Wolemba Kathrin Winkler, World BEYOND War, November 18, 2021
Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace idachita mwambo wawo wapachaka wa White Peace Poppy wotchedwa "Halifax Remembers Peace: Kjipuktuk 2021". Joan adayamba ndi kuvomereza dziko ndipo adalankhula za kulumikizana kwa kukumbukira onse omwe akhudzidwa ndi nkhondo pazokambirana ndi membala wa Veterans for Peace waku Scotland mu webinar yaposachedwa. Rana adalankhula za Amayi aku Afghanistan ndikuyika nkhata m'malo mwawo. Nkhota zina ziwiri - imodzi ya onse ozunzidwa ndi PTSD, othawa kwawo ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe ndi ina ya Ana a Tsogolo. Annie Verrall adajambula mwambowu ndipo aphatikiza filimuyi ndi gawo lathu laposachedwa komanso lokhalokha losoka ku Local Council House of Women.
Tinasonkhana mu Park ya Mtendere ndi Ubwenzi ndi kupachika mbendera padzuwa pakati pa mtengo ndi choyikapo nyali, pafupi ndi nsanja yomwe munali chiboliboli chakale, chokutidwa ndi miyala yaing'ono, yopakidwa utoto ya malalanje. Malo awa anali malo amphamvu kuti NSVOW abweretse mbendera ndikuyimilira pamodzi kuti agawane nawo anthu onse a ntchitoyi - ntchito ya amayi ambiri ochokera ku Nova Scotia ndi Beyond. Ndi malo amphamvu chifukwa kusintha kwachitika pano, chifukwa decolonization ikuwoneka pang'ono komanso chifukwa cha miyala yaing'ono ya lalanje yomwe imatiyitanira.
Tinabweretsa nkhani za ana ena, za mizimu yawo. Mayina a ana 38 aku Yemeni amapetedwa mu Chiarabu ndi Chingerezi. Mu Ogasiti 2018, ku Yemen, ana 38 ndi aphunzitsi adaphedwa ndipo ena ambiri adavulala paulendo wakusukulu. Bomba lomwe lidagunda basi yasukulu yawo linalinso ndi dzina - bomba lotsogozedwa ndi laser la bomba la Mk-82 linali Lockheed Martin Bomb.
Mayina a ana amakwera pamwamba pa ndege zankhondo, pamapiko a nkhunda yamtendere ya amayi ndi mwana wake wamkazi, onse akuyenda pamwamba pa chiwonongeko chimene mabomba, nkhondo ndi nkhondo zikupitiriza kugwa pa banja laumunthu. Pafupi ndi nkhundazo pali mabwalo opangidwa ndi manja mumayendedwe odziwika kuti 'kukonza zowoneka' komwe kumagwirizanitsa mbendera, kupanga kutayika ndi chiyembekezo.
Chikwangwanicho chinali ndi mutu wakuti “Mabomba A mfundo- Kudulira Mtendere Pamodzi” ndipo chinayamba, monga momwe amachitira anthu apakatikati, pa tiyi ndi kukambirana, kupatula kuti zidachitika mu 'malo enieni'. Fatima, Sandy, Brenda, Joan ndi ine tinaganiza za mabanja ndi zotsatira za nkhondo - zowawa ndi PTSD za mabanja omwe ataya okondedwa - nthawi zambiri kumbali zonse za zida zankhondo, koma osakumbukiridwa mofanana ndi kuwerengedwa. Tinakambirana za chikumbutso, momwe kupitilira sikungatheke, komanso momwe kuyiwalika kumakhala gawo la kutaya ndi chisoni chomwe sichingagawidwe. Nkhawa zathu za kuthamangitsidwa kosatha kwa zida zankhondo, kuphatikizapo mgwirizano wa zida ku Saudi Arabia ndi maofesi a Lockheed Martin ku Dartmouth nthawi zonse amabwera ku udindo wathu wochitapo kanthu ndikuphatikiza mbali yaumunthu ya momwe malonda a zida akuwonekera. Kodi mtengo weniweni wa ndalama zankhondo ndi chiyani?
