,955 --> 01:08:13,132 I want you to tell me about a time 1198 01:08:13,219 --> 01:08:15,134 where somebody treated you in a hateful way 1199 01:08:15,221 --> 01:08:17,745 or--you treated them or they treated you, 1200 01:08:17,832 --> 01:08:20,357 so you can be on either side of this hateful treatment. 1201 01:08:20,444 --> 01:08:23,534 After that, how did that make you feel? 1202 01:08:23,621 --> 01:08:26,145 - There had been an incident at Downey High School 1203 01:08:26,232 --> 01:08:29,105 where a student had been bullied, 1204 01:08:29,192 --> 01:08:34,632 and we really felt that if all students had this information, 1205 01:08:34,719 --> 01:08:39,027 that it just might influence their attitudes 1206 01:08:39,115 --> 01:08:42,944 about someone who was different from them within our community. 1207 01:08:43,031 --> 01:08:46,905 - Having the world religions class is a natural extension 1208 01:08:46,992 --> 01:08:49,386 of talking about the diversity of our nation. 1209 01:08:49,473 --> 01:08:51,475 In the United States, 1210 01:08:51,562 --> 01:08:53,216 our differences are not a weakness. 1211 01:08:53,303 --> 01:08:56,175 They're a strength, 1212 01:08:56,262 --> 01:08:58,612 but how can we teach about religion 1213 01:08:58,699 --> 01:09:00,397 in a public school setting? 1214 01:09:00,484 --> 01:09:03,748 We brought in the First Amendment Center 1215 01:09:03,835 --> 01:09:06,533 to do a lot of training with our teachers. 1216 01:09:06,620 --> 01:09:09,057 We had representatives from all of our different 1217 01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:11,495 religious traditions in the community to come in 1218 01:09:11,582 --> 01:09:13,366 and take a look at the course outline 1219 01:09:13,453 --> 01:09:15,673 and then come back to us to give us feedback. 1220 01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:18,023 - Every day, we treat people in a way 1221 01:09:18,110 --> 01:09:20,547 that we would not ourselves wanna be treated. 1222 01:09:20,634 --> 01:09:22,680 - One of our major concerns 1223 01:09:22,767 --> 01:09:24,029 when we developed the world religions 1224 01:09:24,116 --> 01:09:25,639 course was the controversy 1225 01:09:25,726 --> 01:09:27,467 that--making a graduation requirement 1226 01:09:27,554 --> 01:09:29,861 that all students would be required to take the class. 1227 01:09:29,948 --> 01:09:31,471 - That we felt that it was important enough 1228 01:09:31,558 --> 01:09:33,430 that every student in Modesto 1229 01:09:33,517 --> 01:09:35,693 have an understanding of the different traditions 1230 01:09:35,780 --> 01:09:38,652 that make up our community. 1231 01:09:38,739 --> 01:09:41,394 - We hope to reach enough students 1232 01:09:41,481 --> 01:09:43,614 that they're going to have a second thought 1233 01:09:43,701 --> 01:09:46,399 about saying something that's inappropriate 1234 01:09:46,486 --> 01:09:49,054 about someone else based on their faith, 1235 01:09:49,141 --> 01:09:51,883 based on their race, based on their gender. 1236 01:09:51,970 --> 01:09:54,451 - Today, in their lives right now, 1237 01:09:54,538 --> 01:09:56,192 they will come across people 1238 01:09:56,279 --> 01:09:58,846 of other faiths, at the mall, in their classroom, 1239 01:09:58,933 --> 01:10:00,718 or the parents of fellow students 1240 01:10:00,805 --> 01:10:02,763 who practice all of these different faiths, 1241 01:10:02,850 --> 01:10:04,461 and the more they know about each other, 1242 01:10:04,548 --> 01:10:06,506 the easier it's gonna be to get along 1243 01:10:06,593 --> 01:10:08,987 and be compassionate with each other. 1244 01:10:11,468 --> 01:10:13,034 Underneath the word "respect," 1245 01:10:13,121 --> 01:10:15,559 you're going to copy the definition, 1246 01:10:15,646 --> 01:10:18,649 "honoring the worth and value of individuals and institutions 1247 01:10:18,736 --> 01:10:21,391 and treating them accordingly." 1248 01:10:21,478 --> 01:10:22,696 Does it say you have to agree with them? 1249 01:10:22,783 --> 01:10:24,089 - No. 1250 01:10:24,176 --> 01:10:25,438 - Does it say you have to like them? 1251 01:10:25,525 --> 01:10:29,137 Nope. Treat other people with respect regardless 1252 01:10:29,225 --> 01:10:31,444 of how they treat you. 1253 01:10:31,531 --> 01:10:35,274 Maybe they will pull themselves up to your level 1254 01:10:35,361 --> 01:10:37,058 rather than you going down to theirs. 1255 01:10:42,629 --> 01:10:46,938 - Treat people with dignity. Believe what they say. 1256 01:10:47,025 --> 01:10:50,768 Every single person deserves to be celebrated, 1257 01:10:50,855 --> 01:10:53,901 every single person. 