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naGenoa Barrow
Iyo Incredible Inodyika Nharaunda Gadheni ine mukana wakakura pamusangano wekuita nharaunda waFebruary 2015.
Mashizha anouya mumakumi ezviuru ezvimiro uye mimvuri, asi iwo akapihwa basa rekudzivirira nekuchengetedza iwo haaratidze kusiyana kwakafanana, maererano neongororo yazvino.
“The State of Diversity in Environmental Organisations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations, Government Agencies” yakaitwa naDorceta E. Taylor, Ph. D. weUniversity of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources & Environment (SNRE) yakaburitswa muna Chikunguru 2014. Yakaona kuti kunyange hazvo mamwe matanho akaitwa mumakore makumi mashanu apfuura, mabasa mazhinji ehutungamiriri mumasangano evachena aya achiri kuitwa.
Dr. Taylor vakadzidza masangano ekuchengetedza nekuchengetedza 191, masangano ehurumende ezvemhoteredzo 74, uye 28 ekugadzira nheyo dzerubatsiro rwezvakatipoteredza. Chirevo chake chinosanganisirawo ruzivo rwakatorwa kubva mubvunzurudzo dzepachivande ne21 nyanzvi dzezvakatipoteredza dzakabvunzwa nezve mamiriro ekusiyana mumasangano avo.
Maererano nemushumo, kubudirira kukuru kwakaonekwa nevakadzi vechichena. Chidzidzo ichi chakawana kuti vakadzi vakatora inopfuura hafu yezvigaro zvehutungamiri zve1,714 zvakadzidzwa mumasangano ekuchengetedza nekuchengetedza. Vakadzi vanomiririrawo chikamu chinodarika makumi matanhatu kubva muzana chevashandi vatsva nevanoshandira mumasangano iwayo.
Nhamba idzi dziri kuvimbisa, asi chidzidzo chacho chakawana kuti kuchine "kusiyana kwevakadzi" kana zvasvika kune zvinzvimbo zvine simba zvikuru mumasangano ezvakatipoteredza. Semuenzaniso, vanopfuura 70% yevatungamiri uye zvigaro zvebhodhi rekuchengetedza nekuchengetedza masangano varume. Uyezve, pamusoro pe76% yevatungamiri vemasangano ekugadzira mari yezvakatipoteredza varume.
Chirevo chakasimbisawo kuvepo kwe "green ceiling," ichiwana kuti chete 12-16% yemasangano ezvemamiriro ekunze akaongororwa aisanganisira vashoma pamabhodhi avo kana vashandi vese. Pamusoro pezvo, zvakawanikwa zvinoratidza kuti vashandi ava vakanyura munzvimbo dzepasi.
KUITA ZVINHU ZVINHU ZVAKASIYANA
Ryan Allen, Maneja weEnvironment Services weKoreatown Vechidiki uye Nharaunda Center (KYCC) muLos Angeles, inoti hazvishamisi kuti vanhu vashoma vemavara vanomiririrwa mumasangano mazhinji nemasangano.
"Tichifunga nezvematambudziko akatarisana nevashoma muAmerica, zvinonzwisisika kuti zvakatipoteredza hazvina kutorwa sechikonzero chekuda kutora matanho," akadaro Allen.
Edgar Dymally - Nhengo yeBhodi yeasina purofiti MutiVanhu - anobvumirana. Anoti pfungwa dzevashoma zhinji dzave pakuwana mukana wakaenzana mukururamisira kwevanhu uye kukunda kusarura kwedzimba nemabasa kwete kuenzana kwezvakatipoteredza.
Dr. Taylor anotsigira kuti kuwedzera kwakasiyana-siyana kunozoreva kuwedzera kutarisa kune nyaya uye zvinetso zvinotarisana nevanhu vane ruvara uye mamwe mapoka asina kumiririrwa.
"Unofanirwa kuve nezwi remunhu wese patafura, kuti unzwisise zvizere zvinodiwa nenharaunda yega yega," Allen akabvumirana nazvo.
Vanodyara miti vanoti mhoro paKYCC Industrial District Green muna Kukadzi 2015.
"Mapoka mazhinji ezvakatipoteredza anoisa simba rakawanda mukushanda munharaunda dzemari shoma uye vashoma, nokuti ndizvo zvinowanzodiwa zvakanyanya zvezvakatipoteredza," Allen akaenderera mberi. "Ini ndinofunga kuti kudimburwa kunouya mukusanzwisisa zvizere nzira yekutaurirana nezvebasa rauri kuita nevanhu vauri kuedza kushandira. KYCC inodyara miti yakawanda muSouth Los Angeles, nharaunda yakawanda yeHispanic neAfrica-America, ine mari shoma. Isu tinotaura nezve mabhenefiti emweya wakachena, kubatwa kwemvura uye kuchengetedza simba, asi pamwe chinhu icho vanhu vane hanya nacho ndechekuti miti ichabatsira sei kuderedza asthma. "
Izvo zviri kuitwa nemapoka madiki, nyanzvi dzinotsigira, zvinogona kudzokororwa nemasangano makuru kune zvakatokura.
