Emma Watson – One Young World 2016 (YouTube Video Transcript)

(00:00:00) Your YouTube transcript will appear here (00:00:09) thank (00:00:16) you two years ago I launched a campaign (00:00:21) called he for she at the UN in New (00:00:25) York I was very nervous before that (00:00:28) speech the nerves were followed by a (00:00:31) tremendous High immediately afterwards (00:00:35) and a crashing low a few days after (00:00:38) that my best hopes and my worst fears (00:00:43) were confirmed all at (00:00:45) once I had opened Pandora's Box to a (00:00:49) standing ovation and almost (00:00:52) simultaneously a level of critique I had (00:00:55) never experienced in my life and the (00:00:58) beginning of what would come a series of (00:01:03) threats the last two years have been a (00:01:06) baptism of fire to say the least where I (00:01:10) learned just how little I know and also (00:01:15) how (00:01:16) much it was my scary First Step as an (00:01:21) activist a word I never imagined that I (00:01:24) would use to describe (00:01:27) myself so reading the applications of (00:01:30) active ists who applied here for one (00:01:32) Young World scholarships was surprising (00:01:36) to (00:01:37) me here I was reading the stories of (00:01:41) people from nearly 200 different (00:01:44) countries from around the (00:01:46) world with experiences that I I couldn't (00:01:50) even imagine I mean I really just they (00:01:53) were so out of this world to (00:01:56) me and (00:01:58) yet there no notes look like my (00:02:03) notes the same themes (00:02:06) emerged over and over and over (00:02:11) again there was so much overlap with the (00:02:15) things that I had been (00:02:17) thinking about and that I had been (00:02:19) struggling (00:02:20) with because the truth is it had never (00:02:24) been about being an (00:02:27) activist it was about the choice to make (00:02:31) myself (00:02:32) visible and the choices that you made to (00:02:36) do that (00:02:39) too apart from the significant progress (00:02:42) the world has made in the cause for (00:02:45) equality the best thing about the last (00:02:47) two years has been this finding people (00:02:51) from such disperate experiences and (00:02:56) communities that I found that I have (00:02:59) something in common (00:03:02) with this is a community of (00:03:06) artists spiritual teachers (00:03:09) dreamers thinkers doers who work (00:03:14) together and support each (00:03:17) other for the first time in my life I (00:03:21) found my (00:03:22) Sisterhood A brotherhood whatever (00:03:25) however you want to describe it I found (00:03:28) my tribe (00:03:37) My Hope for you while you here is that (00:03:42) you will find some of your tribe (00:03:44) too I really needed (00:03:48) mine Bobby Kennedy when he was Senator (00:03:52) for New York (00:03:54) said each time a man or woman stands up (00:03:59) for an ideal (00:04:01) or acts to improve the lots of others or (00:04:05) strikes out against (00:04:07) Injustice he sends forth a tiny Ripple (00:04:11) of (00:04:12) Hope and Crossing each other from a (00:04:14) million different centers of energy (00:04:17) those ripples build a current that can (00:04:19) sweep down the mightiest wall of (00:04:23) Oppression and (00:04:27) resistance that's what we are doing (00:04:30) doing we the entire spectrum of the (00:04:34) feminist movement are building an (00:04:37) Unstoppable (00:04:39) current for which we need ripples of (00:04:42) Hope from every age race ability Walk of (00:04:47) Life from every human (00:04:53) experience I feel gender equality is as (00:04:58) important as any of the other goals that (00:05:01) we are here to discuss and actually if (00:05:05) anything it is even more important (00:05:09) because it intersects with every single (00:05:12) other issue that we (00:05:15) Face we all have feminine and masculine (00:05:20) energies within (00:05:23) us and both forces need to be lifted up (00:05:28) respected they need to work together in (00:05:32) order to make the world go (00:05:35) round each of you are here at one Young (00:05:39) World because you do something (00:05:42) important and it is so exciting to see (00:05:45) you all come together in one room (00:05:48) because one Young World isn't about (00:05:49) saying what I each of us individually (00:05:53) can do but what we can (00:05:57) do working together supporting in and (00:06:00) listening to each (00:06:03) other it's in that spirit that I am (00:06:07) delighted to introduce nine activists (00:06:11) who were the first recipients of a one (00:06:13) Young World scholarship that I'm very (00:06:16) honored to have in my (00:06:18) name they are working to secure real (00:06:21) progress towards a gender equal world (00:06:24) and I hope that their stories will (00:06:26) inspire you as much as they have (00:06:29) inspired me me in a moment I'm going to (00:06:32) ask them to come onto the (00:06:34) stage but before I (00:06:36) do I want to offer a few statements of (00:06:39) my own that I have struggled with and (00:06:43) continue to struggle with on a daily (00:06:45) basis um but that I have found (00:06:49) inspiring I want to ask you to take a (00:06:51) moment you can keep your eyes closed or (00:06:55) keep them (00:06:56) open um and ask your s if these have any (00:07:01) truth for you in (00:07:05) them I am willing to be (00:07:10) seen I am willing to speak (00:07:16) up I'm willing to keep (00:07:22) going I'm willing to listen to what (00:07:24) others have to (00:07:27) say I'm willing to go forward even when (00:07:31) I feel (00:07:34) alone I am willing to go to bed each (00:07:37) night at peace with (00:07:42) myself I am willing to be my (00:07:46) biggest bestest most powerful (00:07:55) self these seven statements scare the (00:07:58) absolute out of (00:08:01) me but I know that they are at the Crux (00:08:05) of it all at the end of the day and when (00:08:09) all is said and (00:08:11) done I know that these are the ways that (00:08:15) I want to have lived my (00:08:18) life I know each one of you probably (00:08:21) will have encountered one of these (00:08:22) statements in the last 48 hours and if (00:08:26) you have thank you for being here I (00:08:30) appreciate it it's truly an honor to be (00:08:34) here with you all thank you