1258 01:10:53,988 --> 01:10:57,253 - We all have fear of things we do not understand, 1259 01:10:57,340 --> 01:11:00,256 and I think sometimes what we perceive in a community 1260 01:11:00,343 --> 01:11:02,693 to be unwelcoming is really fear, 1261 01:11:02,780 --> 01:11:05,391 fear of "Is this gonna change who we are? 1262 01:11:05,478 --> 01:11:07,350 Is this gonna change our values?" 1263 01:11:07,437 --> 01:11:10,353 That's where that comes from. 1264 01:11:10,440 --> 01:11:13,181 - The hate that exists in this country 1265 01:11:13,269 --> 01:11:18,099 could be our destruction, or it could be our clarion call. 1266 01:11:18,186 --> 01:11:21,015 - But I think it does take 1267 01:11:21,102 --> 01:11:24,323 someone in leadership to say, 1268 01:11:24,410 --> 01:11:27,674 "We are going to build bridges." 1269 01:11:27,761 --> 01:11:30,198 - I wanna live in a country 1270 01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:34,942 that is a genuinely egalitarian democracy. 1271 01:11:35,029 --> 01:11:40,426 Who is it who is willing to risk something on behalf of people 1272 01:11:40,513 --> 01:11:42,950 who others hate? 1273 01:11:43,037 --> 01:11:47,303 How do you develop more solidarity with the oppressed? 1274 01:11:52,133 --> 01:11:56,050 - Galatians 1, starting with verse 15, 1275 01:11:56,137 --> 01:11:58,618 "He is the image of the invisible God, 1276 01:11:58,705 --> 01:12:01,795 "the firstborn of all creation, 1277 01:12:01,882 --> 01:12:05,973 "for in him all things in heaven 1278 01:12:06,060 --> 01:12:08,106 and on earth were created." 1279 01:12:08,193 --> 01:12:09,586 This is the word of the Lord. 1280 01:12:09,673 --> 01:12:11,544 all: Thanks be to God. 1281 01:12:13,241 --> 01:12:16,157 [birds chirping] 1282 01:12:25,079 --> 01:12:27,255 - I remember some of my critics said, 1283 01:12:27,343 --> 01:12:32,783 "Wow, who are you to set aside 2,000 years of tradition?" 1284 01:12:32,870 --> 01:12:35,960 The only possible answer I could give was, 1285 01:12:36,047 --> 01:12:37,353 "I am attempting to exercise 1286 01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:41,748 my vocation as a Christian ethicist." 1287 01:12:41,835 --> 01:12:45,404 What happened was vicious attacks on social media 1288 01:12:45,491 --> 01:12:48,842 and in reviews, lost friendships. 1289 01:12:48,929 --> 01:12:50,017 "You're no longer a good Christian. 1290 01:12:50,104 --> 01:12:52,193 I can't be your friend anymore." 1291 01:12:52,280 --> 01:12:55,806 It helps to remember that by 2014 when I wrote 1292 01:12:55,893 --> 01:12:57,721 "Changing Our Mind," 1293 01:12:57,808 --> 01:12:59,200 I was the coauthor of the leading textbook 1294 01:12:59,287 --> 01:13:01,725 in Christian ethics in the evangelical world. 1295 01:13:01,812 --> 01:13:04,292 I had taught thousands of students, 1296 01:13:04,380 --> 01:13:06,947 but I had been blinded 1297 01:13:07,034 --> 01:13:10,037 to the harm that traditional teaching does. 1298 01:13:10,124 --> 01:13:13,301 I had repeated the Christian party line 1299 01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:16,783 that God made human beings, male and female, 1300 01:13:16,870 --> 01:13:20,657 for heterosexual relationships only, 1301 01:13:20,744 --> 01:13:23,660 and everything else is sin. 1302 01:13:30,536 --> 01:13:35,149 My mother-in-law, Lynnie, is a Baptist of long standing, 1303 01:13:35,236 --> 01:13:39,980 and so I--I get her to church on Sunday morning, 1304 01:13:40,067 --> 01:13:42,418 and she's in the class. 1305 01:13:42,505 --> 01:13:44,811 She's the oldest in the class, but she's not 1306 01:13:44,898 --> 01:13:47,684 the only 80-something person in the class. 1307 01:13:47,771 --> 01:13:50,774 - Morning. - Morning. 1308 01:13:50,861 --> 01:13:52,471 Have you ever been in a Sunday school class 1309 01:13:52,558 --> 01:13:55,431 that has this kind of diversity in it, Mom? 1310 01:13:55,518 --> 01:13:57,389 - No. [laughs] 1311 01:13:57,476 --> 01:14:01,088 The class that I belong to, we're all elderly white women. 1312 01:14:01,175 --> 01:14:03,569 - Mm-hmm. 1313 01:14:03,656 --> 01:14:06,224 - So a breath of fresh air. 1314 01:14:06,311 --> 01:14:08,661 A new day has dawned in the world 1315 01:14:08,748 --> 01:14:13,927 if this class can exist and do what it's doing. 1316 01:14:16,713 --> 01:14:22,196 - I have an incredible amount of respect for David Gushee. 1317 01:14:22,283 --> 01:14:25,330 He was the champion 1318 01:14:25,417 --> 01:14:29,116 of the Southern Baptist evangelicals. 