01:00:02:10	01:00:03:13	>> It's messy.
01:00:03:13	01:00:05:05	It's freedom and it's rules.
01:00:05:05	01:00:06:07	>> It's rights
01:00:06:07	01:00:07:14	and responsibilities.
01:00:07:14	01:00:08:25	>> It's conflict and resolution.
01:00:08:25	01:00:09:25	>> Both empowerment
01:00:09:25	01:00:10:24	and compromise.
01:00:10:24	01:00:11:27	>> It is justice.
01:00:11:27	01:00:13:06	>> It is individual.
01:00:13:06	01:00:14:14	>> And it's collective.
01:00:14:14	01:00:15:16	>> It is fairness.
01:00:15:16	01:00:17:11	>> Respect and values.
01:00:17:11	01:00:18:21	>> It is equality.
01:00:18:21	01:00:19:13	>> Equality.
01:00:19:13	01:00:20:06	>> Equality.
01:00:20:06	01:00:21:05	>> Equality.
01:00:21:05	01:00:22:04	>> It's truth.
01:00:22:04	01:00:23:05	>> It is government.
01:00:23:05	01:00:24:06	>> And it's choices.
01:00:24:06	01:00:25:10	>> It's passionate.
01:00:25:10	01:00:26:13	>> It's problem solving.
01:00:26:13	01:00:27:15	>> It's action.
01:00:27:15	01:00:28:17	And it's possible.
01:00:28:17	01:00:29:12	It's me.
01:00:29:12	01:00:30:09	>> My family.
01:00:30:09	01:00:31:27	>> And my community.
01:00:31:27	01:00:34:02	>> Democracy it is!
01:00:41:04	01:00:42:04	>> Hi, I'm Alli.
01:00:42:04	01:00:43:05	>> I'm John.
01:00:43:05	01:00:44:04	>> My name's Ashley
01:00:44:04	01:00:45:18	>> And I'm Ulysses.
01:00:45:18	01:00:46:19	As a citizen, you have a voice
01:00:46:19	01:00:47:20	in our democracy.
01:00:47:20	01:00:49:02	>> And if you're in
01:00:49:02	01:00:50:01	the majority, chances are
01:00:50:01	01:00:51:06	your voice will be heard.
01:00:51:06	01:00:51:28	>> But what if
01:00:51:28	01:00:52:27	you're in the minority?
01:00:52:27	01:00:53:29	Don't you have a voice, too?
01:00:53:29	01:00:55:06	>> Ashley Nelson does.
01:00:55:06	01:00:56:07	In high school, she wrote
01:00:56:07	01:00:58:02	this book, "The Combination."
01:00:58:02	01:00:59:01	>> It's a combination
01:00:59:01	01:01:00:02	of many different ideas
01:01:00:02	01:01:01:01	from many different people.
01:01:01:01	01:01:02:09	>> People who are citizens,
01:01:02:09	01:01:04:17	citizens with voices.
01:01:15:13	01:01:21:07	(New Orleans style jazz music)
01:01:21:07	01:01:22:15	>> This is a display of
01:01:22:15	01:01:23:24	The Neighborhood Story Project
01:01:23:24	01:01:25:13	books in Octavia Book Store
01:01:25:13	01:01:26:24	on Octavia Street.
01:01:26:24	01:01:27:25	The reason
01:01:27:25	01:01:28:28	that I wrote the book,
01:01:28:28	01:01:29:29	I want people to understand
01:01:29:29	01:01:30:29	my story.
01:01:30:29	01:01:31:27	I want people to understand,
01:01:31:27	01:01:33:07	you know, what I went through,
01:01:33:07	01:01:34:15	but not feel sorry for me
01:01:34:15	01:01:37:11	at the same time.
01:01:37:11	01:01:38:18	I grew up in a public housing
01:01:38:18	01:01:39:27	development.
01:01:39:27	01:01:41:10	It's open to people,
01:01:41:10	01:01:42:25	like low-income people with,
01:01:42:25	01:01:44:27	you know, not a lot of money.
01:01:44:27	01:01:45:29	Down here in New Orleans,
01:01:45:29	01:01:47:05	we still have $5.15
01:01:47:05	01:01:48:24	minimum wage, you know.
01:01:48:24	01:01:49:21	So, I mean, you can't
01:01:49:21	01:01:51:15	make a living off of that.
01:01:51:15	01:01:52:24	This is Orleans Avenue,
01:01:52:24	01:01:54:18	the street I grew up on.
01:01:54:18	01:01:55:20	This scene is actually
01:01:55:20	01:01:57:13	the cover for my book.