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"Ini ndinofunga kupatsanurwa kunouya mukusanyatsonzwisisa nzira yekutaurirana nezvebasa rauri kuita nevanhu vauri kuyedza kushandira."
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“KYCC inoshanda nemhuri dzakawanda dzichangobva kune dzimwe nyika, uye naizvozvo kunouya zvipingamupinyi zvakawanda mumutauro uye kusanzwisisa tsika itsva. Nekuda kweizvi tinohaya vashandi vanogona kutaura mutauro wevatengi vatinoshandira - vanonzwisisa tsika dzavanobva. Izvi zvinotibvumira kuchengetedza hurongwa hwedu hunoenderana nenharaunda dzatinoshandira, uye zvakare kuti tirambe takabatana.
“Nekuita kuti nharaunda itiudze zvavanoda, tovabatsira kuti vazadzise chishuwo ichocho, tinoziva kuti mapurogiramu atinofambisa ari kuita zvakanaka kune vatengi vedu,” akadaro Allen.
KUKAMUCHIRA NZIRA YEKUDZIDZA
Mifungo yake inogoverwa naMary E. Petit, Muvambi uye Co-Executive director weThe Incredible Edible Community Garden (IECG), zvakare iri muSouthern California.
"Kusiyana-siyana chinhu chakakosha chekusimbisa simba uye hupenyu hurefu kwete kwete chete masangano ezvakatipoteredza asi masangano ose," akadaro Petit.
"Inovimbisa kuti tinoongorora zvirongwa zvedu kuburikidza nelenzi yakakura. Zvinoita kuti tirambe takatendeseka. Kana tikatarisa zvisikwa, hutano hwakanyanya uye hwakadzikama, nharaunda dzakasimba dzechisikigo ndidzo dzakasiyana.
"Asi kuti tigamuchire kusiyana-siyana nesimba razvinogona kupa sangano, vanhu vanofanira kubuda pachena uye vasina rusarura, kwete mumashoko chete asi nemararamiro anoita vanhu," vakaenderera mberi.
Eleanor Torres, Co-Executive Director weIncredible Edible Community Garden anoti akasiya nhandare yezvakatipoteredza muna 2003 mushure mekuodzwa mwoyo. Akadzoka muna 2013 uye apo aifara kuona “ropa idzva” musangano, anoti pachine basa rinofanira kuitwa.
“Hazvina kunyanya kushanduka. Panofanira kuve nekushanduka kukuru mukunzwisisa, ”akaenderera mberi. "Musango remumaguta, uchafanira kubata nevanhu vane ruvara."
Torres, uyo ari Latina neNative American, akapinda mundima muna 1993 uye akawana mugove wake wekuve munhu "wekutanga" kana "chete" weruvara munzvimbo yehutungamiriri. Anoti nyaya dzerusaruraganda, rusaruraganda uye rusaruraganda zvichiri kuda kugadziriswa shanduko chaiyo isati yaitwa.
Musangano webhodhi weTreePeople unogamuchira vamiriri vanobva kwakasiyana nharaunda.
Dymally anga ari nhengo yeTreePeople's Board kwemakore masere. Injiniya wehurumende, basa rake remazuva seSenior Environmental Specialist yeMetropolitan Water District yeSouthern California (MWD) Anoti akangosangana nevanhu vashoma veruvara munzvimbo dzehutungamiriri dzepamusoro.
"Kune zvimwe, asi kwete zvakawanda," akadaro.
Dymally akabatana neTreePeople pakukumbira kweBhodi imwe chete nhengo yeruvara, ari Hispanic. Akakurudzirwa kuti awedzere kushanda uye kubatanidzwa, zvakanyanya nekuti pakanga pasina vanhu vazhinji vemavara vakamiririrwa. Kuti "mumwe nemumwe, asvike kune imwe" pfungwa, Dymally akadaro, inokurudzirwa neMuvambi wesangano uye Mutungamiri Andy Lipkis, muchena.
Dymally akati anoda kuona vanogadzira mitemo uye vanoita zvemitemo vachimbundikirawo kuedza kuwedzera kusiyana.
"Vanogona kuseta toni uye kuunza simba kuhondo iyi."
KURARAMA – UYE KUSIYA – NHACHA
Dymally mwana wemukoma waaimbove Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally, munhu mutema wekutanga kuita basa iri. Mudiki Dymally anonongedza kubudirira kwababamukuru vake vakapfuura mukuita kuti vadiki vamiririrwe paMabhodhi eMvura enyika.