1319 01:14:29,203 --> 01:14:31,684 - How are you? - I'm good. I'm good. 1320 01:14:31,771 --> 01:14:35,209 - If you've been to a Baptist seminary in the last 25, 1321 01:14:35,296 --> 01:14:37,255 30 years, you've read his books. 1322 01:14:40,127 --> 01:14:43,000 This world-renowned theologian and ethicist, 1323 01:14:43,087 --> 01:14:45,263 he's now an outcast. 1324 01:14:48,440 --> 01:14:51,399 - We're in Job 9 today. 1325 01:14:51,487 --> 01:14:53,184 Job, at this point, by chapter nine, 1326 01:14:53,271 --> 01:14:55,447 feels like God has put him on trial, you might say, 1327 01:14:55,534 --> 01:15:00,191 but God is both the adversary, and God is also the judge, 1328 01:15:00,278 --> 01:15:03,107 and so Job feels overwhelmed by the unfairness of the situation. 1329 01:15:03,194 --> 01:15:05,370 - And powerless. - He's totally powerless. 1330 01:15:05,457 --> 01:15:08,416 Verse four through ten. 1331 01:15:08,504 --> 01:15:10,854 - "He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. 1332 01:15:10,941 --> 01:15:13,160 Who alone stretched out the heavens and..." 1333 01:15:13,247 --> 01:15:16,250 - The question of which Bible passages are most relevant 1334 01:15:16,337 --> 01:15:17,730 to whatever it is you're thinking about 1335 01:15:17,817 --> 01:15:19,558 is itself a matter of interpretation. 1336 01:15:19,645 --> 01:15:21,908 - "Who will say to him..." - I have met people 1337 01:15:21,995 --> 01:15:24,781 whose children are dead 1338 01:15:24,868 --> 01:15:28,132 because they committed suicide because somebody told them 1339 01:15:28,219 --> 01:15:31,396 that they were wretched sinners going to hell, 1340 01:15:31,483 --> 01:15:32,963 and they got that from bible passages. 1341 01:15:33,050 --> 01:15:34,660 And this line, where it ends, 1342 01:15:34,747 --> 01:15:38,316 "I know that I am not what I am thought to be." 1343 01:15:38,403 --> 01:15:41,928 There are people who have been told 1344 01:15:42,015 --> 01:15:45,715 that God condemns you, 1345 01:15:45,802 --> 01:15:50,633 that you are not okay, that you are guilty before God. 1346 01:15:50,720 --> 01:15:52,286 - Well, I resonate with the story, 1347 01:15:52,373 --> 01:15:54,288 but I was thinking about my own personal journey. 1348 01:15:54,375 --> 01:15:56,464 Job did this all by himself, I feel like, 1349 01:15:56,552 --> 01:15:58,379 and once I, like, came out, 1350 01:15:58,466 --> 01:15:59,990 that kinda changed everything for me, 1351 01:16:00,077 --> 01:16:01,644 and it gave me a support system 1352 01:16:01,731 --> 01:16:04,168 and more people to walk with me on the journey. 1353 01:16:04,255 --> 01:16:05,865 And I feel like he was very isolated still, 1354 01:16:05,952 --> 01:16:09,695 and so for him to be that brave is real inspiring. 1355 01:16:09,782 --> 01:16:13,786 - So I think of suicidality of LGBTQ young people, right? 1356 01:16:13,873 --> 01:16:15,701 There's nowhere to go. 1357 01:16:15,788 --> 01:16:20,140 "I'm boxed in, condemned for being who I am, 1358 01:16:20,227 --> 01:16:25,102 "no escape from who I am, but you made me how I am, 1359 01:16:25,189 --> 01:16:27,757 and now you judge me for how you made me." 1360 01:16:27,844 --> 01:16:30,803 How is that fair? 1361 01:16:30,890 --> 01:16:34,546 Can we stand up and hold hands and have a prayer? 1362 01:16:34,633 --> 01:16:38,115 There are maybe six to eight passages in the Bible 1363 01:16:38,202 --> 01:16:41,727 that appear to address same-sex sex, 1364 01:16:41,814 --> 01:16:44,121 and they're all negative. 1365 01:16:44,208 --> 01:16:46,950 Dear Lord... 1366 01:16:47,037 --> 01:16:49,605 you are healing us through this direct 1367 01:16:49,692 --> 01:16:52,085 and honest encounter with scripture, 1368 01:16:52,172 --> 01:16:55,654 with church at its best but also church at its worst. 1369 01:16:55,741 --> 01:16:58,831 I realized that the traditional rendering 1370 01:16:58,918 --> 01:17:02,269 of the traditional verses that were cited was actually 1371 01:17:02,356 --> 01:17:05,446 like a weapon of spiritual destruction. 1372 01:17:10,451 --> 01:17:12,149 - There have been times in our lives 1373 01:17:12,236 --> 01:17:15,195 when we didn't feel safe, 1374 01:17:15,282 --> 01:17:17,763 rejected by family, 1375 01:17:17,850 --> 01:17:20,505 being dis--literally disowned by family. 1376 01:17:26,206 --> 01:17:31,298 When I came out, my father, Baptist minister, 1377 01:17:31,385 --> 01:17:36,564 on his deathbed, his words were, "I have no son named Theron." 1378 01:17:36,652 --> 01:17:39,872 - Which commandment says to hate people, you know? 1379 01:17:39,959 --> 01:17:42,875 Which one says to shut them out for being themselves 1380 01:17:42,962 --> 01:17:44,964 and not hurting anyone? 