01:01:57:13	01:01:59:16	The cover of the book
01:01:59:16	01:02:01:06	is people sitting outside
01:02:01:06	01:02:02:04	waiting for
01:02:02:04	01:02:03:18	a second line to pass.
01:02:03:18	01:02:04:21	A second line is actually
01:02:04:21	01:02:06:25	a mini-parade,
01:02:06:25	01:02:08:05	where we have people
01:02:08:05	01:02:09:18	who dress up all nice.
01:02:09:18	01:02:10:23	They celebrate death.
01:02:10:23	01:02:12:10	They celebrate life.
01:02:12:10	01:02:13:07	You can have a birthday
01:02:13:07	01:02:14:04	second line.
01:02:14:04	01:02:14:28	You have a second line
01:02:14:28	01:02:17:25	thrown on your birthday.
01:02:17:25	01:02:19:09	They come out to Orleans Avenue
01:02:19:09	01:02:20:09	and we all just celebrate
01:02:20:09	01:02:21:04	together.
01:02:21:04	01:02:21:29	It's really like
01:02:21:29	01:02:25:18	a New Orleans thing.
01:02:25:18	01:02:26:19	>> The Neighborhood Story
01:02:26:19	01:02:27:25	Project is a community
01:02:27:25	01:02:29:01	documentary program.
01:02:29:01	01:02:30:17	It's a book making program.
01:02:30:17	01:02:31:15	Our tag line
01:02:31:15	01:02:33:00	is "Our Stories Told By Us."
01:02:33:00	01:02:34:03	>> So we decided to go in
01:02:34:03	01:02:35:10	and tell the stories
01:02:35:10	01:02:36:19	exactly how they are,
01:02:36:19	01:02:37:19	from the people,
01:02:37:19	01:02:39:00	directly from the people.
01:02:39:00	01:02:40:05	We went around
01:02:40:05	01:02:41:04	and sat on porches with
01:02:41:04	01:02:42:23	these little mini-recorders,
01:02:42:23	01:02:44:14	and recorded them.
01:02:44:14	01:02:45:17	You know, we sat down
01:02:45:17	01:02:47:13	and talked to them.
01:02:47:13	01:02:48:25	This is a picture of my mom,
01:02:48:25	01:02:50:18	who has passed away.
01:02:50:18	01:02:51:21	I dedicated my book
01:02:51:21	01:02:53:08	to my neighborhood,
01:02:53:08	01:02:54:08	the Lafitte Public Housing
01:02:54:08	01:02:55:11	Development
01:02:55:11	01:02:57:01	and my mother, Joanna Nelson.
01:02:57:01	01:02:58:07	This is the spot
01:02:58:07	01:02:59:17	that I interviewed Pat.
01:02:59:17	01:03:00:24	She was one of my mama's
01:03:00:24	01:03:02:00	best friends.
01:03:02:00	01:03:03:05	These people are normal,
01:03:03:05	01:03:05:01	hardworking, everyday people.
01:03:05:01	01:03:06:06	You know, they go to work,
01:03:06:06	01:03:07:17	send their children to school,
01:03:07:17	01:03:09:12	take care of families.
01:03:09:12	01:03:11:02	It was like a network, you know.
01:03:11:02	01:03:12:12	I have family, friends.
01:03:12:12	01:03:13:21	I don't want people
01:03:13:21	01:03:14:25	to be afraid of me
01:03:14:25	01:03:16:08	and my people.
01:03:16:08	01:03:17:14	Their voices are very
01:03:17:14	01:03:19:10	rarely heard in New Orleans.
01:03:19:10	01:03:20:13	So we tried to give voices
01:03:20:13	01:03:21:12	to the people
01:03:21:12	01:03:22:19	in our neighborhoods.
01:03:22:19	01:03:23:16	It's because people
01:03:23:16	01:03:24:28	very seldomly listen to us.
01:03:24:28	01:03:25:27	You know, they're afraid
01:03:25:27	01:03:27:22	to even talk to us, you know.
01:03:27:22	01:03:28:28	And that builds up racism
01:03:28:28	01:03:30:26	right there.
01:03:37:20	01:03:39:05	After Hurricane Katrina,
01:03:39:05	01:03:40:10	you know, a lot of people
01:03:40:10	01:03:42:15	had to evacuate from their area
01:03:42:15	01:03:44:00	with water still rising,
01:03:44:00	01:03:45:07	you know.
01:03:45:07	01:03:46:04	You can still see
01:03:46:04	01:03:47:02	the water lines,
01:03:47:02	01:03:49:11	where the water came in and sat.
