Wolemba Curtis Driscoll, DailyJournal, December 21, 2020
Polimbikitsa uthenga wamtendere ndi zachitetezo, Half Moon Bay yapachika mbendera kunja kwa City Hall yopangidwa ndi ophunzira kuwunikira malingaliro awo amtendere omwe pamapeto pake adzapita ku United Nations ku 2021.
Mbendera, yopachikidwa pa Disembala 9, ndi chithunzi chazithunzi zamtendere zomwe zimayankhula pamitu monga mfuti, nkhondo, nkhanza kwa amayi komanso kusintha kwa nyengo. Mbendera ndi mndandanda wazithunzi zopangidwa palimodzi zopangidwa ndi thonje, zovala zakale ndi matawulo. Zoyeserera za chinsalu zimachokera kwa ophunzira m'masukulu mu Half Moon Bay omwe adalemba ndikulemba zamalingaliro amtendere m'miyezi yapitayi. Mbendera ipitilizabe kukula pomwe anthu ambiri amatumiza mauthenga achinsalu. Mbendera ikulendewera pakhoma kunja kwa nyumba ya City Hall ndipo pakadali pano ili ndi zokumba 100 zolumikizidwa palimodzi. Mu Seputembala, mbendera ku City Hall idzatsitsidwa ndikuperekedwa ku United Nations ku New York City.
Mbendera ndi gawo la Peace Flag Project, yomwe imagwira ntchito yolimbikitsa mtendere padziko lonse lapansi ndikuletsa zida za nyukiliya. Pulojekiti ya Peace Flag ikugwiranso ntchito palimodzi ndi International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, kapena ICAN. Runa Ray, wokonda zachilengedwe komanso womenyera ufulu wamtendere, ndi amene amakonza bungwe la Peace Flag Project. Ray amagwiritsa ntchito mafashoni ndi zachitetezo polimbikitsa kusintha kwa mfundo. Adaganiza zoyambitsa ntchitoyi ku Half Moon Bay atalankhula ndi anthu zamtendere. Adalankhula ndi anthu ambiri omwe samadziwa tanthauzo lamtendere kwa iwo kapena samadziwa kulifotokoza. Amakhulupirira kuti ntchitoyi idzakhala gulu logwiritsa ntchito zaluso polankhula zamtendere.
"Ndidazindikira kuti maphunziro amtendere akuyenera kuyambira kumunsi, ndipo zitha kumveka ngati ntchito yosangalatsa, koma ndichinthu chozama chifukwa muli ndi munthu amene akuyankhapo pa chingwecho tanthauzo lamtendere kwa iwo ndi momwe amawonera dziko likhale labwino m'maso mwawo, "atero a Ray.
Ntchito yake m'mbuyomu imayang'ana kwambiri zachitetezo cha nyengo, koma adazindikira kuti sipadzakhala vuto kulimbana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo pokhapokha atagwira ntchito yamtendere pakati pa mayiko ndi anthu. Akufuna kuphatikiza malingaliro amtendere ndi zochitika zanyengo kuti apeze mayankho amtendere womwe umawonekera kwa aliyense. Poyamba adayandikira mzinda wa Half Moon Bay za ntchitoyi chaka chino. Khonsolo ya Half Moon Bay City idapereka chigamulo pamsonkhano wawo pa Seputembala 15 wopereka chithandizo pantchitoyi. Mzindawu udalongosola za ntchitoyi, udalimbikitsa anthu ammudzi kutenga nawo mbali ndikupereka malo pagulu kuti apachike mbendera.
Kenako Ray adapita kusukulu ndikuyamba nawo kugwira nawo ntchitoyi. Ophunzira ochokera ku Hatch Elementary School, Wilkinson School, El Granada Elementary School, Farallone View Elementary School, Sea Crest School ndi Half Moon Bay High School atenga nawo mbali. Mabungwe ena omwe anali nawo anaphatikizanso chaputala cha California cha World Beyond War, gulu lotsutsa nkhondo, ndi United Nations. Ray walandiranso zaluso kuchokera kwa anthu ku United States. Ndi mbendera yomwe tsopano ikulendewera ku City Hall, akukonzekera kulumikizana ndi anthu ambiri ku Half Moon Bay kuti atumize zambiri. Ngakhale ali kale ndi zochulukirapo zoposa 1,000 zaluso, akuyembekeza kuti anthu ambiri abwera ku City Hall ndikulemba masomphenya awo amtendere kuti athe kuyiphatikiza ndi mbendera.
“Ndikufuna kuti anthu ayambe kufuna kutenga nawo mbali pantchitoyo. Zilibe kanthu; yangokhala nthawi yanu, ”adatero Ray.
Anthu amatha kupita https://peace-activism.org kuti mumve zambiri za mbendera ndi Peace Flag Project.
