Daraktan: Crystal Ross O'Hara
Lokacin da Kemba Shakur ta fara barin aikinta na jami’ar gyara a gidan yari na jihar Soledad shekaru 15 da suka wuce ta koma Oakland ta ga abin da yawancin sababbin shigowa da baƙi a cikin birane ke gani: yanayin birni mara kyau wanda babu bishiyoyi da dama.
Amma Shakur kuma ya ga wani abu dabam - yiwuwar.
"Ina son Oakland. Yana da damar da yawa kuma yawancin mutanen da ke zaune a nan suna jin haka, ”in ji Shakur.
A cikin 1999, Shakur ya kafa Oakland Releaf, ƙungiyar da aka sadaukar don ba da horon aiki ga matasa masu haɗarin gaske da kuma manya masu wahalan aiki ta inganta gandun daji na Oakland. A cikin 2005, ƙungiyar ta haɗa tare da Richmond Releaf na kusa don samar da Sakin Urban.
Bukatar irin wannan ƙungiya ta kasance mai girma, musamman a cikin “flatlands” na Oakland, inda ƙungiyar Shakur ta kasance. Wani yanki na birni wanda ya ketare tare da manyan hanyoyi kuma gida ga wuraren masana'antu da yawa, gami da tashar jiragen ruwa na Oakland, yawancin motocin diesel da ke tafiya a yankin suna tasiri ingancin iska na Yammacin Oakland. Yankin tsibiri ne mai zafi na birni, yana yin rajista akai-akai fiye da makwabcinsa mai cike da bishiya, Berkeley. Bukatar ƙungiyar horar da ayyukan yi ma tana da mahimmanci. Adadin rashin aikin yi a duka a Oakland da Richmond suna da yawa kuma laifukan tashin hankali sun kasance sau biyu ko uku na matsakaicin ƙasa.
Brown vs. Brown
Babban rawar da aka yi na Urban Releaf ya zo ne a cikin bazara na 1999 a lokacin "Great Green Sweep," ƙalubale tsakanin magajin gari Jerry Brown na Oakland da Willie Brown na San Francisco. Wanda aka yi masa lakabi da "Brown vs. Brown," taron ya yi kira ga kowane birni da ya tsara masu sa kai don ganin wanda zai iya dasa bishiyoyi a rana guda. Fafatawar da ke tsakanin tsohon gwamna Jerry mai hazaka da Willie mai hazaka kuma mai fafutuka ya zama abin ban mamaki.
Shakur ya ce: "Na yi mamakin matakin jira da jin daɗin da ya kawo." “Muna da masu aikin sa kai kusan 300 kuma mun dasa itatuwa 100 a cikin sa’o’i biyu ko uku. Yayi sauri sosai. Na waiwaya bayan haka nace wow, itace bai isa ba. Za mu buƙaci ƙarin.”
Oakland ta samu nasara daga gasar kuma Shakur ya gamsu cewa za a iya yin komai.
Ayyukan Green don Matasan Oakland
Tare da tallafi da tallafi na jihohi da tarayya, yanzu Urban Releaf yana shuka bishiyoyi kusan 600 a shekara kuma ya horar da dubban matasa. Ƙwarewar da yaran ke koya sun haɗa da fiye da dasa shuki da kula da itatuwa. A cikin 2004, Urban Releaf ya haɗu tare da UC Davis akan wani aikin bincike na CalFed wanda aka tsara don nazarin tasirin bishiyoyi akan rage gurɓataccen ƙasa, hana zaizayar ƙasa da haɓaka ingancin ruwa da iska. Binciken ya yi kira ga matasa na Urban Releaf da su tattara bayanan GIS, ɗaukar ma'auni mai gudu da gudanar da bincike na ƙididdiga - ƙwarewa waɗanda ke fassarawa cikin sauri zuwa kasuwar aiki.
Samar da matasa a unguwarsu da gogewar da ke sa su sami aikin yi ya zama mafi mahimmanci, in ji Shakur. A cikin 'yan watannin nan, West Oakland ta girgiza sakamakon mutuwar wasu samari da dama saboda tashe-tashen hankula, wadanda Shakur ya san da kansa kuma ya yi aiki da Urban Releaf.
Shakur yana fatan wata rana zai bude "cibiyar dorewa," wanda zai zama babban wuri don samar da ayyukan yi ga matasa a Oakland, Richmond da Babban Bay Area. Shakur ya yi imanin cewa karin samar da ayyukan yi ga matasa na iya dakile tashe-tashen hankula.
"A yanzu da gaske an mai da hankali kan kasuwar ayyukan yi koren kuma ina jin daɗinsa, saboda yana ba da fifiko ga samar da ayyukan yi ga marasa aikin yi," in ji ta.