01:03:49:11	01:03:50:04	Actually,
01:03:50:04	01:03:51:02	it was higher than that.
01:03:51:02	01:03:51:28	That's where the water
01:03:51:28	01:03:53:11	started to sit.
01:03:53:11	01:03:54:08	My brother, who don't
01:03:54:08	01:03:55:06	even know how to swim,
01:03:55:06	01:03:56:23	him and my uncle found a boat.
01:03:56:23	01:03:57:21	And they was getting
01:03:57:21	01:03:59:17	all like the elderly people.
01:03:59:17	01:04:00:17	After the storm,
01:04:00:17	01:04:01:15	people weren't allowed
01:04:01:15	01:04:02:24	to come back to their homes.
01:04:02:24	01:04:03:26	When I stand in the middle
01:04:03:26	01:04:05:08	and I don't see children
01:04:05:08	01:04:06:24	running around the green space,
01:04:06:24	01:04:09:22	it makes me real sad.
01:04:12:11	01:04:13:15	I don't feel like my book
01:04:13:15	01:04:14:17	was in vain,
01:04:14:17	01:04:15:21	because I feel blessed that
01:04:15:21	01:04:16:24	I was given that opportunity.
01:04:16:24	01:04:18:05	You know, somebody taught me,
01:04:18:05	01:04:19:18	you know, all these
01:04:19:18	01:04:20:21	special skills and stuff.
01:04:20:21	01:04:21:24	And I just want
01:04:21:24	01:04:23:09	to teach other people.
01:04:23:09	01:04:24:12	So even if y'all mess up,
01:04:24:12	01:04:25:12	don't worry about stopping
01:04:25:12	01:04:26:26	or starting it over, all right?
01:04:26:26	01:04:27:26	>> Ashley's an incredible
01:04:27:26	01:04:29:09	teacher.
01:04:29:09	01:04:30:13	>> My name is Ashley.
01:04:30:13	01:04:31:09	I work with
01:04:31:09	01:04:32:11	the Neighborhood Story Project.
01:04:32:11	01:04:33:09	And we're going to have
01:04:33:09	01:04:34:04	our class come up
01:04:34:04	01:04:35:15	and read poems.
01:04:35:15	01:04:36:16	>> Whatever she puts her mind
01:04:36:16	01:04:38:11	to, she'll be able to achieve.
01:04:38:11	01:04:39:08	>> Oh, to be in New Orleans
01:04:39:08	01:04:41:01	when the rebuilding is done...
01:04:41:01	01:04:42:01	>> I love hanging out
01:04:42:01	01:04:43:09	with kids, talking to 'em,
01:04:43:09	01:04:44:13	because most of 'em
01:04:44:13	01:04:45:18	have similar stories to me.
01:04:45:18	01:04:46:15	And they just need people
01:04:46:15	01:04:47:21	to tell them, you know,
01:04:47:21	01:04:49:05	you can do whatever you want.
01:04:49:05	01:04:49:29	You still got that.
01:04:49:29	01:04:50:22	Y'all cool.
01:04:50:22	01:04:51:25	Y'all got it.
01:04:51:25	01:04:52:26	"Whatever you want to do."
01:04:52:26	01:04:54:02	Somebody told it to me.
01:04:54:02	01:04:55:09	So I'm going to tell it to them
01:04:55:09	01:04:56:18	as much as I can.
01:04:56:18	01:04:57:17	Now today
01:04:57:17	01:04:58:17	we want to celebrate...
01:04:58:17	01:04:59:16	And help them write books
01:04:59:16	01:05:01:06	and help them write stories.
01:05:01:06	01:05:02:09	>> Coming back to New Orleans
01:05:02:09	01:05:03:29	wasn't what I expected...
01:05:03:29	01:05:04:27	>> And help them
01:05:04:27	01:05:05:26	tell their stories
01:05:05:26	01:05:07:16	and give them a voice, also.
01:05:07:16	01:05:10:13	(applause)
01:05:10:13	01:05:11:18	>> What's your
01:05:11:18	01:05:12:21	neighborhood like?
01:05:12:21	01:05:13:25	What are your neighbors like?
01:05:13:25	01:05:14:29	Ashley Nelson found out
01:05:14:29	01:05:16:11	with a little tape recorder.
01:05:16:11	01:05:17:13	>> But hopefully, your
01:05:17:13	01:05:18:25	neighborhood's never wiped out.
01:05:18:25	01:05:19:27	Some of Ashley's neighbors
01:05:19:27	01:05:21:08	still can't come home.
01:05:21:08	01:05:22:23	>> And what about simpler needs?
