Na Kathrin Winkler, World BEYOND War, Nowemapa 18, 2021
Ua mālama ʻo Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace i kā lākou hui makahiki White Peace Poppy i kapa ʻia ʻo "Halifax Remembers Peace: Kjipuktuk 2021". Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Joan me ka ʻae ʻāina a kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā pilina o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā poʻe āpau o ke kaua i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kahi lālā Veterans for Peace mai Scotland i kahi webinar hou. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rana e pili ana i nā Wahine Afghan a kau i ka lei no lākou. ʻElua mau lei ʻē aʻe - hoʻokahi no nā poʻe PTSD āpau, nā mea mahuka a me nā pōʻino o ke kaiapuni a ʻo kekahi no nā keiki o ka wā e hiki mai ana. Na Annie Verrall i paʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka hui a e hui pū i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni me kā mākou hui humuhumu kino kino wale nō ma ka Hale ʻAha o nā Wahine.
Ua ʻākoakoa mākou ma ka Peace and Friendship Park a kau i ka hae i ka lā ma waena o kahi kumulāʻau a me kahi pou kukui, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ke kahua e paʻa ana ke kiʻi kahiko, i uhi ʻia i nā pōhaku ʻalani liʻiliʻi. He wahi ikaika kēia wahi no NSVOW e lawe mai i ka hae a e kū like no ka hoʻolaha mua ʻana i ka lehulehu o kēia hana - ka hana a nā wahine he nui mai Nova Scotia a me Beyond. He wahi ikaika ia no ka mea ua hiki mai ka hoʻololi ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, no ka mea, ʻike iki ʻia ka decolonization a ma muli o kēlā mau pōhaku ʻalani liʻiliʻi e kāhea mau nei iā mākou.
Lawe mākou i nā moʻolelo o nā keiki ʻē aʻe, no ko lākou ʻuhane. Hoʻopili ʻia nā inoa o nā keiki Yemeni 38 ma ka ʻōlelo Arab a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. I ʻAukake 2018, ma Yemen, ua pepehi ʻia nā keiki 38 a me nā kumu a he nui nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia ma kahi huakaʻi kula. ʻO ka pōkā i hahau i kā lākou kaʻa kaʻa kula he inoa hoʻi - ʻo ka mana alakaʻi laser o kahi pōkā Mk-82 he Lockheed Martin Bomb.
Piʻi nā inoa o nā keiki ma luna o nā mokulele, ma nā ʻēheu o ka makuahine malu nunu a me kāna kaikamahine, e ʻēheu ana lāua ma luna o ka luku e hoʻomau ʻia ai nā pōkā, ke kaua a me ka militarism ma luna o ka ʻohana kanaka. Aia a puni nā manu nūnū i nā ʻāpana i hana lima ʻia ma ke ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo 'visible mending' e hoʻopaʻa pū ai i ka hae, e hana ana i ka poho a me ka manaʻolana.
Ua kapa ʻia ka hae ʻo “Knot Bombs- Piecing Peace Together” a hoʻomaka, e like me ka hana maʻamau, ma ke kī a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana, koe wale nō ia i hana ʻia ma kahi 'virtual space'. ʻO Fatima, Sandy, Brenda, Joan a me aʻu i noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā ʻohana a me nā hopena o ke kaua - ka trauma a me ka PTSD o nā ʻohana i nalowale i nā mea aloha - pinepine ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka mea kaua, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻo a helu ʻia. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka hoʻomanaʻo, pehea ka hiki ʻole o ka neʻe ʻana, a pehea ka poina e lilo i papa o ka nalo a me ke kaumaha hiki ʻole ke kaʻana like. ʻO kā mākou hopohopo no ka wikiwiki pau ʻole o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā mea kaua, me nā ʻaelike mea kaua i Saudi Arabia a me nā keʻena Lockheed Martin ma Dartmouth e pili mau ana i kā mākou kuleana e hana a hoʻokomo i ka ʻaoʻao kanaka o ke ʻano o ke kālepa lima. He aha ke kumukūʻai maoli o ka hoʻolilo kaua?