Shakur, mahaifiyar 'ya'ya biyar, ta yi magana da sha'awa game da matasan da suka zo ƙungiyar daga yankunan Oakland da Richmond. Muryarta ta cika da alfahari yayin da ta nuna cewa ta fara haduwa da Rukeya Harris, dalibar kwalejin da ke amsa waya a Urban Releaf, shekaru takwas da suka wuce. Harris ya ga wata ƙungiya daga Urban Releaf suna dasa bishiya kusa da gidanta a West Oakland kuma ta tambaye ta ko za ta iya shiga shirin aiki. Ita 12 kacal a lokacin, ba za ta iya shiga ba, amma ta ci gaba da tambaya kuma a 15 ta shiga. Yanzu mai digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Clark Atlanta, Harris ta ci gaba da aiki don Releaf Urban lokacin da ta dawo gida daga makaranta.
Shuka Ranar Itace
Urban Releaf ya sami ci gaba duk da mawuyacin halin tattalin arziki saboda tallafi daga hukumomin jihohi da tarayya da kuma gudummawar sirri, in ji Shakur. Misali, a watan Afrilu, mambobin kungiyar kwallon kwando ta Golden State Warriors da ma'aikata da masu gudanarwa na Esurance sun shiga cikin masu sa kai na Urban Releaf don "Ranar Shuka a Bishiyu," wanda Esurance, wata hukumar inshora ta kan layi ta dauki nauyinsa. An dasa bishiyoyi XNUMX a mahadar Martin Luther King Jr. Way da West MacArthur Boulevard a Oakland.
Noe Noyola, ɗaya daga cikin masu ba da agaji a “Ranar Shuka Bishiyu,” in ji Noe Noyola, “Wannan yanki ne da da gaske ya ruguje ta hanyar ƙetare.” “Yana da ƙarfi. Akwai kankare da yawa. Haɗa bishiyoyi 20 ya yi tasiri sosai.”
Masu sa kai na Urban ReLeaf suna yin bambanci a "Ranar Shuka a Bishiyoyi".
Noyola ya fara danganta ne da Urban Releaf yayin da yake neman tallafi daga hukumar sake raya kasa don inganta shimfidar shimfidar wuri a kan tsaka-tsaki a unguwarsa. Kamar Shakur, Noyola yana jin cewa maye gurbin tsire-tsire masu banƙyama da siminti a cikin tsaka-tsaki tare da kyawawan bishiyoyi, furanni da bushewa zai inganta yanayin yanayi da jin daɗin al'umma a cikin unguwa. Jami’an yankin, wadanda ba su iya mayar da martani ga aikin nan take ba, sun bukace shi da ya yi aiki da Urban Releaf kuma daga wannan hadin gwiwar an dasa bishiyoyi 20.
Matakin farko, in ji Noyola, shine gamsar da wasu mazauna yankin da kuma masu kasuwanci, cewa za a cika alkawuran inganta unguwar. Sau da yawa, in ji shi, kungiyoyi daga ciki da wajen al’umma duk suna magana, ba tare da bin diddigi ba. Izini daga masu mallakar filaye ya zama dole saboda dole ne a yanke titina don shuka bishiyoyi.
Gabaɗayan aikin, in ji shi, ya ɗauki kusan wata ɗaya da rabi kawai, amma tasirin tunanin mutum yana nan take kuma mai zurfi.
"Ya yi tasiri mai karfi," in ji shi. “Gaskiya bishiyoyi kayan aiki ne don sake fasalin hangen nesa na yanki. Lokacin da kuka ga bishiyoyi da ciyayi masu yawa, tasirin yana nan da nan.
Bayan da yake da kyau, dashen bishiyar ya zaburar da mazauna yankin da masu kasuwanci don yin ƙari, in ji Noyola. Ya lura cewa bambancin da aikin ya haifar ya haifar da irin wannan shuka a kan shinge na gaba. Wasu mazauna yankin ma sun shirya abubuwan da suka faru na “farilla”, dasa bishiyoyi ba tare da izini ba da ciyayi a wuraren da aka yi watsi da su.
Ga Noyola da Shakur, babban gamsuwa a cikin aikinsu ya zo ne daga abin da suka bayyana a matsayin samar da motsi - ganin wasu sun himmatu don dasa bishiyoyi da yawa da kuma shawo kan abin da suka fara gani a matsayin iyaka ga muhallinsu.
"Lokacin da na fara wannan shekaru 12 da suka wuce, mutane suna kallona kamar mahaukaci ne kuma yanzu sun yaba ni," in ji Shakur. "Sun ce, hey, muna da batutuwan kurkuku da abinci da rashin aikin yi kuma kuna magana akan bishiyoyi. Amma yanzu sun samu!"
Crystal Ross O'Hara ɗan jarida ne mai zaman kansa wanda ke zaune a Davis, California.Hoton memba
Year kafa: 1999
Cibiyar sadarwa da aka haɗa:
Mambobin hukumar: 15
Ma'aikata: 2 cikakken lokaci, 7 part-time
Ayyukan sun haɗa da: dashen bishiya da kula da su, bincike na ruwa, horar da ayyukan yi ga matasa masu haɗari da kuma manya masu wuyar aiki.
Tuntuɓi: Kemba Shakur, babban darakta
835 57th Street
Oakland, CA 94608
510-601-9062 (p)
510-228-0391 (f)
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