01:05:22:23	01:05:23:28	People need foods like these
01:05:23:28	01:05:25:14	every day.
01:05:25:14	01:05:26:18	>> But it's pretty tough
01:05:26:18	01:05:28:04	if they're not easy to buy.
01:05:28:04	01:05:29:09	>> That's what it's like
01:05:29:09	01:05:30:22	when grocery stores close.
01:05:30:22	01:05:32:00	Nick Graham was 17
01:05:32:00	01:05:33:08	when it happened in his town.
01:05:33:08	01:05:34:06	It's pretty amazing
01:05:34:06	01:05:35:24	what he did next.
01:05:39:24	01:05:40:29	>> Good morning!
01:05:40:29	01:05:42:00	Well, you missed most of the bad
01:05:42:00	01:05:43:20	weather here, didn't you?
01:05:43:20	01:05:45:09	Okay, you got lucky.
01:05:45:09	01:05:46:21	>> My boss is Nick Graham,
01:05:46:21	01:05:48:27	and he's 18 years old.
01:05:48:27	01:05:50:17	>> Okay, $10.44.
01:05:50:17	01:05:52:11	>> My boss is Nicholas Graham.
01:05:52:11	01:05:54:06	He just turned 18.
01:05:54:06	01:05:55:08	>> I think he's got
01:05:55:08	01:05:56:25	a lot of initiative.
01:05:56:25	01:05:58:20	>> He wrote a check for $10,000
01:05:58:20	01:06:02:08	at 17 years old.
01:06:02:08	01:06:03:21	>> Oh, lordy!
01:06:03:21	01:06:04:26	>> I told him he was crazy
01:06:04:26	01:06:06:07	right away.
01:06:06:07	01:06:07:17	>> It was his own idea.
01:06:07:17	01:06:08:18	>> It's kind of crazy
01:06:08:18	01:06:09:27	for being 17, and opening
01:06:09:27	01:06:12:05	his own grocery store in town.
01:06:12:05	01:06:14:02	>> Main Street Market.
01:06:14:02	01:06:15:00	>> I know at 17,
01:06:15:00	01:06:16:04	I wouldn't want to open
01:06:16:04	01:06:17:07	a grocery store.
01:06:17:07	01:06:18:24	(laughs)
01:06:18:24	01:06:19:25	>> Against conventional
01:06:19:25	01:06:21:06	wisdom, I'm doing it.
01:06:21:06	01:06:22:08	>> I mean, he's just always got
01:06:22:08	01:06:23:12	something in the fire.
01:06:23:12	01:06:24:16	>> This is just my retail.
01:06:24:16	01:06:25:18	I'm trying to get into the
01:06:25:18	01:06:27:05	distribution business as well.
01:06:27:05	01:06:28:08	>> He's definitely
01:06:28:08	01:06:30:21	a great entrepreneur.
01:06:30:21	01:06:31:23	>> A kid that's in a hurry
01:06:31:23	01:06:32:29	all the time.
01:06:32:29	01:06:33:24	>> Yeah, Barb?
01:06:33:24	01:06:35:05	Yeah.
01:06:35:05	01:06:36:12	Amy, you want to come up here
01:06:36:12	01:06:38:10	and check out?
01:06:38:10	01:06:40:06	Hello?
01:06:40:06	01:06:41:29	Oh, yeah, definitely.
01:06:41:29	01:06:43:24	Um, I'm on the phone a lot
01:06:43:24	01:06:45:16	getting things set up
01:06:45:16	01:06:47:05	and coordinated.
01:06:47:05	01:06:48:13	Yeah, that's the one I want.
01:06:48:13	01:06:49:09	Yep.
01:06:49:09	01:06:50:09	Okay, yep.
01:06:50:09	01:06:51:08	Yeah.
01:06:51:08	01:06:52:21	I'll just order that anyway.
01:06:52:21	01:06:54:00	And I deal with,
01:06:54:00	01:06:55:20	on a weekly basis,
01:06:55:20	01:06:57:14	probably ten to 15 suppliers.
01:06:57:14	01:06:58:24	Okay.
01:06:58:24	01:07:01:12	I was born in Truman.
01:07:01:12	01:07:03:11	I live on a turkey farm
01:07:03:11	01:07:05:24	just a mile outside of Truman.
01:07:05:24	01:07:06:29	Actually, half the field
01:07:06:29	01:07:08:16	is in the city limits.
01:07:08:16	01:07:09:20	Truman is a small
01:07:09:20	01:07:12:10	Minnesota farming community.
