Zathu Kasupe / Chilimwe 2015 California Mitengo nkhani:
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Wolemba Genoa Barrow
The Incredible Edible Community Garden ili ndi anthu ambiri ochita nawo chidwi pamsonkhano wapagulu wa February 2015.
Masamba amabwera m'mawonekedwe ndi mithunzi yambirimbiri, koma omwe ali ndi ntchito yowateteza ndi kuwasunga samawonetsa kusiyanasiyana komweko, malinga ndi kafukufuku waposachedwa.
"The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations, Government Agencies" yoyendetsedwa ndi Dorceta E. Taylor, Ph. D. ya University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources & Environment (SNRE) inatulutsidwa mu July 2014. kuti ngakhale kuti zinthu zina zayenda bwino m’zaka 50 zapitazi, maudindo ambiri a utsogoleri m’mabungwewa akadali ndi amuna achizungu.
Dr. Taylor anaphunzira za mabungwe 191 oteteza ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe, mabungwe 74 a boma okhudza zachilengedwe, ndiponso mabungwe 28 opereka ndalama zothandizira chilengedwe. Lipoti lake likuphatikizaponso zambiri zomwe adazipeza kuchokera ku zokambirana zachinsinsi ndi akatswiri a zachilengedwe 21 omwe adafunsidwa za kusiyana kwa kusiyana kwa mabungwe awo.
Malinga ndi lipotilo, phindu lalikulu lawonedwa ndi azimayi achizungu. Kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti amayi adatenga gawo lopitilira theka la maudindo a utsogoleri a 1,714 omwe amaphunzira m'mabungwe oteteza ndi kuteteza. Azimayi amayimiranso oposa 60% mwa omwe amalembedwa ntchito ndi omwe amaphunzira m'mabungwewa.
Ziwerengerozi zikulonjeza, koma kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti pali "kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa amuna ndi akazi" pokhudzana ndi maudindo amphamvu kwambiri m'mabungwe a chilengedwe. Mwachitsanzo, oposa 70% a pulezidenti ndi mipando ya bungwe la mabungwe oteteza ndi kuteteza ndi amuna. Kuphatikiza apo, opitilira 76% apurezidenti amabungwe opangira ndalama zachilengedwe ndi amuna.
Lipotilo linatsimikiziranso kukhalapo kwa "denga lobiriwira," kupeza kuti 12-16% yokha ya mabungwe a zachilengedwe omwe anaphunzira amaphatikizapo ochepa pamagulu awo kapena ogwira ntchito. Kuphatikiza apo, zomwe zapezedwa zikuwonetsa kuti ogwira ntchitowa amangokhazikika m'magulu apansi.
KUKHALA POYAMBA ZOCHITA ZOMASIYANA
Ryan Allen, Woyang'anira Ntchito Zachilengedwe ku Koreatown Youth and Community Center (Mtengo wa KYCC) ku Los Angeles, akuti n’zosadabwitsa kuti anthu ochepa amitundu yosiyanasiyana amaimiridwa m’mabungwe ndi m’mabungwe ambiri.
"Poganizira zovuta zomwe anthu ang'onoang'ono akumana nazo ku America, ndizomveka kuti chilengedwe sichinawonedwe ngati chofunikira chofunikira kuti achitepo kanthu," adatero Allen.
Edgar Dymally - membala wa Board wa osachita phindu Anthu a Tree - amavomereza. Iye akuti maganizo a anthu ang’onoang’ono akhala akupeza mwayi wofanana pa nkhani za chilungamo cha anthu komanso kuthetsa tsankho la nyumba ndi ntchito m’malo molingana ndi chilengedwe.
Dr. Taylor akutsindika kuti kuchulukirachulukira kungatanthauze kuchulukirachulukira pazovuta ndi nkhawa zomwe anthu amitundu ndi magulu ena omwe sayimilira akukumana nazo.
"Muyenera kukhala ndi mawu a aliyense patebulo, kuti muthe kumvetsetsa zosowa za dera lililonse," adatero Allen.
Olima mitengo akupereka moni ku KYCC Industrial District Green mu February 2015.
"Magulu ambiri a zachilengedwe amayesetsa kugwira ntchito m'madera otsika komanso ochepa, chifukwa ndizomwe zimafunika kwambiri zachilengedwe," Allen anapitiriza. "Ndikuganiza kuti kulumikizana kumabwera chifukwa chosamvetsetsa momwe mungalankhulire ntchito yomwe mukugwira ndi anthu omwe mukuyesera kuwatumikira. KYCC imabzala mitengo yambiri ku South Los Angeles, komwe kuli anthu ambiri aku Puerto Rico komanso aku Africa-America, omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa. Timalankhula za ubwino wokhala ndi mpweya wabwino, kutenga madzi a mkuntho ndi kupulumutsa mphamvu, koma mwina chimene anthu amasamala nacho ndi mmene mitengo ingathandizire kuchepetsa mphumu.”
