Wolemba Joe Liszewski
Kwa masabata angapo apitawa, ndakhala ndi mwayi wopezekapo ndi kutenga nawo mbali pamisonkhano ndi misonkhano ingapo, makamaka ya National Partners in Community Forestry Conference ndi California Association of Nonprofits Pachaka Policy Convention. Misonkhano imeneyi inali mwayi wolumikizana ndi kuphunzira kuchokera kwa anzanga m'munda wathu wa nkhalango za m'matauni ndi m'madera komanso m'mabungwe osapindula. Nthawi zambiri zimakhala zovuta kusiya ntchito zathu zatsiku ndi tsiku kupita kumitundu iyi yamisonkhano ndi mwayi wophunzira, koma ndikhulupilira kuti tiyenera kupanga nthawi ndikuyika patsogolo kukhala membala wotanganidwa komanso wokangalika wa "manetiweki" athu.
Pamsonkhano wa Partners ku Pittsburgh, deta ndi ma metrics zidamveka momveka bwino. Mtengo Pittsburgh ndipo Mzinda wa Pittsburgh ukugwira ntchito yodabwitsa yogwira ntchito mwadongosolo kudzera mu Urban Forest Master Plan yawo. Dongosololi limapereka masomphenya ogawana kuti anthu ammudzi akule ndikusamalira mitengo yawo yamtawuni. Chachiwiri chonditengera ine chinali chakuti tikuchita ntchito zodabwitsa m'madera omwe timatumikira ndipo tiyenera kunena nkhaniyi. Jan Davis, Director of the Dongosolo la Urban and Community Forestry la US Forest Service, anafotokozera mwachidule ndi "tikusintha mapu", kutanthauza kuti tikusinthadi mizinda ndi matauni omwe timagwira ntchito. Pomaliza, kukhala ndi zochitika za tsiku ndi tsiku ndi chilengedwe, mitengo ndi malo obiriwira zimakhudza kwambiri thanzi lathu ndi thanzi lathu. Ndimadziwiratu kuti kuyenda tsiku ndi tsiku m’paki pafupi ndi ofesi yathu kapena m’misewu yokhala ndi mitengo ya m’dera lathu kumapanga kusiyana kwakukulu pakuchira ku zipsinjo za ntchito ndi moyo. Imani ndi kununkhiza mitengo!
Sabata yatha ku San Francisco bungwe la California Association of Nonprofits Convention linapereka mwayi wolumikizana pamlingo wina, mwayi wophunzira ndikugawana ndi anzanga m'gawo lopanda phindu. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri pa tsikuli chinali nkhani yaikulu ya Pulofesa Robert Reich, Mlembi wakale wa United States of Labor ndi nyenyezi ya filimu yatsopano ya Inequality For All (pitani mukawone ngati muli ndi mwayi) yemwe anachita ntchito yodabwitsa kwambiri yowononga mavuto a zachuma, kubwezeretsa (kapena kusowa kwake) ndi zomwe zikutanthawuza kugwira ntchito mu gawo lathu. Pansi pake, ntchito yomwe mabungwe osapindula akugwira ndi yofunika kwambiri pazachuma komanso kuti anthu azigwira ntchito; padzakhala kulemedwa kwakukulu pa ntchito yathu pamene chiwerengero cha anthu m'dziko lathu chikupitiriza kusintha.
Kulowa m'chaka chatsopano, tili ndi njira zosangalatsa zomwe mungapitirire kugwirizana ndi California ReLeaf ndi anzanu mamembala a Network kudutsa dziko lonse, kuphatikizapo Network Advisory Committee, ma webinars ndi misonkhano ya maso ndi maso - khalani tcheru! Pangani kukhala chofunikira kuchita nawo, kugawana ndi kuphunzira kuchokera kwa anzanu.
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Joe Liszewski ndi Executive Director wa California ReLeaf.