Ibhalwe nguJoe Liszewski
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ngibe nethuba lokuthamela nokubamba iqhaza ezingqungqutheleni nemihlangano eminingi, ikakhulukazi iNational Partners in Community Forestry Conference kanye I-California Association yeZingenzi-nzuzo Isivumelwano Senqubomgomo Yonyaka. Le mihlangano ibiyithuba lokuxhuma nokufunda kontanga yami kokubili emkhakheni wethu wamahlathi emadolobheni nomphakathi kanye nomkhakha ongenzi nzuzo. Kuvamise ukuba nzima ukuqhela emisebenzini yethu yansuku zonke ukuze sithamele lezi zinhlobo zemihlangano nokufunda, kodwa ngikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi kufanele senze isikhathi futhi sikubeke eqhulwini ukuba yilungu elibambekayo nelikhuthele “lokuxhumana” kwethu.
Engqungqutheleni yozakwethu e-Pittsburgh, idatha namamethrikhi kwakhala phezulu kucace. Isihlahla sasePittsburgh kanye neDolobha lase-Pittsburgh benza umsebenzi omangalisayo wokusebenza ngokuhlelekile ngoHlelo Olukhulu Lwehlathi Le-Urban. Lolu hlelo luhlinzeka ngombono ohlanganyelwe wokuthi umphakathi ukhule futhi unakekele umbhede wabo wezihlahla zasemadolobheni. Okwesibili engikuthathe bekuwukuthi senza umsebenzi omangalisayo emiphakathini esiyisebenzelayo futhi kufanele siyixoxe leyo ndaba. U-Jan Davis, uMqondisi we Uhlelo lwezamahlathi emadolobheni kanye nomphakathi lwe-US Forest Service, ikufingqe kahle ngokuthi “sishintsha imephu”, okusho ukuthi siguqula ngempela amadolobha namadolobhana esisebenza kuwo. Ekugcineni, ukuxhumana kwansuku zonke nemvelo, izihlahla nendawo eluhlaza kunomthelela omkhulu empilweni nasenhlalakahleni yethu. Ngazi mathupha ukuthi ukuhamba ngezinyawo nsuku zonke epaki eduze kwehhovisi lethu noma imigwaqo enezihlahla endaweni yangakithi kwenza umehluko omkhulu ekululameni ezingcindezini zomsebenzi nempilo. Yima unuke izihlahla!
Ngeviki eledlule e-San Francisco i-California Association of Nonprofits Convention inikeze ithuba lokuxhuma ezingeni elihlukile, ithuba lokufunda nokwabelana nontanga yami emkhakheni ongenzi nzuzo. Okugqame kakhulu ngalolu suku kube yinkulumo yosuku kaSolwazi Robert Reich, owayenguNobhala Wezabasebenzi wase-United States kanye nesihlabani sefilimu entsha ethi Inequality For All (hamba uyoyibona uma unethuba) owenza umsebenzi omangalisayo wokudiliza inkinga yezomnotho, ukululama (noma ukuntuleka kwayo) nokuthi kusho ukuthini ukusebenza emkhakheni wethu. Ngezansi, umsebenzi owenziwa izinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo ubaluleke kakhulu emnothweni nasekwenzeni umphakathi usebenze; kuzoba nomthwalo owengeziwe othweswe umsebenzi wethu njengoba izibalo zabantu bezwe lethu ziqhubeka nokushintsha.
Uma singena onyakeni omusha, sinezindlela ezijabulisayo ongaqhubeka nokuxhumana ne-California ReLeaf kanye namalungu akanye nawo eNethiwekhi kuso sonke isifunda, okuhlanganisa i-Network Advisory Committee, ama-webinars kanye nemihlangano yobuso nobuso - hlala ubukele! Kwenze kube yinto esemqoka ukuzibandakanya, ukwabelana nokufunda kontanga yakho.
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UJoe Liszewski unguMqondisi Omkhulu weCalifornia ReLeaf.