Zomwe zikuchitidwa ndi magulu ang'onoang'ono, akatswiri amati, zitha kupangidwanso ndi mabungwe akuluakulu kuti athandize kwambiri.
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"Ndikuganiza kuti kulumikizana kumabwera chifukwa chosamvetsetsa momwe mungalankhulire ntchito yomwe mukugwira ndi anthu omwe mukuyesera kuwatumikira."
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"KYCC imagwira ntchito ndi mabanja ambiri omwe angobwera kumene, ndipo izi zimabweretsa zopinga zambiri zachilankhulo komanso kusamvetsetsa chikhalidwe chatsopano. Chifukwa cha izi timalemba antchito omwe amatha kulankhula chinenero cha makasitomala omwe timawatumikira - omwe amamvetsetsa chikhalidwe chomwe akuchokera. Izi zimathandiza kuti pulogalamu yathu ikhale yogwirizana ndi madera omwe timatumikira, komanso kuti tizilumikizana.
"Polola anthu ammudzi kutiuza zomwe akufunikira, ndikuwathandiza kuti akwaniritse zosowazo, timadziwa kuti mapulogalamu omwe timayendetsa akuthandizira makasitomala athu," adatero Allen.
KUGWIRITSA NTCHITO YOPHUNZITSIRA
Malingaliro ake amagawidwa ndi Mary E. Petit, Woyambitsa ndi Co-Executive director of The Incredible Edible Community Garden (IECG), yomwe ilinso ku Southern California.
"Zosiyanasiyana ndizofunika kwambiri kuti zitsimikizire mphamvu ndi moyo wautali osati mabungwe a chilengedwe komanso mabungwe onse," adatero Petit.
"Zimawonetsetsa kuti timayang'ana mapulogalamu athu pogwiritsa ntchito lens lalikulu. Zimatipangitsa kukhala oona mtima. Ngati tiyang'ana chilengedwe, malo abwino kwambiri ndi oyenerera, olimba achilengedwe ndi omwe ali osiyanasiyana.
"Koma kuti tigwirizane ndi kusiyanasiyana ndi mphamvu zomwe zingapereke bungwe, anthu ayenera kukhala omasuka komanso opanda tsankho, osati m'mawu komanso momwe anthu amakhalira moyo wawo," adatero.
Eleanor Torres, Co-Executive Director of Incredible Edible Community Garden akuti adachoka kumalo osungirako zachilengedwe mu 2003 atakhumudwa. Anabwereranso m’chaka cha 2013 ndipo pamene anali wokondwa kuona “magazi atsopano” m’gululi, akuti padakali ntchito yoti ichitike.
“Sizinasinthe kwambiri. Payenera kukhala kusintha kwakukulu pakumvetsetsa, "adapitiriza. "M'nkhalango zam'tawuni, mudzakumana ndi anthu amitundu."
Torres, yemwe ndi Latina ndi Native American, adalowa m'munda mu 1993 ndipo wakhala ndi gawo lake lokhala munthu "woyamba" kapena "wokha" wamtundu pa udindo wa utsogoleri. Iye wati nkhani zokhuza kusankhana mitundu, kusankhana mitundu komanso kusankhana mitundu zikufunikabe kuthetsedwa kusintha kwenikweni kusanachitike.
Msonkhano wa bungwe la TreePeople umakhala ndi nthumwi zochokera m'madera osiyanasiyana.
Dymally wakhala membala wa TreePeople's Board kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu. Katswiri wa zomangamanga, ntchito yake yamasiku ano ndi Katswiri Wachilengedwe Wachilengedwe ku Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). Iye akuti wangokumana ndi anthu ochepa achikuda omwe ali ndi maudindo apamwamba.
"Pali ena, koma osati ambiri," adagawana nawo.
Dymally adalumikizana ndi TreePeople pofunsidwa ndi membala wina yekha wa Board, yemwe ndi wa ku Spain. Analimbikitsidwa kuti azichita zambiri komanso kuti azitenga nawo mbali, makamaka chifukwa panalibe anthu ambiri amitundu omwe ankaimiridwa. Kuti "aliyense, afikire m'modzi", Dymally adati, amalimbikitsidwa ndi Woyambitsa bungwe komanso Purezidenti Andy Lipkis, yemwe ndi mzungu.
Dymally adati akufuna kuwona opanga mfundo ndi opanga malamulo nawonso akuvomereza kuyesetsa kukulitsa kusiyanasiyana.
"Amatha kukhazikitsa mawu ndikubweretsa mphamvu pankhondo iyi."
KUKHALA NDI MOYO – NDI KUSIYANA – CHOLOWA
Dymally ndi mphwake wa yemwe kale anali Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally waku California, munthu woyamba komanso yekha Wakuda kugwira ntchito imeneyi. Wamng'ono Dymally akulozera za kupambana kwa amalume ake omwe adamwalira kale pakupangitsa kuti anthu ang'onoang'ono ayimizidwe pa Water Boards mdziko lonse.
