Daga Kevin Jefferson da Eric Arnold, Sakin Birni
A ranar Sabis na Dr. Martin Luther King Jr na wannan shekara (MLK DOS), mun taimaka wa Urban Releaf dasa bishiyoyi akan titin G a Gabashin Oakland. A nan ne muka yi ayyuka da yawa a cikin 'yan watannin da suka gabata. Yankin yana buƙatar taimako mai yawa; yana daya daga cikin mafi munin tubalan a cikin birnin ta fuskar barna da zubar da shara ba bisa ka'ida ba. Kuma kamar yadda kuke tsammani, alfarwar bishiyar ba ta da yawa. Mun so a yi taron mu na MLK DOS, wanda muka yi shekaru bakwai da suka gabata, a nan, domin wannan rana ce da a kodayaushe ke fitar da ’yan agaji da yawa, kuma ba wai kawai muna son ’yan agajin su kawo kuzarinsu mai kyau a wannan unguwa ba, muna so su ga cewa zai yiwu a canza yankin da babu wanda ya damu da shi, don kawo wasu tallafi don taimakawa al’umma.
Wannan shine abin da MLK DOS yake game da shi: sanya duniya wuri mafi kyau ta hanyar aiki kai tsaye. Anan a Urban Releaf, muna yin aikin muhalli a wuraren da muke son ganin sun zama masu tsabta, al'ummomi masu mutuntawa. Masu aikin sa kai baƙar fata ne, farare, Asiyawa, Latino, matasa, tsofaffi, daga kowane nau'in aji da yanayin tattalin arziki, suna aiki don inganta yanki wanda galibi gida ne ga masu ƙarancin kuɗi. Don haka dama can, zaku iya ganin mafarkin MLK yana aiki. Kamar Masu Rikicin 'Yanci da suka yi tattaki zuwa zurfin Kudu don ciyar da haƙƙin jama'a gaba, wannan taron dashen bishiyu yana haɗa mutane tare da sha'awar taimakawa gama gari kawai. Amurka kenan da Dr. King ya hango. Bai isa can don ganinsa ba, kamar yadda muka sani, amma muna tabbatar da wannan hangen nesa, toshe ta toshe kuma bishiya ta bishiya.
A hanyoyi da yawa, adalcin muhalli shine sabon motsi na 'yancin ɗan adam. Ko kuma a maimakon haka, haɓakar abin da ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin jama'a ta kunsa. Ta yaya za mu sami daidaiton zamantakewa yayin da mutane ke rayuwa a cikin gurɓatattun al'ummomi? Shin kowa ba shi da hakkin tsaftace iska da ruwa mai tsafta? Samun korayen bishiyu a kan toshewar ku bai kamata ya zama wani abu da aka keɓe don farare da masu arziki ba.
Abin da Dr. King ya gada shi ne tara mutane da albarkatu don yin abin da ya dace. Ba wai kawai ya yi yaƙi don al'ummar Afirka ba, ya yi gwagwarmaya don tabbatar da adalci ga dukan al'ummomi, don ma'aunin daidaito. Bai yi yaƙi don dalili ɗaya ba. Ya yi gwagwarmayar kare hakkin jama'a, 'yancin ƙwadago, batutuwan mata, rashin aikin yi, haɓaka ma'aikata, ƙarfafa tattalin arziki, da adalci ga kowa. Idan da yana raye a yau, babu shakka zai kasance mai himma wajen kula da muhalli, musamman a cikin birni inda Urban Releaf ke gudanar da mafi yawan ayyukanta.
A zamanin MLK, dole ne su yi gwagwarmaya da nuna wariyar launin fata, ta hanyar nuna wariyar dokokin Jim Crow. Gwagwarmayarsa ta haifar da zartar da dokoki masu mahimmanci kamar Dokar 'Yancin Zabe da Dokar 'Yancin Bil'adama. Da zarar waɗannan dokokin sun kasance a cikin littattafai, an ba da izini don kada a nuna bambanci, a samar da al'umma daidai. Hakan ya zama mafari ga harkar adalci ta zamantakewa.
A California, muna da irin wannan umarni na adalcin muhalli, ta hanyar takardar kudi kamar SB535, wanda ya jagoranci albarkatu zuwa ga al'ummomin marasa galihu da ke fama da gurbatar muhalli. Wannan yana ɗaukan gadon Sarki na adalci na zamantakewa da kuma adalci na tattalin arziki, domin idan ba tare da waɗannan albarkatun ba, za a ci gaba da nuna wariyar muhalli ga al'ummomi masu launi da masu karamin karfi. Wani nau'i ne na rarrabuwar kawuna wanda bai bambanta da yin amfani da maɓuɓɓugar ruwa daban ba, ko cin abinci a wani gidan abinci daban.
A Oakland, muna magana ne game da taswirar ƙidayar jama'a 25 waɗanda aka gano suna cikin mafi muni a cikin jihar don gurɓacewar muhalli ta EPA ta California. Waɗannan taswirar ƙidayar ba su da daidaituwa ta fuskar kabilanci da ƙabila—mai nuni da cewa al'amuran muhalli batutuwan yancin ɗan adam ne.
Ma'anar MLK DOS ya wuce magana, fiye da ka'idar tsayar da mutane ta hanyar abin da ke cikin halinsu. Yana da sadaukarwa don duba abin da ba daidai ba ko rashin daidaituwa a cikin al'umma don kawo canji ga mafi kyau. Yana da hauka a yi tunanin cewa dasa bishiyoyi na iya zama alamar daidaito da sauyi mai kyau na zamantakewa, kuma ya zama ci gaba na ayyukan wannan mai girma, ko ba haka ba? Amma sakamakon yana magana da kansu. Idan da gaske kuna kula da yancin ɗan adam, game da yancin ɗan adam, kuna kula da yanayin muhallin da ɗan adam ke rayuwa a ciki. Wannan shi ne saman dutse, tudun da Dr. King ya ambata. Wuri ne na tausayi da damuwa ga wasu. Kuma yana farawa da muhalli.
Ga ma karin hotunan taron akan Urban ReLeaf's G+ shafi.
Urban Releaf memba ne na Cibiyar Releaf ta California. Suna aiki a Oakland, California.