E ʻae mai iaʻu e haʻi aku i nā ʻōlelo a nā keiki ʻelua i ka mākeke i kēlā lā i ʻAukake.
Ua haʻi aku kahi keikikāne 16 makahiki e hana ana i kahi hale ʻuʻuku ma ke alanui o ke kaʻa i ka Human Rights Watch ma ke kelepona mai kona moena o ka haukapila "ʻo ka pahū ʻana "e like me ke kukui o ke kukui, ukali ʻia e ka lepo a me ka pouli." Ua ʻeha ʻo ia i ka hoʻouka ʻia ʻana e nā ʻāpana metala ma kona kua i lalo a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke neʻe me ke kōkua ʻole a hele i ka lumi lua.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi keikikāne 13 makahiki ma luna o ke kaʻa, a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia hoʻi i ka haukapila, he ʻeha ʻeha kona wāwae a manaʻolana ʻaʻole e ʻoki ʻia kona wāwae. Ua make ka nui o kona mau hoa.
Ua hoʻomaka mākou i ka hae ma ka hoʻopili ʻana iā Aisha Jumaan o ka Yemeni Relief and Reconstruction Foundation a me ka mea hoʻomalu maluhia extraordinaire Kathy Kelly a ua paipai ʻia mākou e hoʻomau i ka papahana. Ua launa pū ʻo Aisha me nā ʻohana ma Yemen.
ʻO 48+ mau ʻāpana palena, 39 mau hulu nui a ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau hulu liʻiliʻi i humuhumu ʻia e nā lālā o ke kaiāulu mai nā hui he nui e like me Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Halifax Raging Grannies, the Muslim Women's Study Group, Immigrant and Migrant Women's Association of Halifax, MMIWG Pūʻulu heluhelu hōʻike, Thousand Harbors Zen Sangha, Buddhist nuns a me nā hui hilinaʻi ʻē aʻe, nā lālā o ka National Board of Voice of Women for Peace a me nā hoaaloha mai ke kai a i ke kai a i ke kai. ʻO kēlā me kēia wahine he mea hana kiʻi like ʻole a ʻo Brenda Holoboff ka mea mālama i ka hae a he kī hoʻolaʻa no ka hoʻopau ʻana!
Ua hui pū nā wāhine i komo i ka zoom a me kā mākou mau kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke kaumaha a pehea e lawe ai i kēia hae i nā kamaʻilio e hōʻike i ko mākou pono e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o kā mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka hakakā. Manaʻo ʻo Margaret e hoʻouna mākou i ka hae i Yemen ma hope o ke kaʻana ʻana i ka wahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Maria Jose lāua ʻo Joan i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hae ma ke kulanui a i ʻole ka hale waihona puke. Manaʻo wau e hiki iā mākou ke hālāwai me nā wahine ma ka Masjid ma ʻaneʻi e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēia hana. Malia paha e hele ka huakaʻi ma waena o ka ʻāina i nā hale waihona puke a kaʻana like i nā wahi ākea kahi e hoʻopiʻi ai nā kamaʻilio i ka manaʻo e pili ana i ka 'palekana.' Inā makemake kekahi e kōkua i kēia mea, e ʻoluʻolu e haʻi mai iaʻu.
Pono mākou e hana i nā ʻōnaehana maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i kekahi i kekahi. Pono mākou i kekahi i kekahi a ua hui pū kēia hae me nā pilikia o ka manawa a me ke ākea.
Ua humuhumu ʻia nā hulu a me nā huinahā a pau ma ka leka uila a i ʻole i hāʻule a ʻohi ʻia i loko o nā pahu leka i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua ʻike mākou a pau i ka noho kaʻawale a me ko mākou hopohopo ponoʻī a me ka nalo ʻana o ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha. ʻO Joan lāua ʻo Brenda nā pou ma hope o ka hana - ka hana ʻana i ke kua, humuhumu i ka wā i komo mai ai nā ʻāpana a hāʻawi i kā lākou akamai hana. Ke hele aku nei ka mahalo i ka poʻe i komo - nā wahine mai BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario Yukon, USA, Newfoundland, the Maritimes, a me Guatemala. Ua humuhumu nā makuahine me nā kaikamāhine, ua ʻae nā hoaaloha kahiko i ka papahana a ua hui pū nā hoaaloha i humuhumu ʻole ma ka hae no ka hoʻopau ʻana.