1381 01:17:45,051 --> 01:17:47,750 - Oh, yeah. - Here it is. 1382 01:17:47,837 --> 01:17:51,405 - That was--okay, for context-- "So I am a boy." 1383 01:17:51,492 --> 01:17:53,103 - "A super-duper-duper--" - A super-duper. 1384 01:17:53,190 --> 01:17:54,626 "For sure cool." 1385 01:17:54,713 --> 01:17:56,193 - My handwriting's never been good. 1386 01:17:56,280 --> 01:17:59,152 I was hospitalized in September of 2016 1387 01:17:59,239 --> 01:18:02,634 over my gap year for a suicide attempt, 1388 01:18:02,721 --> 01:18:03,983 and I was in the hospital for a while, 1389 01:18:04,070 --> 01:18:08,422 and my church was so good to me. 1390 01:18:08,509 --> 01:18:09,946 - To go into to Sunday school and go, 1391 01:18:10,033 --> 01:18:12,470 "Oh, gosh, you know, Jamie's a guy, 1392 01:18:12,557 --> 01:18:15,429 and what do we do with that, and how do we support that?" 1393 01:18:15,516 --> 01:18:20,217 - For us to have a safe place as parents to say, 1394 01:18:20,304 --> 01:18:21,914 "Of course we wanna be supportive. 1395 01:18:22,001 --> 01:18:23,960 "Of course we believe in our kid, 1396 01:18:24,047 --> 01:18:26,571 but holy cow, this is hard stuff." 1397 01:18:29,792 --> 01:18:32,882 - I was raised in the mountains of North Georgia, 1398 01:18:32,969 --> 01:18:36,886 and I had never heard the word gay or lesbian. 1399 01:18:36,973 --> 01:18:38,757 The people that are in this church 1400 01:18:38,844 --> 01:18:41,499 have helped me to be a better person. 1401 01:18:41,586 --> 01:18:44,763 - I grew up in South Georgia, a small town. 1402 01:18:44,850 --> 01:18:46,896 I had never seen a gay in my life. 1403 01:18:46,983 --> 01:18:49,202 - Mm-hmm. - There's been a lot of change, 1404 01:18:49,289 --> 01:18:50,638 and I've had to wrestle with that. 1405 01:18:50,726 --> 01:18:52,902 - Mm-hmm. - When I was a little girl, 1406 01:18:52,989 --> 01:18:56,993 there were no women ministers, no women deacons, 1407 01:18:57,080 --> 01:18:58,951 nobody of a different race 1408 01:18:59,038 --> 01:19:03,086 or a different cultural background in this church. 1409 01:19:03,173 --> 01:19:05,653 - Moving through the Old Testament, 1410 01:19:05,741 --> 01:19:09,527 there is this ongoing, resonating sense 1411 01:19:09,614 --> 01:19:14,401 that there's something hopeful about what lies ahead. 1412 01:19:14,488 --> 01:19:18,841 We are learners on this journey together. 1413 01:19:18,928 --> 01:19:19,972 - If the way you're reading the Bible 1414 01:19:20,059 --> 01:19:21,757 brings hate of neighbor, 1415 01:19:21,844 --> 01:19:25,586 it negates the central command of Jesus. 1416 01:19:25,673 --> 01:19:27,588 The role of the Christian community and its leaders 1417 01:19:27,675 --> 01:19:30,983 especially is to help the people interpret the Bible 1418 01:19:31,070 --> 01:19:34,813 in a way that gives life rather than takes it. 1419 01:19:34,900 --> 01:19:39,296 - People are now feeling what they felt as a child 1420 01:19:39,383 --> 01:19:41,080 and that they do have a place of belonging. 1421 01:19:43,996 --> 01:19:45,868 When I walked through the doors of this church 1422 01:19:45,955 --> 01:19:47,739 the first time, 1423 01:19:47,826 --> 01:19:50,698 and we were holding hands, the minister said, 1424 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:54,006 "Welcome, friends." 1425 01:19:54,093 --> 01:19:57,880 It had been a long time since church felt like home. 1426 01:19:59,795 --> 01:20:01,318 - If you would all stand. 1427 01:20:01,405 --> 01:20:04,060 If you agree to support this couple, 1428 01:20:04,147 --> 01:20:07,237 say "we do" when I tell you it's time to say "we do." 1429 01:20:07,324 --> 01:20:11,284 Do you promise not to leave them alone to struggle on their own 1430 01:20:11,371 --> 01:20:14,635 but instead to undertake life's journey alongside them? 1431 01:20:14,722 --> 01:20:16,376 all: We do. 1432 01:20:21,599 --> 01:20:23,644 [cheers and applause] 1433 01:20:23,731 --> 01:20:26,996 - In practice, this church has become fully inclusive 1434 01:20:27,083 --> 01:20:31,000 in every way that mattered. 1435 01:20:31,087 --> 01:20:34,699 Openness in Baptist churches is often measured 1436 01:20:34,786 --> 01:20:37,833 by when those barriers begin to drop. 1437 01:20:37,920 --> 01:20:41,053 - He didn't even know about Thursday night. 1438 01:20:41,140 --> 01:20:44,013 - My kids saw people who loved each other, 1439 01:20:44,100 --> 01:20:48,234 and I think because of that love and support, 1440 01:20:48,321 --> 01:20:50,889 Jamie was able to find his voice. 