na: Crystal Ross O'Hara
Kemba Shakur paakatanga kusiya basa rake semukuru wekururamisa paSoledad State Prison makore gumi nemashanu apfuura ndokuenda kuOakland akaona zvinoonekwa nevatsva vakawanda nevashanyi kunharaunda yemumaguta: nzvimbo yeguta isina miti nemikana.
Asi Shakur akaonawo chimwe chinhu - mikana.
"Ndinoda Oakland. Iine zvakawanda zvinogoneka uye vanhu vazhinji vanogara pano vanonzwa saizvozvo, "Shakur anodaro.
Muna 1999, Shakur akatanga Oakland Releaf, sangano rakazvipira kupa basa rekudzidzisa vechidiki vari panjodzi uye vanhu vakuru vakaoma-kushanda nekuvandudza sango remudhorobha reOakland. Muna 2005, boka racho rakabatana neRichmond Releaf iri pedyo kuumba Urban Releaf.
Kudikanwa kwesangano rakadaro kwakanga kuri kukuru, zvikurukuru mu“flatlands” dzeOakland, uko sangano raShakur rakavakirwa. Nzvimbo yemadhorobha yakayambuka nemigwagwa yemahara uye kumusha kune dzakawanda nzvimbo dzemaindasitiri, kusanganisira Port of Oakland, West Oakland mhepo yemhando inokanganiswa nemarori mazhinji edhiziri anofamba munzvimbo iyi. Nzvimbo iyi chitsuwa chekupisa kwemadhorobha, inogara ichinyoresa madhigirii akati wandei kupfuura muvakidzani wayo akazadzwa nemuti, Berkeley. Kudikanwa kwesangano rokudzidzisa basa kwakanga kuchikoshawo. Huwandu hwekushaikwa kwemabasa muOakland neRichmond hwakakwira uye hutsotsi hwechisimba hunogara huchipeta kaviri kana katatu paavhareji yenyika.
Brown vs. Brown
Kutangisa kukuru kweUrban Releaf kwakauya muchirimo cha1999 panguva ye “Great Green Sweep,” dambudziko riri pakati peaimbova Mayor Jerry Brown weOakland naWillie Brown weSan Francisco. Yakanzi "Brown vs. Brown," chiitiko chacho chakadana guta rega rega kuronga vazvipiri kuti vaone kuti ndiani angadyara miti yakawanda pazuva rimwe. Kukwikwidzana pakati peaimbove gavhuna wekare Jerry naWillie ane hasha uye aitaura pachena zvakazove dhizaini huru.
“Ndakakatyamadzwa pamwero wetarisiro nokufara kwazvakaunza,” Shakur anoyeuka kudaro. “Takanga tine vanhu vanozvipira vanosvika mazana matatu uye takadyara miti 300 mumaawa maviri kana matatu. Zvakafamba nekukurumidza. Ndakaringa ringa ndichibva ndati maiwee, miti haikwani. Tichada zvimwe.”
Oakland yakabuda yakakunda kubva mumakwikwi uye Shakur aive nechokwadi chekuti zvimwe zvinogona kuitwa.
Green Jobs kune Vechidiki veOakland
Nezvipo uye mari yehurumende uye yehurumende, Urban Releaf ikozvino inodyara pamusoro pemiti ye600 pagore uye yakadzidzisa zviuru zvevechidiki. Unyanzvi hunodzidzwa nevana hunosanganisira zvakawanda kupfuura kudyara nekutarisira miti. Muna 2004, Urban Releaf yakabatana neUC Davis pane chirongwa cheCalFed-mari yekutsvakurudza yakagadzirirwa kudzidza migumisiro yemiti pakuderedza kusvibiswa kwevhu, kudzivirira kukoromoka nekuvandudza mvura nemhepo. Chidzidzo ichi chakadaidza vechidiki veUrban Releaf kuti vatore data reGIS, vatore zviyero zvekumhanya uye kuita ongororo yenhamba - hunyanzvi hunodudzira nyore kumusika webasa.
Kupa vechidiki munharaunda yake ruzivo rwunoita kuti vashande zvakanyanya kwave kuwedzera kukosha, Shakur anodaro. Mumwedzi ichangopfuura, West Oakland yakazununguswa nekufa kwevakomana vakati wandei nekuda kwemhirizhonga, vamwe vacho Shakur aiziva zvake uye akashanda neUrban Releaf.
Shakur anotarisira kuti rimwe zuva achavhura "nzvimbo yekusimudzira," iyo yaizoshanda senzvimbo yepakati yekupa mabasa egirinhi kune vechidiki muOakland, Richmond uye yakakura Bay Area. Shakur anotenda kuti mikana yakawanda yebasa kune vechidiki inogona kumisa mhirizhonga.
“Izvozvi pari kunyanya kusimbaradzwa nemusika wegreen jobs uye ndiri kuufarira, nekuti uri kukoshesa kupa mabasa kune vanoshaya mabasa,” vanodaro.
