NguKevin Jefferson no-Eric Arnold, I-Urban Releaf
NgoSuku Lwenkonzo lwalo nyaka lukaDkt. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK DOS), sisize i-Urban Releaf ukutshala izihlahla ku-G Street e-East Oakland. Yilapho kade senza khona umsebenzi omningi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Indawo idinga usizo olukhulu; ingelinye lamabhulokhi amabi kakhulu edolobheni mayelana nokubola nokulahlwa kwemfucuza okungekho emthethweni. Futhi njengoba ungase ulindele, umbhede waso wesihlahla mncane. Besifuna ukuba nomcimbi wethu we-MLK DOS, ebesiwenza iminyaka eyisikhombisa edlule, lapha, ngoba lolu wusuku oluhlala lukhipha amavolontiya amaningi, futhi besingafuni nje ukuthi amavolontiya alethe amandla awo amahle. kulo makhelwane, besifuna babone ukuthi kuyenzeka kuguqulwe indawo engenandaba namuntu, balethe ukwesekwa okuthile ukusiza umphakathi.
Yilokho i-MLK DOS emayelana nayo: ukwenza umhlaba ube indawo engcono ngesenzo esiqondile. Lapha e-Urban Releaf, senza umsebenzi wezemvelo ezindaweni esingathanda ukuzibona ziba imiphakathi ehlanzekile, ehlonishwayo. Amavolontiya ethu amnyama, amhlophe, ama-Asia, amaLatino, amancane, amadala, avela kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezizinda nezomnotho, asebenzela ukuthuthukisa indawo okuyikhaya labantu abahola kancane ngokwebala. Ngakho-ke lapho, ungabona iphupho le-MLK lisebenza. Njengama-Freedom Riders ahambela i-Deep South ukuze aqhubekisele phambili umsebenzi wamalungelo omphakathi, lesi senzakalo sokutshala izihlahla sihlanganisa abantu ndawonye nesifiso sokuvele basize inzuzo evamile. Leyo yiMelika uDkt King ayeyicabanga. Akazange afike lapho ukuze awubone, njengoba sazi, kodwa senza lowombono ube ngokoqobo, ibhuloho ngebhuloho nesihlahla ngesihlahla.
Ngezindlela eziningi, ubulungiswa bezemvelo yinhlangano entsha yamalungelo abantu. Noma kunalokho, kuwumphumela walokho obekuhlanganiswe yinhlangano yamalungelo abantu. Singaba kanjani nokulingana kwezenhlalakahle lapho abantu behlala emiphakathini engcolile? Ingabe wonke umuntu akanalo yini ilungelo lokuhlanza umoya namanzi ahlanzekile? Ukuba nezihlahla eziluhlaza kubhlokhi yakho akufanele kube yinto egcinelwe abamhlophe nabacebile.
Ifa likaDkt. King kwaba ukuhlanganisa abantu nezinsiza ukuze benze okulungile. Akazange nje alwele umphakathi wase-Afrika-waseMelika, walwela ubulungisa kuyo yonke imiphakathi, ngesilinganiso esithile sokulingana. Akazange alwele isizathu esisodwa nje kuphela. Walwela amalungelo omphakathi, amalungelo abasebenzi, izindaba zabesifazane, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi, ukuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi, ukufukulwa kwezomnotho, kanye nobulungiswa kubo bonke. Ukube uyaphila namuhla, akungabazeki ukuthi ubezoba umshampeni oshisekayo wezemvelo, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezisemadolobheni lapho i-Urban Releaf yenza khona ingxenye enkulu yohlelo lwayo.
Ngosuku lwe-MLK, kwadingeka balwe nokucwasa okusobala, ngemithetho ecwasayo kaJim Crow. Umzabalazo wakhe waholela ekuphasisweni kwemithetho eyingqophamlando njengoMthetho Wamalungelo Okuvota kanye noMthetho Wamalungelo Abantu. Kuthe uma leyo mithetho isisemabhukwini, kwaba nomgomo wokungacwasi, kwakhiwe umphakathi olinganayo. Lokho kwaba yisiqalo senhlangano yezobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle.
E-California, sinegunya elifanayo lobulungisa bezemvelo, ngokusebenzisa izikweletu ezifana ne-SB535, eqondise izinsiza emiphakathini eyayincishwe amathuba ehlushwa ukungcoliswa kwemvelo. Lokhu kusekela ifa leNkosi lobulungisa bezenhlalakahle kanye nobulungiswa bezomnotho, ngoba ngaphandle kwalezo zinsiza, ukucwaswa kwemvelo emiphakathini yemibala kanye nabantu abahola kancane bekuzoqhubeka. Iwuhlobo lokuhlukaniswa ngokweqiniso okungahlukile kangako ekubeni usebenzise umthombo wamanzi ohlukile, noma udle endaweni yokudlela ehlukile.
E-Oakland, sikhuluma ngamapheshana okubalwa kwabantu angama-25 ahlonzwe njengaphakathi kwamabi kakhulu esifundazweni ngokungcoliswa kwemvelo yi-EPA yaseCalifornia. Lawa mapheshana okubalwa kwabantu awalingani ngokobuhlanga nangobuzwe—inkomba yokuthi izindaba zemvelo ziyizindaba zamalungelo abantu.
Incazelo ye-MLK DOS ingaphezu kwenkulumo, ngaphezu kwesimiso sokusekela abantu ngokuqukethwe komlingiswa wabo. Kuwukuzibophezela ukubheka ukuthi yini engalungile noma engalingani emphakathini futhi wenze ushintsho lube ngcono. Kuyahlanya ukucabanga ukuthi ukutshala izihlahla kungaba uphawu lokulingana kanye noshintsho oluhle kwezenhlalo, futhi kube ukuqhubeka kwemisebenzi yalo muntu omkhulu, akunjalo? Kodwa imiphumela iyazikhulumela. Uma uwakhathalela ngempela amalungelo omphakathi, ngamalungelo abantu, unendaba nezimo zemvelo abantu abahlala kuzo. Lesi isiqongo sentaba, ithafa uDkt King akhuluma ngalo. Yindawo yozwelo nokukhathalela abanye. Futhi iqala ngemvelo.
Bona izithombe ezengeziwe zomcimbi ku Ikhasi le-G+ le-Urban ReLeaf.
I-Urban Releaf iyilungu le-California ReLeaf Network. Basebenza e-Oakland, eCalifornia.