1441 01:20:50,976 --> 01:20:53,196 - God love you. 1442 01:20:55,763 --> 01:20:58,854 - If you think about it from, 1443 01:20:58,941 --> 01:21:00,943 "I have no son named Theron," 1444 01:21:01,030 --> 01:21:03,119 symbolizing the most hateful of rejections 1445 01:21:03,206 --> 01:21:08,472 and the most--the most vicious because it's parent-child 1446 01:21:08,559 --> 01:21:13,085 to "I have a son named Jamie," that's quite a journey. 1447 01:21:13,172 --> 01:21:14,521 - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. 1448 01:21:14,608 --> 01:21:17,698 [uplifting music] 1449 01:21:17,785 --> 01:21:24,618 ♪ ♪ 1450 01:21:27,056 --> 01:21:32,017 - There is no higher purpose than being kind. 1451 01:21:32,104 --> 01:21:36,892 It's just that middle path that we have to follow. 1452 01:21:39,198 --> 01:21:40,939 - You see somebody in need. 1453 01:21:41,026 --> 01:21:44,421 Do your very best to help them as much as you can. 1454 01:21:58,348 --> 01:22:00,176 [school bell rings] 1455 01:22:00,263 --> 01:22:03,048 - We're gonna be studying. We're going to be reviewing. 1456 01:22:03,135 --> 01:22:06,704 We're gonna be preparing for the big test 1457 01:22:06,791 --> 01:22:09,402 in three days, all right? Here we go. 1458 01:22:09,489 --> 01:22:11,230 Which clause in the First Amendment 1459 01:22:11,317 --> 01:22:14,668 guarantees each person's right to practice their religion? 1460 01:22:14,755 --> 01:22:16,235 First one standing, second one standing. 1461 01:22:16,322 --> 01:22:18,237 Okay, Diego's first one standing. 1462 01:22:18,324 --> 01:22:20,065 Diego gets two. He's group five. 1463 01:22:20,152 --> 01:22:22,328 - Okay. - What is the Torah? 1464 01:22:22,415 --> 01:22:24,200 - It's like, a--multiple stories, 1465 01:22:24,287 --> 01:22:27,768 like, almost like a Bible, but it's, like, in--in Judaism. 1466 01:22:27,855 --> 01:22:30,684 - What city is considered to be the holy city of Judaism? 1467 01:22:30,771 --> 01:22:34,601 Is it Mecca, Paris, Jerusalem, or Cairo? Diego? 1468 01:22:34,688 --> 01:22:37,517 - Jerusalem's considered the holy land of Judaism 1469 01:22:37,604 --> 01:22:38,954 because it was the land 1470 01:22:39,041 --> 01:22:41,478 gifted to Abraham and his people by God. 1471 01:22:41,565 --> 01:22:42,827 - Excellent. Thank you very much. 1472 01:22:42,914 --> 01:22:45,003 Have a seat. The many thousands of gods 1473 01:22:45,090 --> 01:22:48,267 in Hinduism are simply reflections of whom? 1474 01:22:48,354 --> 01:22:50,095 Tell me a little bit more about Brahman. 1475 01:22:50,182 --> 01:22:54,882 - Brahman is viewed as many different things, 1476 01:22:54,970 --> 01:22:58,147 but in Hinduism it literally is only one thing. 1477 01:22:58,234 --> 01:22:59,670 - What is the goal of the Eightfold Path? 1478 01:22:59,757 --> 01:23:01,672 - To reach nirvana. 1479 01:23:01,759 --> 01:23:03,848 - Exactly. - Samsari is the circle of life. 1480 01:23:03,935 --> 01:23:06,024 - The most sacred of the Vedas is, like, the Rigveda. 1481 01:23:06,111 --> 01:23:07,286 - Anything about Martin Luther. 1482 01:23:07,373 --> 01:23:08,940 - He put the notes on the church door. 1483 01:23:09,027 --> 01:23:11,116 - Diwali is the festival of light. 1484 01:23:11,203 --> 01:23:14,641 - Yes. Guru Nanak was the founder of what religion? 1485 01:23:14,728 --> 01:23:18,384 Sikhism, Islam-- he's trying to write-- 1486 01:23:18,471 --> 01:23:22,475 - Guru Nanak went into the forest for a few days, 1487 01:23:22,562 --> 01:23:26,827 and when he came out, he said, "God does not care what religion 1488 01:23:26,914 --> 01:23:29,004 you choose as long as you're kind to others." 1489 01:23:29,091 --> 01:23:33,660 - Diego, I'm telling you, what did you eat for breakfast? 1490 01:23:33,747 --> 01:23:36,098 Okay, have a seat. 1491 01:23:36,185 --> 01:23:39,144 What I'd like to know is what's the essence 1492 01:23:39,231 --> 01:23:40,885 of what you're learning here that you will really, 1493 01:23:40,972 --> 01:23:44,497 really remember and use--hold on--and use 1494 01:23:44,584 --> 01:23:46,804 as you go out there into the world? 1495 01:23:46,891 --> 01:23:48,197 - Everything we did learn just came up to one idea, 1496 01:23:48,284 --> 01:23:49,720 which is respect. 1497 01:23:49,807 --> 01:23:52,201 You need to respect everyone even if you don't understand 1498 01:23:52,288 --> 01:23:55,291 what they--what their religion is. 1499 01:23:55,378 --> 01:23:58,076 You still have to respect them because they are human. 1500 01:23:58,163 --> 01:24:00,905 - Despite our races, our religions, 1501 01:24:00,992 --> 01:24:03,429 we are all human beings, aren't we? 1502 01:24:03,516 --> 01:24:05,257 - And all the religions really lead up to, 1503 01:24:05,344 --> 01:24:07,694 like, the main point is kindness. 