Ndiloleni ndigawane mawu a ana awiri omwe anali pamsika tsiku lomwelo mu Ogasiti.
Mnyamata wina wazaka 16 amene amagwira ntchito m’malo ometera tsidya lina la msewu kuchokera m’basi anauza bungwe la Human Rights Watch patelefoni ali m’chipatala kuti kuphulikako kunali “ngati kuthwanima kwa nyale, kotsatiridwa ndi fumbi ndi mdima.” Anavulazidwa pakuwukiridwa ndi zidutswa zachitsulo m'munsi mwake ndipo adati sangasunthe osathandizidwa kapena kupita kuchimbudzi.
Mnyamata wina wa zaka 13 yemwe anali m’basiyo, yemwenso anagonekedwa m’chipatala, anati anali ndi bala lopweteka m’mwendo ndipo ankayembekezera kuti sadzadulidwa mwendo. Anzake ambiri anaphedwa.
Tidayamba chikwangwanicho polumikizana ndi Aisha Jumaan wa Yemeni Relief and Reconstruction Foundation komanso wolimbikitsa mtendere Kathy Kelly ndipo tidalimbikitsidwa kuti tipitirize ntchitoyi. Aisha wakhala akulumikizana ndi mabanja ku Yemen.
Mabwalo amalire a 48+, nthenga zazikulu 39 ndi nthenga zazing'ono zopitilira 30 zasokedwa ndi anthu ammudzi kuchokera m'magulu ambiri kuphatikiza Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Halifax Raging Grannies, Gulu la Muslim Women's Study Group, Immigrant and Migrant Women's Association of Halifax, Gulu lowerenga lipoti la MMIWG, Thousand Harbors Zen Sangha, masisitere achi Buddha ndi magulu ena achipembedzo, mamembala a National Board a Voice of Women for Peace ndi abwenzi kuchokera kunyanja kupita kunyanja kupita kunyanja. Aliyense wa akaziwa mofanana ndi wojambula ndipo Brenda Holoboff anali woyang'anira mbendera ndi kiyi yodzipereka kuti amalize!
Amayi omwe adatenga nawo gawo adasonkhana pa zoom ndipo zokambilana zathu zidaphatikizanso chisoni komanso momwe tingabweretsere mbendera iyi muzokambirana kuti titsimikize kufunikira kwathu kusintha momwe timayendera mikangano. Margaret anatiuza kuti titumize mbenderayo ku Yemen titagawana nawo kwanuko. Maria Jose ndi Joan adatchulapo kuwonetsa chikwangwani ku yunivesite kapena laibulale. Ndikhulupilira titha kukumana ndi amayi pa Masjid pano kuti tikambirane za ntchitoyi. Mwinamwake ulendowu udzakhala kudutsa dziko lonse kupita ku malaibulale ndikugawana malo omwe anthu onse amagawana nawo kumene zokambirana zidzatsutsa lingaliro la 'chitetezo.' Ngati alipo amene akufuna kuthandiza pankhaniyi ndidziwitseni.
Tiyenera kupanga machitidwe abwino osamalirana wina ndi mnzake. Timafunikirana wina ndi mnzake ndipo mbendera iyi idabwera palimodzi ngakhale panali zopinga za nthawi ndi malo.
Nthenga zonse ndi mabwalo adasokedwa ndikugawidwa ndi makalata kapena kugwetsedwa ndikutengedwa m'mabokosi amakalata panthawi yomwe mliriwu ukukwera. Tonse tinali kudzipatula komanso nkhawa zathu komanso kusowa kwa achibale ndi anzathu. Joan ndi Brenda akhala mizati kumbuyo kwa ntchitoyi - kupanga chithandizo, kusoka pamene zidutswazo zimalowa ndikupereka luso lawo lopanga. Zikomo kwambiri kwa onse omwe adatenga nawo gawo - azimayi ochokera ku BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario Yukon, USA, Newfoundland, Maritimes, ndi Guatemala. Amayi adasoka ndi ana aakazi, abwenzi akale adanena kuti inde polojekitiyi ndipo abwenzi omwe mwina sanasoke mwachindunji pa mbendera adasonkhana kuti amalize.
