So even as I worked after graduation in a few unfulfilling jobs here in New York -- I will not list them all -- (laughter) -- even as I went from motley apartment to motley apartment, I reached out. I started to write letters to community organizations all across the country. And one day, a small group of churches on the South Side of Chicago answered, offering me work with people in neighborhoods hit hard by steel mills that were shutting down and communities where jobs were dying away.
因此,即使当我毕业后在纽约从事几份没有成就感的工作的时候——我不会一 一列举——(笑声)——即使在我搬出一间杂乱的公寓又搬到另一间同样杂乱的公寓的时候,我也在努力求索。我开始给全国各地的社区组织写信。有一天,芝加哥南区的一个小型教会组织回了信,给了我一份为当地居民服务的工作,他们那里的钢厂停业使他们受到沉重打击,那里的就业机会也一天天消失。
The community had been plagued by gang violence, so once I arrived, one of the first things we tried to do was to mobilize a meeting with community leaders to deal with gangs. And I’d worked for weeks on this project. We invited the police; we made phone calls; we went to churches; we passed out flyers. The night of the meeting we arranged rows and rows of chairs in anticipation of this crowd. And we waited, and we waited. And finally, a group of older folks walked in to the hall and they sat down. And this little old lady raised her hand and asked, “Is this where the bingo game is? (Laughter.) It was a disaster. Nobody showed up. My first big community meeting -- nobody showed up.
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