Name: 【TED】T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison: The most powerful woman you've never heard of (The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison)
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T. Morgan Dixon: I would like to tell you about the most powerful woman

Dr. King called her the \"the architect of the civil rights movement,\"

because she created something called Citizenship Schools.

And in those schools, she taught ordinary women the practical skills

to go back into their communities and teach people to read.

Well, these women took those organizing skills,

and they became some of the most legendary civil rights activists

She orchestrated the entire walk from Selma to Montgomery.

She was a cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,

who sat on the floor of the Democratic National Convention

and talked about being beaten in jail cells

as she registered people to vote in Mississippi.

She said Septima Clark was the one who taught her

These were just three of her 10,000 students.

These women stood on the front lines of change,

they taught people to read in her Citizenship School model

She created a new culture of social activism.

Pete Seeger said it was Septima Clark who changed the lyrics

Vanessa Garrison: Now, many of you may know us.

the largest health organization for Black women in America.

80 percent of whom are over a healthy body weight,

to walk outside of their front door every day

to establish a lifesaving habit of walking;

in which Black women reverse the devastating impacts

reclaim the streets of their neighborhoods,

create a new culture of health for their families

and stand on the front lines for justice.

more than 100,000 Black women are wearing this GirlTrek blue shirt

as they move through their communities --

We walk in the footsteps of Septima Clark.

She gave us a blueprint for change-making.

To two: root down in the cultural traditions of your community

and lean heavily on what has come before.

that one thing that everyone is willing to work hard for;

a ridiculously simple goal that doesn't just benefit the individual

never ask permission to save your own life.

It is our fundamental right as human beings

TMD: So to the women all out there gathered in your living rooms,

rooting for us, acting crazy on social media right now --

working with hospitals and health care systems in Harlem;

praying over the streets of Sacramento, Charlotte, Brooklyn, Flint

and every community that has seen trauma;

changing traffic patterns, making your streets safer;

And it all started with your commitment to start walking,

your agreement to organize your friends and family

TMD: It's important to me that everyone in this room understands

exactly how change-making works in GirlTrek.

One well-trained organizer has the power to change the behavior

because the [1,000] women blowing up social media right now

have already inspired over 100,000 women to walk.

【TED】T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison: The most powerful woman you've never heard of (The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison)

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【TED】T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison: The most powerful woman you've never heard of (The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison)

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