01:07:12:10	01:07:13:15	>> Yeah, we're just a good
01:07:13:15	01:07:15:09	example of what rural Minnesota
01:07:15:09	01:07:16:26	looks like.
01:07:16:26	01:07:18:07	>> Downtown Truman
01:07:18:07	01:07:19:21	has really become
01:07:19:21	01:07:21:05	sort of like a ghost town.
01:07:21:05	01:07:22:04	>> The drug store
01:07:22:04	01:07:23:17	closed a year ago.
01:07:23:17	01:07:24:17	>> There used to be
01:07:24:17	01:07:25:24	three hardware stores,
01:07:25:24	01:07:27:01	three grocery stores.
01:07:27:01	01:07:28:13	>> When I was a young child,
01:07:28:13	01:07:29:15	we had the largest
01:07:29:15	01:07:31:11	furniture store in the county.
01:07:31:11	01:07:34:01	That's all gone by the wayside.
01:07:34:01	01:07:35:03	>> They've put a real burden
01:07:35:03	01:07:36:11	on our population,
01:07:36:11	01:07:38:11	especially the elderly.
01:07:38:11	01:07:39:19	>> The owner of this building,
01:07:39:19	01:07:40:20	he had to get out of it
01:07:40:20	01:07:41:22	by the end of the year.
01:07:41:22	01:07:43:02	This thing went under.
01:07:43:02	01:07:44:09	And he'd have been stuck with it
01:07:44:09	01:07:45:10	and stood to lose several
01:07:45:10	01:07:47:03	hundred thousand dollars.
01:07:47:03	01:07:50:24	And I got this down to $22,000.
01:07:50:24	01:07:52:24	It was a buyer's market.
01:07:52:24	01:07:54:18	And I saved money from,
01:07:54:18	01:07:56:09	you know, various odd jobs,
01:07:56:09	01:07:58:05	farm work, turkey work,
01:07:58:05	01:07:59:06	just never
01:07:59:06	01:08:00:18	really spent anything.
01:08:00:18	01:08:01:27	I had the money
01:08:01:27	01:08:03:26	to purchase the inventories.
01:08:03:26	01:08:05:00	>> You know, we needed somewhere
01:08:05:00	01:08:06:28	for people to get groceries.
01:08:06:28	01:08:07:29	>> I'm just shopping
01:08:07:29	01:08:09:15	for groceries.
01:08:09:15	01:08:11:00	>> There's an aging population
01:08:11:00	01:08:12:18	in this town.
01:08:12:18	01:08:14:06	They definitely need it.
01:08:14:06	01:08:15:10	>> Otherwise, there isn't
01:08:15:10	01:08:17:13	any grocery stores around.
01:08:17:13	01:08:19:03	>> I've got over 2,000 items
01:08:19:03	01:08:21:12	in stock.
01:08:21:12	01:08:24:11	I've got access to over 50,000.
01:08:24:11	01:08:25:12	>> I think it's great
01:08:25:12	01:08:26:18	for our town.
01:08:26:18	01:08:27:17	A lot of kids go out and
01:08:27:17	01:08:28:25	they've got to buy a new car
01:08:28:25	01:08:30:06	with a great new stereo in it,
01:08:30:06	01:08:31:13	and all this stuff.
01:08:31:13	01:08:33:14	And Nick saved his money.
01:08:33:14	01:08:34:16	>> I go to two classes.
01:08:34:16	01:08:35:15	I'm in English class
01:08:35:15	01:08:37:00	and an Economics class.
01:08:37:00	01:08:37:29	>> We usually have kids
01:08:37:29	01:08:39:07	sprinting out the door
01:08:39:07	01:08:40:15	to go to college somewhere else
01:08:40:15	01:08:41:14	and then never wanting
01:08:41:14	01:08:42:13	to come back.
01:08:42:13	01:08:43:15	>> He's going to stay in town
01:08:43:15	01:08:44:21	and continue
01:08:44:21	01:08:46:09	to run the grocery store.
01:08:46:09	01:08:47:11	>> "Youthful energy
01:08:47:11	01:08:49:09	leads to Main Street Market."
01:08:49:09	01:08:50:11	We wrote the story
01:08:50:11	01:08:52:02	because it's a very good thing
01:08:52:02	01:08:54:02	for the city, the town.
01:08:54:02	01:08:55:03	You know, I think it's given
01:08:55:03	01:08:56:07	some other people,
01:08:56:07	01:08:57:13	you know, some ideas.
01:08:57:13	01:08:58:17	I mean, it looks like we're
01:08:58:17	01:09:00:10	starting an archery place here.