Koma ndikufuna kutchula makamaka kuti pamene ine ndi Fatima tinkakambirana za Arabic calligraphy ya nthenga, iye anayankha nthawi yomweyo kuti sizingakhale vuto ndipo m'masiku 3 mayina a miyoyo 38 anali m'bokosi langa la makalata okonzeka kusamutsidwa nsalu. Gulu lophunzira la azimayi achisilamu lidagawana nkhani zawo powonera misonkhano yathu yomwe idakonzedwa ndipo kulumikizana kwa mtima kukupitilizabe kukhala chuma chobisika cha ntchitoyi. Monga momwe zilili mabwalo enieni - amayi ambiri ankagwiritsa ntchito nsalu zomwe zinali ndi tanthauzo lapadera - nyenyeswa za nsalu zofunda za ana, madiresi oyembekezera, zovala za amayi ndi alongo - ngakhale yunifolomu yowongolera atsikana. Zonsezi zikuzungulira mayina - mayina omwe anapatsidwa kwa ana ogwidwa m'manja mwa amayi - Ahmed, Mohammad, Ali Hussein, Youseef, Hussein ...
Kukumbukira onse amene avutika ndi kukumbutsa amene akukhala ndi lupanga ayenera kumvera mawu a Toni Morrison akuti “Chiwawa cholimbana ndi chiwawa- mosasamala kanthu za chabwino ndi choipa, chabwino ndi choipa - ndichoipa kwambiri kotero kuti lupanga lakubwezera limagwa ndi kutopa. kapena manyazi.” Imfa ya ana awa ndi yochititsa manyazi, yomvetsa chisoni, mthunzi pa ife tonse.
Ntchitoyi inayamba mu Januwale 2021. Mu June mbendera zinatsitsidwa ndipo pempho loti apeze malo onse a manda a Amwenye osadziŵika komanso kuti ana atsekedwe moyenerera anatsatira kupezeka kwa matupi 215 oyambirira a ana ku Kamloops. Mamembala a gulu lowerengera mlungu ndi mlungu la lipoti la MMIWG asoka mitima yambiri ndi mapazi omwe asokedwa pachivundikiro chomwe chidzagwire mbendera pamene sichikuwonetsedwa.
Ndiroleni ndikusiyeni ndi ganizo ili.
Ine ndikukhulupirira ife tikudziwa chinachake chokhudza kukonza. Chikumbutsochi ndi pempho lofuna kukonza zowonongeka zomwe zachitika ndipo ngakhale sitikudziwa momwe tingakonzere zowonongeka, timachita zomwe tingathe momwe tingathere. Kukonzanso ndi kuyanjanitsa ndi ntchito yokonzanso.
Posachedwapa, panali nkhani yapaintaneti yomwe idaperekedwa koyamba pamsonkhano waukulu wa 2023 Universities Studying Slavery, ndipo munkhani yake yabwino kwambiri, Sir Hilary Beckles akuwonetsa kuti nkhani yakusintha kwanyengo ndi nkhani yobwezera ndi mbali ziwiri zofanana. ndalama. Onse ayenera kukankhira umunthu ku 'mlingo wake wapamwamba kwambiri wa machitidwe apamwamba' monga gwero lofunikira la kusintha ndi kuthekera kwa kusintha kwadongosolo kumeneku - kusintha komwe kuli ndi umphumphu sikungatheke popanda kubwezera.
Ngati sitingathe kukonza zakale sitingathe kukonzekera zam'tsogolo.