1504 01:24:07,781 --> 01:24:09,740 - It doesn't matter who the person is. 1505 01:24:09,827 --> 01:24:12,047 It's to treat them with kindness. 1506 01:24:22,274 --> 01:24:24,537 - I want people to look past their religions. 1507 01:24:24,624 --> 01:24:27,845 I want people to look past their differences. 1508 01:24:27,932 --> 01:24:29,368 I wanna make a change, 1509 01:24:29,455 --> 01:24:31,457 and I want our generation of teenagers 1510 01:24:31,544 --> 01:24:34,939 to be at least a good aspect of that change. 1511 01:24:37,202 --> 01:24:38,464 - I know that other people 1512 01:24:38,551 --> 01:24:39,422 don't believe what I believe in, 1513 01:24:39,509 --> 01:24:41,424 and there's other beliefs. 1514 01:24:41,511 --> 01:24:44,470 I have no right to judge or shame others for their beliefs. 1515 01:24:44,557 --> 01:24:45,819 - This was some interesting stuff. 1516 01:24:45,906 --> 01:24:47,256 Like, I never knew 1517 01:24:47,343 --> 01:24:49,388 what Buddhists and Hindus had in common. 1518 01:24:49,475 --> 01:24:51,042 - The more I learned about different religions, 1519 01:24:51,129 --> 01:24:53,436 the more I realized, like, 1520 01:24:53,523 --> 01:24:57,483 how they're just--they're all connected. 1521 01:24:57,570 --> 01:25:00,921 - The values that the different people in the religions have, 1522 01:25:01,008 --> 01:25:03,837 they all--they teach really, like--like, 1523 01:25:03,924 --> 01:25:07,276 it increases integrity within a person as an individual. 1524 01:25:07,363 --> 01:25:11,410 - This type of class required would probably 1525 01:25:11,497 --> 01:25:13,978 be an amazing thing when you think about it. 1526 01:25:14,065 --> 01:25:15,675 Like, it might not even just stop in America. 1527 01:25:15,762 --> 01:25:17,286 It might even go all around, 1528 01:25:17,373 --> 01:25:20,593 and that could really help some really bad situations 1529 01:25:20,680 --> 01:25:21,986 in a lot of places, when you really think about it. 1530 01:25:22,073 --> 01:25:24,380 - Yeah. - I grew up being a Christian, 1531 01:25:24,467 --> 01:25:28,949 and when I seen, like, Muslims or Jews, like, walking around, 1532 01:25:29,036 --> 01:25:31,822 I would just--they dress different. 1533 01:25:31,909 --> 01:25:33,563 Sometimes you look at them, and you think, 1534 01:25:33,650 --> 01:25:35,260 like, "They're so weird," 1535 01:25:35,347 --> 01:25:38,698 and I would kinda just make fun of them with my friends, 1536 01:25:38,785 --> 01:25:42,354 and now I--I can't imagine myself doing that 1537 01:25:42,441 --> 01:25:44,443 because, like, that is their religion, 1538 01:25:44,530 --> 01:25:47,098 and that's just horrible. 1539 01:25:47,185 --> 01:25:50,232 Like, I just can't believe I would make fun of, like, 1540 01:25:50,319 --> 01:25:51,885 people for their religion. 1541 01:25:51,972 --> 01:25:53,539 It's just horrible. 1542 01:25:53,626 --> 01:25:56,455 [instrumental music playing] 1543 01:25:56,542 --> 01:26:03,375 ♪ ♪ 1544 01:26:18,434 --> 01:26:19,826 - You've got this. 1545 01:26:19,913 --> 01:26:21,828 - You got it, girl. You got it. 1546 01:26:21,915 --> 01:26:24,831 ♪ ♪ 1547 01:26:24,918 --> 01:26:27,704 [cheers and applause] 1548 01:26:29,836 --> 01:26:31,447 - Good evening. 1549 01:26:31,534 --> 01:26:33,405 On behalf of the board of regents, 1550 01:26:33,492 --> 01:26:36,103 the faculty, staff, and students of Amarillo College, 1551 01:26:36,191 --> 01:26:38,715 it is my sincere pleasure to welcome you 1552 01:26:38,802 --> 01:26:40,717 to this fall's commencement ceremony. 1553 01:26:40,804 --> 01:26:43,633 [cheers and applause] 1554 01:26:45,417 --> 01:26:48,942 Tonight's speaker is quite special. 1555 01:26:49,029 --> 01:26:52,555 I think I saw her potential even before she did, 1556 01:26:52,642 --> 01:26:56,689 and it's my privilege to ask Alicia to come forward. 1557 01:26:56,776 --> 01:26:58,648 [cheers and applause] - Congratulations. 1558 01:26:58,735 --> 01:27:01,912 - Thank you. Thank you, Russell. 1559 01:27:01,999 --> 01:27:03,479 - Enjoy this, okay? 1560 01:27:03,566 --> 01:27:05,655 - Okay. Thank you. 1561 01:27:05,742 --> 01:27:08,527 Well, hello. We made it. 1562 01:27:08,614 --> 01:27:11,226 Good job, guys. Awesome. 1563 01:27:15,795 --> 01:27:17,667 I could have never made it this far 1564 01:27:17,754 --> 01:27:20,626 without the help of other people 1565 01:27:20,713 --> 01:27:23,716 and without the help of all of you guys. 1566 01:27:23,803 --> 01:27:25,501 Three years ago, 1567 01:27:25,588 --> 01:27:28,895 I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. 