NaKevin Jefferson naEric Arnold, Urban Releaf
Pagore rino Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service (MLK DOS), takabatsira Urban Releaf kudyara miti paG Street muEast Oakland. Apa ndipo patange tichiita basa rakawanda mwedzi mishoma yapfuura. Nzvimbo yacho inoda rubatsiro rwakanyanya; ndicho chimwe chezvivharo zvakaipisisa muguta maererano nezvinokuvadza uye kuraswa kwemarara zvisiri pamutemo. Uye sezvaungatarisira, denga remuti rayo ishoma. Taida kuva nechiitiko chedu cheMLK DOS, chatave tichiita kwemakore manomwe apfuura, pano, nokuti rino izuva rinogara richibudisa vazvipiri vakawanda, uye kwete chete taida kuti vazvipiri vaunze simba ravo rakanaka munharaunda ino, taida kuti vaone kuti zvinokwanisika kushandura nzvimbo isina munhu ane hanya nayo, kuti vauye nerutsigiro rwekubatsira nharaunda.
Ndizvo zvinorehwa neMLK DOS: kuita kuti nyika ive nzvimbo iri nani kuburikidza nekuita kwakananga. Kuno kuUrban Releaf, tinoita basa rekuchengetedzwa kwenharaunda munzvimbo dzatinoda kuti dzive dzakachena, dzinoremekedzwa. Vazvipiri vedu vatema, vachena, Asia, Latino, vaduku, vakuru, vanobva kumarudzi ose ekirasi uye mamiriro ehupfumi, vachishanda kuvandudza nzvimbo iyo inonyanya kugara kune vanhu vane mari shoma vane ruvara. Saka ipapo ipapo, iwe unogona kuona chiroto cheMLK chichiita. Kufanana neVatasvi veRusununguko vakafamba kuDeep South kuti vafambise chikonzero chekodzero dzevanhu, chiitiko ichi chekudyara miti chinounza vanhu pamwe chete nechishuwo chekungobatsirawo zvakanaka. Ndiyo America yaionekwa naDr King. Haana kusvika ikoko kuti azvione, sezvatinoziva, asi tiri kuita kuti chiratidzo ichocho ive chokwadi, bhuroka nebhuroko uye muti nemuti.
Nenzira dzakawanda, kururamisira kwezvakatipoteredza ndiro sangano idzva rekodzero dzevanhu. Kana kuti, kubuda kwezvaisanganisirwa nebato rekodzero dzevanhu. Tingave sei nekuenzana kwevanhu kana vanhu vachigara munharaunda dzakasvibiswa? Ko munhu wese haana kodzero yekuchenesa mhepo nemvura yakachena here? Kuve nemiti yakasvibira pabhuroko rako haifanire kuve chinhu chakachengeterwa vachena nevapfumi.
Nhaka yaDr. King yaive yekuunganidza vanhu nezviwanikwa kuti vaite zvakanaka. Haana kungorwira nharaunda yeAfrica-America, akarwira kururamisira munharaunda dzese, kune mwero wekuenzana. Haana kurwira chikonzero chimwe chete. Akarwira kodzero dzevanhu, kodzero dzevashandi, nyaya dzevakadzi, kushaikwa kwemabasa, kuvandudzwa kwevashandi, kusimudzirwa kwehupfumi, uye kururamisira kune vese. Kudai anga ari mupenyu nhasi, hapana kupokana kuti angadai akave shasha inoshingaira yezvakatipoteredza, kunyanya munzvimbo dzemukati-kati dzeguta umo Urban Releaf inoita ruzhinji rwebasa rayo rechirongwa.
Mumazuva eMLK, vaifanira kurwisana nerusarura rwakanyanya, kuburikidza nemitemo yaJim Crow inosarura. Kurwira kwake kwakaguma nekupasiswa kwemutemo unokosha seMutemo weKuvhota Kodzero uye Civil Rights Act. Kana mitemo iyoyo yave mumabhuku, paive nemurairo wekusarura, kugadzira nzanga yakaenzana. Izvi zvakava mavambo esangano reSocial Justice.
MuCalifornia, isu tine basa rakafanana rekutonga kwezvakatipoteredza, kuburikidza nemabhiri akaita seSB535, ayo aitungamira zviwanikwa kunharaunda dzakatambura dzinotambura nekusvibiswa kwezvakatipoteredza. Izvi zvinotsigira nhaka yaMambo yehutano hwemagariro evanhu uyewo kururamisira kwehupfumi, nokuti pasina izvo zviwanikwa, kusarura kwezvakatipoteredza kune nharaunda dzemavara uye vanhu vane mari shoma vaizoenderera mberi. Imhando yekusarurana kwede facto kusiri kwese kwakasiyana nekushandisa tsime remvura rakasiyana, kana kudya pane imwe resitorendi.
MuOakland, tiri kutaura nezve makumi maviri neshanu maturakiti ekuverenga vanhu akaonekwa sepakati peakanyanya kushatisa nharaunda neCalifornia EPA. Maturakiti ekuverengwa kwevanhu aya haana kuenzana panyaya dzerudzi nedzinza — chiratidzo chekuti nyaya dzezvakatipoteredza inyaya dzekodzero dzevanhu.
Zvinorehwa neMLK DOS zvinopfuura kutaura, kupfuura nheyo yekusimudzira vanhu nezviri mukati meunhu hwavo. Kuzvipira kutarisa zvakaipa kana kusaenzana munzanga uye kuita shanduko kune zviri nani. Kupenga kufunga kuti kudyara miti kunogona kuva chiratidzo chekuenzana uye kuchinja kwakanaka kwevanhu, uye kuva kuenderera mberi kwemabasa emurume mukuru uyu, handizvo here? Asi migumisiro yacho inotaura yega. Kana iwe uine hanya zvechokwadi nezvekodzero dzevanhu, nezvekodzero dzevanhu, une hanya nemamiriro ekunze anogara vanhu. Iri ndiro pamusoro pegomo, bani rakataurwa naDr. King. Inzvimbo yetsitsi nehanya nevamwe. Uye inotanga nemhoteredzo.
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Urban Releaf inhengo yeCalifornia ReLeaf Network. Vanoshanda muOakland, California.