01:09:00:10	01:09:01:08	I think some young men
01:09:01:08	01:09:02:17	are putting that together.
01:09:02:17	01:09:03:27	>> I think when people see
01:09:03:27	01:09:05:12	somebody young like that
01:09:05:12	01:09:06:22	try his best to do something
01:09:06:22	01:09:07:28	for the community,
01:09:07:28	01:09:08:29	it encourages other people
01:09:08:29	01:09:10:07	to do the same thing.
01:09:10:07	01:09:11:07	>> You have to do that in life.
01:09:11:07	01:09:12:02	You have to take chances,
01:09:12:02	01:09:13:10	you know.
01:09:13:10	01:09:14:09	>> Any small business
01:09:14:09	01:09:15:13	in a small town, you know,
01:09:15:13	01:09:17:00	gives the community
01:09:17:00	01:09:18:18	a sense of identity
01:09:18:18	01:09:20:05	and a certain, I think,
01:09:20:05	01:09:21:26	responsibility
01:09:21:26	01:09:23:19	towards one another.
01:09:23:19	01:09:24:23	>> I guess you could call him
01:09:24:23	01:09:26:14	a rebel, fighting the system,
01:09:26:14	01:09:27:19	trying to beat the system
01:09:27:19	01:09:29:06	and keep small town America
01:09:29:06	01:09:30:15	alive.
01:09:30:15	01:09:32:01	>> Yeah, yeah.
01:09:32:01	01:09:33:01	Thank you.
01:09:33:01	01:09:34:03	(laughs)
01:09:34:03	01:09:35:20	Okay, thanks.
01:09:35:20	01:09:37:23	Have a good day.
01:09:40:23	01:09:41:28	>> Nick was able
01:09:41:28	01:09:43:10	to take on running the market
01:09:43:10	01:09:44:14	because he only needed
01:09:44:14	01:09:46:09	two more classes to graduate.
01:09:46:09	01:09:47:08	>> So he didn't have to be
01:09:47:08	01:09:48:11	at school the whole day.
01:09:48:11	01:09:49:10	>> Still, you can imagine
01:09:49:10	01:09:50:13	how hectic his life is.
01:09:50:13	01:09:51:17	>> Running your own theater
01:09:51:17	01:09:52:27	would keep you pretty busy, too.
01:09:52:27	01:09:54:05	>> Yeah, you have to pick
01:09:54:05	01:09:55:09	the play, hire the actors,
01:09:55:09	01:09:56:14	hold rehearsals
01:09:56:14	01:09:57:21	and run the theater.
01:09:57:21	01:09:58:25	>> That makes you the producer.
01:09:58:25	01:10:00:03	And that's just the job Jordan
01:10:00:03	01:10:01:21	Schwartz decided to do.
01:10:01:21	01:10:02:28	>> This is a poster
01:10:02:28	01:10:04:02	from her latest production,
01:10:04:02	01:10:05:10	a play in both English
01:10:05:10	01:10:07:03	and Spanish.
01:10:09:02	01:10:12:12	(singing in Spanish)
01:10:12:12	01:10:13:23	§ It can turn §
01:10:13:23	01:10:16:11	§ your story around. §
01:10:16:11	01:10:17:16	>> You know, lots of our
01:10:17:16	01:10:18:16	students are actually
01:10:18:16	01:10:19:25	liking Cinderella.
01:10:19:25	01:10:20:29	>> My name is Jordan Schwartz.
01:10:20:29	01:10:22:06	I'm 13 years old.
01:10:22:06	01:10:23:01	And I'm founder and
01:10:23:01	01:10:23:29	artistic producer of the
01:10:23:29	01:10:25:27	Children's Bilingual Theater.
01:10:25:27	01:10:27:02	A bilingual theater is
01:10:27:02	01:10:28:11	a theater that performs plays
01:10:28:11	01:10:30:20	that involve two languages.
01:10:30:20	01:10:32:16	>> Girls...
01:10:32:16	01:10:34:04	están listas...
01:10:34:04	01:10:35:02	This is the moment
01:10:35:02	01:10:36:17	you've been waiting for.
01:10:36:17	01:10:38:01	>> Marietta, Georgia,
01:10:38:01	01:10:39:18	is a very diverse community
01:10:39:18	01:10:40:20	socioeconomically
01:10:40:20	01:10:42:24	and culturally.
01:10:42:24	01:10:44:00	>> Our Hispanic population
01:10:44:00	01:10:45:12	is rising rapidly.
01:10:45:12	01:10:47:10	>> By about 300%.