1568 01:27:28,982 --> 01:27:31,550 All I knew is that I did not wanna be 1569 01:27:31,637 --> 01:27:34,901 in the financial struggle that I was constantly in. 1570 01:27:34,988 --> 01:27:37,991 I wanted to provide a better life for my son, 1571 01:27:38,078 --> 01:27:42,126 and I knew that I was gonna have to fight... 1572 01:27:42,213 --> 01:27:44,520 - Whoo! 1573 01:27:44,607 --> 01:27:49,089 - And fight harder than I've ever fought before. 1574 01:27:49,176 --> 01:27:53,180 It's a unique thing to be human, 1575 01:27:53,268 --> 01:27:55,487 to form compassion 1576 01:27:55,574 --> 01:27:58,577 and understanding the needs of others, 1577 01:27:58,664 --> 01:28:03,147 but it's a even extraordinary thing that we understand it 1578 01:28:03,234 --> 01:28:07,107 enough to know what we help one another, 1579 01:28:07,194 --> 01:28:10,197 and we give it without even knowing. 1580 01:28:14,376 --> 01:28:15,812 - Looks good. 1581 01:28:18,641 --> 01:28:22,471 There you go. There you go. 1582 01:28:22,558 --> 01:28:24,821 Good job. You did it. 1583 01:28:27,693 --> 01:28:29,521 - I get the--let me get the door. 1584 01:28:36,180 --> 01:28:37,877 - I have a present for you. 1585 01:28:37,964 --> 01:28:42,273 [vacuum whirring] - Oh. 1586 01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:45,145 - Refugees are in every town, in every community, 1587 01:28:45,232 --> 01:28:47,278 in every state. 1588 01:28:47,365 --> 01:28:48,975 They're part of who we are. 1589 01:28:49,062 --> 01:28:51,717 - It's harder. - Okay, yeah. 1590 01:28:51,804 --> 01:28:53,502 - Good. - Good. 1591 01:28:53,589 --> 01:28:57,680 Good. 1592 01:28:57,767 --> 01:28:59,551 - They need Anchorage to show up. 1593 01:28:59,638 --> 01:29:01,858 They need Alaska to show up. 1594 01:29:01,945 --> 01:29:04,382 They need the citizens of the United States of America 1595 01:29:04,469 --> 01:29:06,558 to show up. 1596 01:29:06,645 --> 01:29:10,301 - Thank you. - When I came to Alaska, 1597 01:29:10,388 --> 01:29:12,259 I didn't have any rights. 1598 01:29:12,347 --> 01:29:17,656 People were genuinely kind, and it's not like Russia 1599 01:29:17,743 --> 01:29:21,007 was the best friend of the United States. 1600 01:29:21,094 --> 01:29:24,097 - [indistinct] 1601 01:29:24,184 --> 01:29:27,057 Kindness comes from heart, 1602 01:29:27,144 --> 01:29:29,625 so as I met different people 1603 01:29:29,712 --> 01:29:33,455 that did something good to me, 1604 01:29:33,542 --> 01:29:37,807 it's just because they are kind from the heart, 1605 01:29:37,894 --> 01:29:41,550 not from what they have, not from where they're from. 1606 01:29:41,637 --> 01:29:44,335 I can say kindness 1607 01:29:44,422 --> 01:29:47,556 is just from heart. 1608 01:29:47,643 --> 01:29:50,385 - Hi. - Hi. 1609 01:29:50,472 --> 01:29:52,082 - Hi. 1610 01:29:52,169 --> 01:29:55,433 [laughter] 1611 01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:57,740 - We have a choice. 1612 01:29:57,827 --> 01:30:00,917 Am I an individual solely choosing 1613 01:30:01,004 --> 01:30:05,269 what I as an individual need, want, and can excel from? 1614 01:30:05,356 --> 01:30:07,445 Or am I looking at my community and saying, 1615 01:30:07,532 --> 01:30:10,274 "What do I think my community needs?" 1616 01:30:10,361 --> 01:30:13,059 Okay! If I can get your attention. 1617 01:30:13,146 --> 01:30:14,844 Sorry. 1618 01:30:14,931 --> 01:30:16,933 I will let the clients introduce themselves, 1619 01:30:17,020 --> 01:30:19,109 their names, where they're from, 1620 01:30:19,196 --> 01:30:21,459 and how long they've been here in Alaska. 1621 01:30:21,546 --> 01:30:23,418 Rahaba, you wanna start? 1622 01:30:23,505 --> 01:30:27,683 - My name is Rahaba Masita. I'm from Congo. 1623 01:30:27,770 --> 01:30:31,643 I've been here, Anchorage, Alaska two years. 1624 01:30:31,730 --> 01:30:34,298 - My name is Faraha. 1625 01:30:34,385 --> 01:30:37,780 I'm from Congo; Alaska two minutes. 1626 01:30:37,867 --> 01:30:40,696 [laughter, applause] 1627 01:30:46,658 --> 01:30:49,922 - Hi. My name is Hope Gisanna, 1628 01:30:50,009 --> 01:30:52,577 born from Congo, 1629 01:30:52,664 --> 01:30:56,102 so I'm here almost six months. 1630 01:30:56,189 --> 01:30:59,279 First of all, I want to appreciate 1631 01:30:59,366 --> 01:31:01,760 to come to work together. 1632 01:31:01,847 --> 01:31:05,329 You guys, you know, our country, how it is, 1633 01:31:05,416 --> 01:31:10,203 every time there is war, people die in time. 1634 01:31:10,290 --> 01:31:15,426 Thank you so much to say that you are supporting us. 1635 01:31:15,513 --> 01:31:18,298 Some, we don't have parents. 