"Chokwadi ndinoda kuona Mutungamiriri, kana mumwe munhu wechimiro chake, pamwe Mukadzi Wekutanga, achitsigira izvi," Dymally akagovera.
Mukadzi wekutanga Michelle Obama, akawedzera, anga ari shasha yekudya kunovaka muviri uye kugadzira gadheni uye anogona kuita zvimwechete mukusimudzira kudiwa kwekuunza vanhu vakasiyana uye maonero patafura yezvakatipoteredza.
The "State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations" Chirevo chinopokana kuti nyaya iyi inoda "kutariswa kwekutanga" uye inopa kurudziro ye "kuedza zvine hukasha" muzvikamu zvitatu-kutevera uye kubuda pachena, kuzvidavirira, uye zviwanikwa.
"Kutaura kwakasiyana-siyana pasina hurongwa uye kuunganidzwa kwedata kwakasimba angori mazwi ari pabepa," rinoverenga gwaro rine mapeji 187.
“Masangano nemasangano anofanirwa kuita ongororo dzegore negore dzekusiyana-siyana nekubatanidzwa. Kubuditsa pachena kunofanirwa kuita kuti kugovane kwemaitiro ekugadzirisa kusarerekera uye kugadzirisa kunyoresa kunze kwekirabhu yegirinhi yevanopinda mukati, "inoenderera mberi.
Chirevo ichi chinoratidzawo kuti nheyo, maNGOs uye masangano ehurumende anobatanidza zvinangwa zvekusiyana-siyana mukuwongorora kwekuita uye maitiro ekupa rubatsiro, kuti zviwanikwa zvigovewe kuti zvirongwa zvekusiyana-siyana zvishande, uye kuti mari inoenderera iwanikwe yekushamwaridzana kuderedza kuzviparadzanisa nevamwe uye kutsigira vatungamiriri varipo veruvara.
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"Unofanirwa kuve nezwi remunhu wese patafura, kuti unzwisise zvizere zvinodiwa nenharaunda yega yega."
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"Handina chokwadi kuti chii chingaitwa chingakurumidza kuunza vashoma mune mamwe mabasa ehutungamiri, asi kuunza ruzivo uye dzidzo kune vechidiki vemunharaunda, kubatsira kukurudzira chizvarwa chinotevera chevatungamiri, chingava danho rakanaka rokutanga," Allen akadaro.
"Inofanira kutangira padanho rechikoro," akadaro Dymally, achidzokorora manzwiro uye achinongedza kuedza kweTreePeople.
Zvirongwa zvesangano zvedzidzo yezvakatipoteredza zvinokurudzira vadzidzi nevadzidzisi vepuraimari nesekondari munharaunda yeLos Angeles kuti “vachereredze,” vadzidze zvakanakira kurima sango remumaguta, uye kuva vachengeti vezvakatipoteredza kwoupenyu hwose.
"Mumakore gumi, gumi nemashanu, makore makumi maviri, tichaona vamwe vevadiki ava vachitenderera (sangano nesangano)," akadaro Dymally.
KUITA MUENZANISO
Dymally anoti kushaikwa kwekusiyana-siyana kunogona kutsanangurwa, muchidimbu, nekuti hapana vanhu vazhinji vemavara munhandare yezvakatipoteredza kutanga.
"Zvinongogona kuratidza nhamba dzinobatanidzwa," akadaro.
Zvinonzi apo vechiduku vaduku vanoona nyanzvi “dzinoratidzika saivo” mune imwe nzvimbo, sezvingabvira zvikuru vangada kuva idzo “apo vanokura.” Kuona vanachiremba veAfrica kuAmerica kunogona kukurudzira vana veAfrica America kuti vafunge nezvechikoro chekurapa. Kuve nemagweta ane mukurumbira eLatino munharaunda kunogona kukurudzira vechidiki veLatino kuenda kuchikoro chemutemo kana kuita mamwe mabasa emutemo. Kuratidzwa uye kuwana kwakakosha, Dymally yakagovaniswa.
Dymally anoti vanhu vazhinji veruvara, vekuAfrica-America kunyanya, vangasaona nhandare yezvakatipoteredza sesarudzo yebasa rinoyevedza kana rinobhadhara.
Nzvimbo yezvakatipoteredza ndeye "kudana" kune vazhinji, anodaro, uye nekudaro, zvakakoshawo kuti vanhu vemavara vanotora hutungamiriri vave "vanhu vane shungu," vanozobatsira kuunza zviwanikwa kune vanhu vazhinji uye kutyaira sango remudhorobha reCalifornia mune ramangwana.
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Genoa Barrow mutori wenhau akazvimirira anogara muSacramento. Munzvimbo, mutsara wake wakabuda muSacramento Observer, The Scout, uye Parent's Monthly magazini.