TEDxTeen - Natalie Warne - Anonymous Extraordinaries

Born in an underserved part of downtown Chicago, Natalie and her five siblings had to survive on her mother's humble teacher salary, moving from city to city to find work. No stranger to adversity, Natalie was determined to make something great out of her life.

At 17, Natalie saw the documentary Invisible Children: The Rough Cut, a film exposing Africa's longest running war. Compelled by this story, she applied to be a volunteer or "roadie" for Invisible Children, using her voice to help end this war.

She quickly stood out among the other interns, and was quickly given responsibility to help lead Invisible Children's largest project to date; an event in 100 cities worldwide called "The Rescue." Through her determination, tens of thousands of people came out to the event, sleeping in the streets for up to six days in order to raise the profile of this war.

Her efforts paid off when Oprah Winfrey invited Invisible Children, and Natalie, onto her show to add her voice to the numbers. The event was then highlighted on Larry King Live, CNN, and countless other news outlets. Natalie has natural charisma, astounding leadership qualities, and is now working in Los Angeles as a film editor, to continue to share stories of injustices.

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  Nonprofits & Activism

[JohannesOberman]

Golden.



[stradivarijus]

And what changed in Uganda or whatever??

[ilmars abele]

The KONY 2012 movement was a genius propaganda to invade Uganda!

[lucabaracuda987]

all world money GONE = a better world

[bcdc2434]

So she's one of those responsible for the whole Kony scam and one of the first to be so emptionally impacted as to forget to research any factual information on the subject before hopping the bandwagon? I hope everyone is aware Joseph Kony wasn't seen for a while and is a minority figure in African conflicts. Nothing like the war in Mali which goes unheard. As for Invisible Children, has anyone seen the video of its founder tripping balls naked? how about giving guns to terrorists? yep.

[Yourpersonal Godde]

inspiring speech, impressive young woman,,. but dodgy, dodgy cause.

And when you hear Natalie talk about a hundred boxes of pizza and all these plane tickets, you've got to wonder how much more the money and publicity could have done if it had been funnelled into more reputable development charities like Oxfam or Save The Children.But at least charity interns look good on college application essays.

[RIPb1b]

"My mom is a strong black woman."

Non-ironically too! Closed my tab as quickly as humanly possible.

[jaymeez]

Dang she is fine boi! I'll go to the jungles of Africa n capture Koni myself for a date with this Redbone!

[Captain Caveman]

Sorry to burst your bubble here Natalie but the army and British S.A.S. did more to stop child soldiers being created than Oprah or your little feel good mission.

[Edward Long]

your*



[Edward Long]

yeah.. congratulations on being sucked into the ploy of invisible children, putting you're life, sanity, education, and future on the line... all i have to say is, at least she's passionate about something.

[RaphaelHomem]

How can I make subtitles for this video?