1636 01:31:18,385 --> 01:31:23,565 There is a problem of raping, 1637 01:31:23,652 --> 01:31:28,265 guards raping women, killing people everywhere, 1638 01:31:28,352 --> 01:31:33,879 so please keep working with our organization. 1639 01:31:33,966 --> 01:31:37,187 Keep working with everyone to see 1640 01:31:37,274 --> 01:31:41,147 that we can have a peace in this world. 1641 01:31:41,234 --> 01:31:42,975 Yeah, thank you so much. 1642 01:31:43,062 --> 01:31:46,544 [applause] 1643 01:31:46,631 --> 01:31:50,722 - Hello. My name is Ndayikunda Hambifura. 1644 01:31:50,809 --> 01:31:55,553 As I said, I'm from Congo. This is my brother Isaac 1645 01:31:55,640 --> 01:31:59,775 and my sister Florence and my sister Denise, 1646 01:31:59,862 --> 01:32:04,214 and she's my mom. We are going to sing a song. 1647 01:32:04,301 --> 01:32:07,043 [soft guitar music plays] 1648 01:32:07,130 --> 01:32:14,050 ♪ ♪ 1649 01:32:17,053 --> 01:32:19,795 [all singing in native language] 1650 01:33:07,712 --> 01:33:10,759 [warm music] 1651 01:33:10,846 --> 01:33:17,722 ♪ ♪ 1652 01:33:20,725 --> 01:33:22,161 - Oh! - Oh. 1653 01:33:22,248 --> 01:33:24,599 [all speaking native language] 1654 01:34:27,444 --> 01:34:29,707 - Nobody made it here alone. 1655 01:34:29,794 --> 01:34:32,144 We have all extended that helping hand 1656 01:34:32,231 --> 01:34:35,147 because we knew exactly how hard it was. 1657 01:34:38,977 --> 01:34:42,546 Stand if you have ever gone to a study session 1658 01:34:42,633 --> 01:34:44,983 and you or someone brought food. 1659 01:34:45,070 --> 01:34:49,727 Stand if you have ever lent or borrowed a textbook. 1660 01:34:49,814 --> 01:34:52,338 Stand if you have ever helped tutor a student 1661 01:34:52,425 --> 01:34:55,602 that needed help with a class, 1662 01:34:55,690 --> 01:34:59,302 and lastly, stand if you helped a fellow student out 1663 01:34:59,389 --> 01:35:03,785 with encouragement, direction, accountability, or even love. 1664 01:35:10,574 --> 01:35:13,490 You see? 1665 01:35:13,577 --> 01:35:18,060 I'm standing up here today because of you. 1666 01:35:18,147 --> 01:35:23,021 We all are here today because we all helped each other. 1667 01:35:27,112 --> 01:35:30,986 - I'm convinced it's that kindness that we all share 1668 01:35:31,073 --> 01:35:32,857 that brings out the best in all of us, 1669 01:35:32,944 --> 01:35:36,034 and that's when we feel best about who we are. 1670 01:35:36,121 --> 01:35:39,603 - We are all humans kind of stumbling through life, 1671 01:35:39,690 --> 01:35:41,953 trying to figure out our place, 1672 01:35:42,040 --> 01:35:43,476 so I think treating people with kindness 1673 01:35:43,563 --> 01:35:45,609 means understanding that, 1674 01:35:45,696 --> 01:35:49,134 expressed through patience and caring. 1675 01:35:49,221 --> 01:35:53,225 - If every one of us chip in in our own different ways 1676 01:35:53,312 --> 01:35:55,793 to do something, no matter how small, 1677 01:35:55,880 --> 01:35:58,361 I think we will have a better community 1678 01:35:58,448 --> 01:36:00,189 and a better country. 1679 01:36:00,276 --> 01:36:03,061 - What can you share with the rest of the world? 1680 01:36:03,148 --> 01:36:07,196 We need to value what's present and what's good in people. 1681 01:36:07,283 --> 01:36:10,416 - We must agree there are certain basic human rights 1682 01:36:10,503 --> 01:36:12,679 that we must all protect no matter what. 1683 01:36:12,767 --> 01:36:15,030 - We need to be kind, respectful, 1684 01:36:15,117 --> 01:36:19,904 and responsible within society to live in a civil democracy. 1685 01:36:19,991 --> 01:36:22,994 - We all are immigrants and refugees from other places 1686 01:36:23,081 --> 01:36:25,518 creating a country that has a vision. 1687 01:36:25,605 --> 01:36:27,999 - There is love across this country 1688 01:36:28,086 --> 01:36:30,001 that happens every day. 1689 01:36:30,088 --> 01:36:31,698 It's not about ignoring 1690 01:36:31,786 --> 01:36:35,093 those destructive elements of our society. 1691 01:36:35,180 --> 01:36:38,053 It's deciding that my attention is gonna go to the good. 1692 01:36:47,149 --> 01:36:49,804 - I think it's the glue that holds us together, 1693 01:36:49,891 --> 01:36:51,588 I guess you could say, 1694 01:36:51,675 --> 01:36:53,851 and I think it's just really important 1695 01:36:53,938 --> 01:36:57,246 because without kindness, we'd all be maniacs. 1696 01:37:08,300 --> 01:37:11,477 [gentle piano music] 1697 01:37:11,564 --> 01:37:18,441 ♪ ♪