01:10:47:10	01:10:48:18	This used to be pretty much
01:10:48:18	01:10:50:22	the only Hispanic area.
01:10:50:22	01:10:51:28	And now there's
01:10:51:28	01:10:53:13	a lot more Hispanic areas.
01:10:53:13	01:10:54:09	And it's really,
01:10:54:09	01:10:57:22	really branched out.
01:10:57:22	01:10:58:26	The purpose of the bilingual
01:10:58:26	01:11:00:02	theater is to bring
01:11:00:02	01:11:01:13	two communities together.
01:11:01:13	01:11:03:18	(applause)
01:11:03:18	01:11:04:21	As a producer, I deal
01:11:04:21	01:11:06:04	with local business owners
01:11:06:04	01:11:08:00	and executives.
01:11:08:00	01:11:09:14	That's how I get my funding.
01:11:09:14	01:11:11:13	>> We got the dollars to do it.
01:11:11:13	01:11:12:12	And it was a great success
01:11:12:12	01:11:13:24	for the community.
01:11:13:24	01:11:15:05	>> Last year, in total,
01:11:15:05	01:11:16:14	we were able to raise
01:11:16:14	01:11:18:12	over $30,000.
01:11:18:12	01:11:19:08	The big thing
01:11:19:08	01:11:20:05	is signing contracts,
01:11:20:05	01:11:21:15	because I'm only 13.
01:11:21:15	01:11:22:19	So, legally I cannot sign
01:11:22:19	01:11:23:23	a contract.
01:11:23:23	01:11:25:08	One of the main things
01:11:25:08	01:11:27:18	is advertising.
01:11:27:18	01:11:29:00	Maria and Seth have been
01:11:29:00	01:11:30:18	printing our posters
01:11:30:18	01:11:32:05	ever since the beginning.
01:11:32:05	01:11:33:25	>> Jordan!
01:11:33:25	01:11:35:15	>> Hey, how are you?!
01:11:35:15	01:11:36:27	I go over it,
01:11:36:27	01:11:38:06	tell them what's good,
01:11:38:06	01:11:39:17	what should be different.
01:11:39:17	01:11:40:15	>> It's funny that
01:11:40:15	01:11:41:23	you brought that up.
01:11:41:23	01:11:43:08	We worked up a concept I think
01:11:43:08	01:11:44:25	you'll really like.
01:11:44:25	01:11:45:24	>> When we come up with
01:11:45:24	01:11:46:25	something, she's excited
01:11:46:25	01:11:49:21	and we get excited.
01:11:49:21	01:11:50:24	>> To get the word out
01:11:50:24	01:11:51:23	about our shows,
01:11:51:23	01:11:53:28	I put posters up around town.
01:11:53:28	01:11:55:27	Hola, como estás?
01:11:55:27	01:11:57:12	Pues, tengo una obra mañana
01:11:57:12	01:12:00:15	y puedo poner esto en la puerta?
01:12:00:15	01:12:01:21	Claro que sí.
01:12:01:21	01:12:03:14	Gracias.
01:12:03:14	01:12:04:00	I also have to deal with
01:12:04:00	01:12:05:10	my production staff,
01:12:05:10	01:12:06:25	also the cast, the actors,
01:12:06:25	01:12:08:18	as well as the people
01:12:08:18	01:12:10:10	up in the tech booths.
01:12:10:10	01:12:11:08	The reason I picked
01:12:11:08	01:12:12:05	"Cinderella
01:12:12:05	01:12:13:19	Eats Rice and Beans."
01:12:13:19	01:12:14:14	>> Who is this Cinderella
01:12:14:14	01:12:15:17	girl anyway?
01:12:15:17	01:12:17:06	>> Because of the message.
01:12:17:06	01:12:18:22	The message is mainly about
01:12:18:22	01:12:19:23	not judging someone,
01:12:19:23	01:12:21:01	about finding out
01:12:21:01	01:12:23:10	who they really are.
01:12:23:10	01:12:24:08	>> I'm Neja.
01:12:24:08	01:12:25:07	I play Cinderella.
01:12:25:07	01:12:26:06	>> And I'm Emily,
01:12:26:06	01:12:27:15	and I play Rosa.
01:12:27:15	01:12:28:23	>> Cinderella comes to America.
01:12:28:23	01:12:29:26	>> You two
01:12:29:26	01:12:31:09	could be like sisters!
01:12:31:09	01:12:32:24	>> I don't want a sister.
01:12:32:24	01:12:35:23	>> Rosa hates Cinderella.
01:12:35:23	01:12:38:27	Um, they become friends.
