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00:02 - Hello, I'm Miss Anne Harriman.
00:08 I'm a photographer, filmmaker, and social commentator.
00:11 I'm also a truth teller.
00:13 And my vessel of truth is my camera.
00:15 I use my camera to look for truth
00:21 in the civil rights movement
00:25 of this era we're living through.
00:28 Anti-racism movements, women's rights movements,
00:32 people that fight for climate change and beyond,
00:34 all trying to bring light to a world
00:38 that is seemingly on fire.
00:40 My camera also allows me to find truth within myself.
00:46 There's an honesty when I look through the viewfinder
00:49 and see the world as it could be.
00:52 It makes me strive and work harder
00:57 in fighting for the beliefs and truths
00:59 that I believe the world at its best can be.
01:03 And I think for many of us right now,
01:07 with the current news cycle of so much going on
01:12 that is disturbing, finding truth has become harder
01:16 with so much dis and misinformation
01:19 on our algorithms and news feeds.
01:21 It's time for us to curate what we consume
01:26 and make sure the pillars of what we believe in,
01:30 what we decide to look at
01:33 in our internet connected devices are based on truth.
01:37 - Hi, my name is Dr. Joyce Amashia
01:39 and I'm passionate about women's health.
01:41 The truth is that many women still feel unheard
01:43 in healthcare.
01:45 The truth is that many women still lack basic knowledge
01:47 around women's health conditions globally.
01:49 And we still have worrying statistics
01:51 such as black women in the UK
01:53 being four times more likely to die in childbirth.
01:56 Now as a doctor and the founder of Aranini Health,
01:58 it is my mission to improve the education
02:00 around women's health topics
02:02 and how we advocate for ourselves in healthcare.
02:04 - My name is Stephanie Rodriguez
02:06 and I'm on a mission to impact a billion lives by 2025.
02:11 I do this through my work in democratizing safety
02:15 for women and girls and vulnerable people
02:17 in support of the United Nations
02:19 Sustainable Development Goals.
02:21 In this quest for impact,
02:24 my journey brought me to Nigeria in 2019
02:27 where I spoke at a conference.
02:29 I left Nigeria with something extraordinary.
02:32 I didn't know at the time,
02:34 but I had contracted cerebral malaria from a mosquito
02:38 and my life would take a pivot
02:41 and become transformed in a way I could have never imagined
02:45 just before the pandemic.
02:48 I was on my deathbed and my life is truly a miracle.
02:51 I would be in the hospital for more than 444 nights
02:55 and have 44 operations that would ultimately leave me
03:00 as a bilateral double above ankle amputee.
03:04 I learned that no matter what we go through, we are strong.
03:10 But I've also learned the importance
03:12 of working for the eradication of malaria.
03:16 And I work today with organizations
03:18 like Rotary International and the Global Fund
03:21 to educate those who are unaware
03:23 that malaria continues to plague us
03:25 and we can do something about it.
03:27 I've also learned through my journey
03:30 and becoming a para-athlete representing Australia
03:33 in the discipline of wheelchair fencing
03:35 that when we lose something, we actually gain things.
03:40 And in adversity, we learn what our superpowers truly are.
03:45 My truth is that we are all interconnected
03:48 and events in our life serve to make us what we become.
03:53 I've learned that we, the 25% of the world's population
03:57 living with disabilities,
03:58 have something to offer to community and society.
04:01 - My name is Madja Aida.
04:04 I am a wellness coach and a mental health advocate.
04:06 Mental health is heavily stigmatized.
04:11 Men have expectations.
04:13 They are expected to be stoic,
04:16 unemotional, self-reliant,
04:18 and this is simply not true.
04:21 I am a truth teller,
04:24 and I'm here to tell you the truth,
04:26 that men need support.
04:27 Men need safe spaces.
04:31 - Hi, my name is Tessie Anthony de Lassalle.
04:34 I'm from Luxembourg.
04:36 I'm a serial entrepreneur and investor.
04:39 I am an academic.
04:41 I am an advocate for women's rights,
04:45 a UNAIDS global advocate for young women
04:48 and adolescent girls,
04:49 and a patron at UNA UK,
04:51 among many things I'm doing.
04:52 I'm also a mother of four.
04:55 I'm a truth teller.
04:56 One of my latest projects is baby books
04:59 for babies from zero to four-year-olds,
05:01 where I teach them in a playful way
05:04 about traditions and cultures of Luxembourg.
05:08 Why do I think this is important?
05:10 Because traditional culture, us, historical,
05:15 it's something we grow up with.
05:17 And I hope that through my books,
05:20 that my children, their children,
05:21 and the children after them,
05:23 learn in a playful way about something
05:25 that I love very much, my country.
05:27 - Hello, my name is Toyin Faludi, AKZ,
05:30 and I bring what's hidden into the light.
05:32 I'm a special needs advocate.
05:35 I'm a mother raising a child with Down syndrome,
05:39 and the journey has been an amazing one.
05:42 In that journey, I found my voice
05:44 to advocate for the rights of those with special needs,
05:47 and also for support for the parents.
05:50 I bring into light what is hidden.
05:54 Let's forget about the shame and the stigma,
05:58 and let's celebrate life.
06:00 Thank you to the Guardian
06:03 for helping me find my voice through this journey,
06:06 and happy 40th birthday.
06:09 And we use our conscience nurtured by the truth.
06:13 - I'd like to take this opportunity
06:14 to wish the Guardian Nigeria a happiest 40th birthday.
06:18 - Happy 40th anniversary.
06:20 - Thank you so much for having me here,
06:22 and happy 40th birthday to the Guardian.
06:24 - Thank you to the Guardian
06:26 for helping me find my voice through this journey,
06:29 and happy 40th birthday.
06:31 - Truth should never be a needle in a haystack,
06:34 especially when the stakes are so high right now.
06:37 Thank you for being a teller of truth.
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