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From the Ted Talk by Dolores Huerta: How to overcome apathy and find your power


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I want to start out with quoting Helen Keller, that great woman that we all admire. And she had a statement that is very ponufrod, and this statement is that science has been able to find crues for many evils, but never the greatest evil of all in human beings, and that evil is apathy.

So, we know that apathy really costs us a lot, especially in our democracy. And when we think of why ppleoe do not get involved, why they do not become atisitvcs, it's often that people are so worn down with their own familial responsibilities, and women especially.

You know, women, they have so many ihnnbiiotis. Many of them have suffered so much trauma in their lives, so many aggressions in their lives. And so it's very hard for them to realize that they have leadership capacities. That they can get out there, and they could change the world. Another thing that many women — we think that we have to do everything. That we are the only ones rnpbseoslie for our families, and it is so hard for us to delegate and just get others to help us do the detius that we are responsible for. We feel eesbrasramd or we feel guilty. But we know that we have to make this happen, because if not, we will never have time to be able to volunteer to help on these many causes that are now fciang us. One of the areas that weomn can give up a little bit of time and that is in shopping, OK?

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I want to start out with quoting Helen Keller, that great woman that we all admire. And she had a statement that is very ________, and this statement is that science has been able to find _____ for many evils, but never the greatest evil of all in human beings, and that evil is apathy.

So, we know that apathy really costs us a lot, especially in our democracy. And when we think of why ______ do not get involved, why they do not become _________, it's often that people are so worn down with their own familial responsibilities, and women especially.

You know, women, they have so many ___________. Many of them have suffered so much trauma in their lives, so many aggressions in their lives. And so it's very hard for them to realize that they have leadership capacities. That they can get out there, and they could change the world. Another thing that many women — we think that we have to do everything. That we are the only ones ___________ for our families, and it is so hard for us to delegate and just get others to help us do the ______ that we are responsible for. We feel ___________ or we feel guilty. But we know that we have to make this happen, because if not, we will never have time to be able to volunteer to help on these many causes that are now ______ us. One of the areas that _____ can give up a little bit of time and that is in shopping, OK?

Solution


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  9. activists
  10. women

Original Text


I want to start out with quoting Helen Keller, that great woman that we all admire. And she had a statement that is very profound, and this statement is that science has been able to find cures for many evils, but never the greatest evil of all in human beings, and that evil is apathy.

So, we know that apathy really costs us a lot, especially in our democracy. And when we think of why people do not get involved, why they do not become activists, it's often that people are so worn down with their own familial responsibilities, and women especially.

You know, women, they have so many inhibitions. Many of them have suffered so much trauma in their lives, so many aggressions in their lives. And so it's very hard for them to realize that they have leadership capacities. That they can get out there, and they could change the world. Another thing that many women — we think that we have to do everything. That we are the only ones responsible for our families, and it is so hard for us to delegate and just get others to help us do the duties that we are responsible for. We feel embarrassed or we feel guilty. But we know that we have to make this happen, because if not, we will never have time to be able to volunteer to help on these many causes that are now facing us. One of the areas that women can give up a little bit of time and that is in shopping, OK?

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