"Ndikufuna kuwona Purezidenti, kapena wina wake, mwina Mayi Woyamba, achitepo kanthu," adatero Dymally.
Mayi Woyamba Michelle Obama, adaonjeza kuti, wakhala katswiri pazakudya komanso kupanga dimba ndipo atha kuchita chimodzimodzi polimbikitsa kufunikira kobweretsa anthu osiyanasiyana ndi malingaliro pamwambo wachilengedwe.
The "State of Diversity in Environmental Organisations" Lipotilo likunena kuti nkhaniyi ikufuna "kuyang'ana patsogolo" ndipo ikupereka malingaliro a "kuyesetsa mwamphamvu" m'madera atatu - kufufuza ndi kuwonekera, kuyankha, ndi zothandizira.
"Zonena zamitundu yosiyanasiyana popanda dongosolo komanso kusonkhanitsa deta mosamalitsa ndi mawu apapepala," idatero chikalata chamasamba 187.
"Mabungwe ndi mabungwe akuyenera kukhazikitsa kusiyanasiyana kwapachaka komanso kuwunika kophatikiza. Kuwulula kuyenera kuthandizira kugawana njira zothanirana ndi tsankho lachidziwitso komanso kukonzanso ntchito yolemba anthu kupitilira kalabu ya obiriwira," akupitiliza.
Lipotilo likuwonetsanso kuti maziko, mabungwe omwe siaboma ndi mabungwe aboma amaphatikiza zolinga zosiyanasiyana pakuwunika magwiridwe antchito ndi njira zopangira ndalama, kuti ndalama zowonjezera ziziperekedwa kuti njira zosiyanasiyana zigwire ntchito, komanso kuti ndalama zokhazikika ziziperekedwa kuti pakhale ma network kuti achepetse kudzipatula ndikuthandizira atsogoleri omwe alipo. .
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"Muyenera kukhala ndi mawu a aliyense patebulo, kuti muthe kumvetsetsa zosowa zomwe dera lililonse lili nazo."
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"Sindikudziwa zomwe zingachitike zomwe zingabweretse anthu ang'onoang'ono ku maudindo ambiri a utsogoleri, koma kubweretsa chidziwitso ndi maphunziro kwa achinyamata a m'deralo, kuthandizira kulimbikitsa mbadwo wotsatira wa atsogoleri, kungakhale njira yabwino yoyamba," adatero Allen.
"Ziyenera kuyambika pasukulu," adatero Dymally, kufotokoza malingaliro ndikuwonetsa zoyesayesa za TreePeople.
Mapologalamu a bungweli amaphunzitsa za chilengedwe amalimbikitsa ana asukulu za pulayimale ndi kusekondale komanso aphunzitsi a ku Los Angeles “kukumba,” kuphunzira ubwino wolima nkhalango za m’tauni, ndi kukhala osamalira chilengedwe kwa moyo wawo wonse.
"Pazaka 10, 15, 20, tiwona ena mwa achinyamatawa akuzungulira (gulu ndi gulu)," adatero Dymally.
KUCHITSA CHITSANZO
Dymally akuti kusowa kwa mitundu yosiyanasiyana kumatha kufotokozedwa, mwa zina, chifukwa kulibe anthu ambiri amitundu yosiyanasiyana poyambira.
"Zitha kungowonetsa manambala omwe akukhudzidwa," adatero.
Kwanenedwa kuti pamene achichepere ang’onoang’ono awona akatswiri “omwe amawoneka ngati iwo” m’gawo linalake, m’pamenenso amafunitsitsa kukhala “pamene akukula.” Kuwona madotolo aku Africa ku America kumatha kulimbikitsa ana aku Africa America kuti aganizire za sukulu ya zamankhwala. Kukhala ndi maloya odziwika a Latino mdera lanu kumatha kulimbikitsa achinyamata aku Latino kupita kusukulu ya zamalamulo kapena kuchita ntchito zina zamalamulo. Kuwonekera ndi mwayi ndizofunika, Dymally adagawana.
Dymally akuti anthu ambiri amitundu, makamaka aku Africa-America, sangawone malo achilengedwe ngati ntchito yosangalatsa kapena yopindulitsa.
Malo azachilengedwe ndi "kuyitanira" kwa ambiri, akutero, ndipo motero, ndikofunikira kuti anthu amitundu omwe akutenga maudindo akhale "anthu okonda," omwe athandizire kubweretsa chuma kwa anthu ambiri ndikuyendetsa matauni aku California. mayendedwe a nkhalango kulowa m'tsogolo.
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Genoa Barrow ndi mtolankhani wodziyimira pawokha wokhala ku Sacramento. Kumeneko, mndandanda wake wawonekera mu Sacramento Observer, The Scout, ndi magazini ya Parent's Monthly.