Akā makemake wau e haʻi nui i ka wā i kamaʻilio ai māua ʻo Fatima e pili ana i ka calligraphy Arabic no ka hulu, ua pane koke ʻo ia ʻaʻole pilikia loa a i loko o 3 mau lā aia nā inoa o nā ola he 38 i loko o kaʻu pahu leta mākaukau no ka hoʻoili ʻana i ka lole. Ua haʻi ka pūʻulu haʻawina wahine Muslim i kā lākou mau moʻolelo ma ka zoom i kā mākou mau hālāwai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a ʻo ia mau pilina o ka puʻuwai ke mau nei ka waiwai huna o kēia hana. E like me nā ʻāpana ponoʻī - nui nā wahine i hoʻohana i ka lole i loaʻa ka manaʻo kūikawā - nā ʻōpala o nā lole mai nā pākeke pēpē, nā lole makuahine, nā lole o ka makuahine a me ke kaikuahine - ʻoiai he ʻaʻahu alakaʻi kaikamahine. Hoʻopili kēia mau mea āpau i nā inoa - nā inoa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā pēpē i paʻa i nā lima makuahine - Ahmed, Mohammad, Ali Hussein, Youseef, Hussein ...
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe a pau i ʻeha a e hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe e ola ana i ka pahi kaua e hoʻolohe i ka ʻōlelo a Toni Morrison "ʻO ka hoʻomāinoino i ka hana ʻino - ʻaʻole i nānā i ka maikaʻi a me ka hewa, ka pono a me ka hewa - he ʻino loa ia e hāʻule ai ka pahi kaua o ka hoʻopaʻi i ka luhi. a hilahila paha. ʻO ka make ʻana o kēia mau keiki he mea hilahila, ʻehaʻeha, he aka no kākou a pau.
Ua hoʻomaka kēia papahana ma Ianuali 2021. Ma Iune ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia nā hae a me ke kāhea ʻana e ʻimi i nā wahi lua kupapaʻu ʻōiwi ʻole a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā keiki i ka pani kūpono ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kino kino 215 o nā keiki ma Kamloops. Ua humuhumu nā lālā o ka hui heluhelu pule o ka MMIWG i nā puʻuwai he nui me nā kapuaʻi i humuhumu ʻia ma ka uhi e paʻa ai ka hae ke hōʻike ʻole ʻia.
E haʻalele wau iā ʻoe me kēia manaʻo.
Manaʻo wau ua ʻike mākou i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana. He kāhea kēia hoʻomanaʻo no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pōʻino i hana ʻia a inā ʻaʻole maopopo mākou pehea e hoʻoponopono ai i ka pōʻino, hana mākou i ka mea hiki iā mākou. ʻO ka hoʻoponopono a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana ka hana hoʻoponopono.
I kēia mau lā, ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi haʻiʻōlelo ma ka pūnaewele he preamble ia i kahi ʻaha kūkā nui no ka 2023 Universities Studying Slavery conference, a ma kāna ʻōlelo aʻo maikaʻi, ua kuhikuhi ʻo Sir Hilary Beckles i ka ʻōlelo hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā haʻiʻōlelo hoʻoponopono ʻelua ʻaoʻao o ka like. moni. Pono nā mea ʻelua e hoʻoikaika i ke kanaka i 'kona pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hana maʻalahi' ma ke ʻano he wahie koʻikoʻi no ka loli a me ka hiki ke hoʻololi i kēia ʻōnaehana - ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kahi hoʻololi me ka ʻole o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono i ka wā i hala, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomākaukau no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