Shakur, amai vevana vashanu, vanotaura nechido nezvevechidiki vanouya kusangano kubva munzvimbo dzakaoma dzeOakland neRichmond. Izwi rake rinozadza nekuzvikudza apo anotaura kuti akatanga kusangana naRukeya Harris, mudzidzi wepakoreji anopindura runhare kuUrban Releaf, makore masere apfuura. Harris akaona boka raibva kuUrban Releaf richidyara muti pedyo nemba yake muWest Oakland uye akabvunza kana aigona kupinda muchirongwa chebasa. Akanga achingova namakore 12 bedzi panguva iyoyo, ari muduku zvikuru zvokusagona kukumbanira, asi akapfuurira kubvunza uye pa15 akanyoresa. Iye zvino ava sophomore paClark Atlanta University, Harris anoenderera mberi achishandira Urban Releaf paanouya kumba achibva kuchikoro.
Dyara Zuva reMuti
Urban Releaf yakakwanisa kubudirira kunyangwe nguva dzakaoma dzehupfumi nekuda kwerutsigiro kubva kuhurumende nemasangano emubatanidzwa pamwe nemipiro yakazvimirira, Shakur anodaro. Semuenzaniso, muna Kubvumbi, nhengo dzeGolden State Warriors basketball timu nevashandi nevatungamiriri veEsurance vakabatana nevazvipiri veUrban Releaf ye “Plant a Tree Day,” inotsigirwa naEsurance, kambani yeinishuwarenzi yepamhepo. Miti makumi maviri yakadyarwa pamharadzano yeMartin Luther King Jr. Way neWest MacArthur Boulevard muOakland.
“Iyi inzvimbo yakaparadzwa chaizvo nekuvharirwa mari,” anodaro Noe Noyola, mumwe wevazvipiri pa“Zuva Rokudyara Miti.” “Zvakaoma. Pane kongiri yakawanda. Kuwedzera miti makumi maviri kwakabatsira chaizvo.
Vazvipiri veUrban ReLeaf vanoita mutsauko pa“Dyara Zuva reMuti”.
Noyola akatanga akabatana neUrban Releaf achitsvaga rubatsiro kubva kubazi renzvimbo yekuvandudza patsva kuti avandudze kutaridzika kwevhu pamidhiani munharaunda yake. SaShakur, Noyola akanzwa kuti kutsiva zvidyarwa nekongiri mune yepakati nemiti yakanyatsorongwa, maruva uye shrubbery zvaizovandudza mamiriro uye manzwiro enharaunda munharaunda. Vakuru venzvimbo iyi, vasina kukwanisa kupindura nokukurumidza kuchirongwa chacho, vakamukurudzira kuti ashande neUrban Releaf uye kubva mumubatanidzwa iwoyo miti 20 yakadyarwa.
Danho rekutanga, anodaro Noyola, raive rekunyengerera vamwe vagari vemunzvimbo iyi pamwe nevemabhizimusi vaizeza kuti zvivimbiso zvekuvandudza nharaunda zvichazadzikiswa. Nguva zhinji, anodaro, masangano anobva mukati nekunze kwenharaunda ese ari kutaura, pasina chekutevera. Mvumo yevaridzi veminda yaidiwa nokuti migwagwa yaifanira kutemwa kuitira kudyara miti.
Basa rose, anodaro, rakangotora mwedzi nehafu chete, asi kukanganiswa kwepfungwa kwakangoitika pakarepo uye kwakadzama.
“Zvakava nepesvedzero yakasimba,” anodaro. “Miti chishandiso chaicho chekugadzirisa chiono chenzvimbo. Paunoona miti uye yakawanda yakasvibira, kukanganisa kunobva kwakurumidza. "
Kunze kwekunaka, kudyarwa kwemiti kwakakurudzira vagari nevaridzi vemabhizinesi kuita zvakawanda, Noyola anodaro. Anocherekedza kuti mutsauko wakaitwa nepurojekiti wakakurudzira kudyara kwakafanana pane imwe block pamusoro. Vamwe vagari vakatoronga zviitiko zve“magadheni echigandanga,” kudyara kusina mvumo kwevazvipiri kwemiti uye miti yakasvibira panzvimbo dzakasiiwa kana kuti dzakakuvadzwa.
Kune vose Noyola naShakur, kugutsikana kukuru mubasa ravo kwakabva kune zvavanotsanangura sekugadzira sangano - kuona vamwe vachikurudzirwa kudyara miti yakawanda uye kukunda izvo zvavakaona pakutanga semiganhu kunharaunda yavo.
“Pandakatanga izvi makore gumi nemaviri apfuura, vanhu vakanditarisa sendinopenga uye zvino vave kundifarira,” anodaro Shakur. “Vakati, hee, tine nyaya dzemajeri nechikafu nekushaya mabasa muri kutaura zvemiti. Asi zvino vazviwana!”
Crystal Ross O'Hara mutori wenhau anoshanda akazvimirira anogara muDavis, California.Member Snapshot
Gore rakagadzirwa: 1999
Joined network:
Nhengo dzebhodhi: 15
Vashandi: 2 yakazara-nguva, 7 chikamu-nguva
Zvirongwa zvinosanganisira: Kusima nekugadzirisa miti, kutsvaga kwemvura, kudzidzisa basa kune vechidiki vari panjodzi uye vakuru-vakaoma-kushanda.
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Oakland, CA 94608
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