01:12:41:29	01:12:44:23	(applause)
01:12:44:23	01:12:45:20	>> It was nice.
01:12:45:20	01:12:46:17	I liked it.
01:12:46:17	01:12:48:01	>> It was in several languages,
01:12:48:01	01:12:50:09	which is very interesting.
01:12:50:09	01:12:51:27	>> No matter how much
01:12:51:27	01:12:53:09	you're different, like,
01:12:53:09	01:12:54:22	you can still be friends.
01:12:54:22	01:12:55:21	>> They would say it in Spanish
01:12:55:21	01:12:56:20	and then they would
01:12:56:20	01:12:58:02	translate it in English.
01:12:58:02	01:13:00:28	>> Y la otra no quería...
01:13:00:28	01:13:03:09	Like rice and beans.
01:13:03:09	01:13:05:14	>> Y yo ya me ha visto
01:13:05:14	01:13:07:16	muchos teatros antes.
01:13:07:16	01:13:09:01	Ninguno con dos linguas,
01:13:09:01	01:13:10:14	en español.
01:13:10:14	01:13:11:21	>> A lot of people don't
01:13:11:21	01:13:12:22	understand Hispanic culture.
01:13:12:22	01:13:14:19	>> We had some people there...
01:13:14:19	01:13:16:11	(speaking Spanish)
01:13:16:11	01:13:18:14	>> It went really, really well.
01:13:18:14	01:13:20:03	Everything looked so awesome.
01:13:20:03	01:13:21:16	That's really
01:13:21:16	01:13:23:17	what it's all about for me,
01:13:23:17	01:13:26:13	just seeing the kids change.
01:13:26:13	01:13:28:05	I have a personal challenge,
01:13:28:05	01:13:29:14	called Turner's Syndrome.
01:13:29:14	01:13:31:26	It's a birth defect.
01:13:31:26	01:13:33:04	And because of that,
01:13:33:04	01:13:34:07	I'm taking Human Growth Hormone
01:13:34:07	01:13:35:27	injections.
01:13:35:27	01:13:36:26	There's some
01:13:36:26	01:13:38:02	health implications.
01:13:38:02	01:13:39:03	I will not be able
01:13:39:03	01:13:40:07	to have my own children.
01:13:40:07	01:13:41:12	As I get older,
01:13:41:12	01:13:42:23	I hopefully will still be able
01:13:42:23	01:13:44:02	to be involved with the
01:13:44:02	01:13:45:12	Children's Bilingual Theater,
01:13:45:12	01:13:46:08	so I can keep them
01:13:46:08	01:13:47:11	as my family and take care
01:13:47:11	01:13:48:14	of them like my family,
01:13:48:14	01:13:49:09	and help them
01:13:49:09	01:13:50:13	as if they're my family.
01:13:50:13	01:13:51:25	Working with Jordan is great,
01:13:51:25	01:13:53:17	because she's so inspiring.
01:13:53:17	01:13:55:03	>> You need to be aware.
01:13:55:03	01:13:56:05	>> She's a remarkable
01:13:56:05	01:13:57:08	young lady.
01:13:57:08	01:13:58:00	>> People speak
01:13:58:00	01:13:59:07	different languages.
01:13:59:07	01:14:00:09	>> I respect her a lot
01:14:00:09	01:14:01:08	for what she's done.
01:14:01:08	01:14:02:03	>> There are different customs
01:14:02:03	01:14:03:07	that think of things
01:14:03:07	01:14:04:08	differently.
01:14:04:08	01:14:05:11	>> She never thinks of herself.
01:14:05:11	01:14:06:10	She always thinks
01:14:06:10	01:14:07:13	of others first.
01:14:07:13	01:14:08:20	>> You need to know
01:14:08:20	01:14:10:09	about what else is out there.
01:14:10:09	01:14:13:16	(applause)
01:14:13:16	01:14:14:19	>> The Children's
01:14:14:19	01:14:15:26	Bilingual Theater,
01:14:15:26	01:14:17:03	the Main Street Market,
01:14:17:03	01:14:18:12	"The Combination."
01:14:18:12	01:14:19:14	>> In different ways,
01:14:19:14	01:14:20:19	they're each standing up
01:14:20:19	01:14:21:27	for people in their communities.
01:14:21:27	01:14:23:00	>> Majority or minority.
01:14:23:00	01:14:24:05	One voice or many.
01:14:24:05	01:14:25:20	You have the right to be heard.
01:14:25:20	01:14:26:18	>> That's how
01:14:26:18	01:14:27:24	it's supposed to be.
01:14:27:24	01:14:30:00	>> Democracy it is!
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