Lolemba, September 21st, anthu mamiliyoni ambiri padziko lonse lapansi adzalemekeza ndi kukondwerera Tsiku la Mtendere Padziko Lonse, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa mu 1981 ndi United Nations. Panthawi imodzimodziyo mitsinje ya othawa kwawo ikuthawa madera a mikangano padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka kuchokera ku nkhondo za ku Middle East. Anthu amalemekeza mtendere, anthu amaona kufunika kwa mtendere, koma nkhondo zikupitirirabe.
Pa Tsiku la Mtendere chaka chino, tiphunzira ndi kulemekeza zoyesayesa za omenyera mtendere omwe amayesetsa kuthetsa magawano a udani omwe amayambitsa mikangano ndi nkhondo. Tidzakhalanso ndi kusinkhasinkha kwa “Khalani Mtendere” pamodzi ndi kusinkhasinkha zikwizikwi kofananako padziko lonse lapansi. Tidzachita zonsezi mu Social Hall ku Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian Universalist, 117 Rugby Road ku Charlottesville. Pulogalamu yathu idzatsata ndondomekoyi:
- 6:00 kusonkhana mu Social Hall
- 6:15 yambitsani kusinkhasinkha kwa "Khala Mtendere".
- 6:45 tsekani kusinkhasinkha ndi nyimbo yoperekedwa ndi Heena Reiter
- 7:00 yambitsani zokambirana zamagulu pa Kuthetsa Magawidwe a Udani
- 8:30 kumaliza chochitikacho
Gulu lathu likhala ndi:
Roy Hange yemwe amatumikira monga mbusa mnzake wa Charlottesville Mennonite Church ndipo wagwirapo ntchito ndi Center for Justice and Peacebuilding ku Eastern Mennonite University. Roy wakhala zaka zambiri ku Middle East ndipo amadziwa zambiri za mikangano yomwe ili m'derali.
Mary Reed yemwe wagwira ntchito yothandiza anthu omwe akhudzidwa ndi Edzi ku Rwanda, pakali pano akutsogolera pulogalamu yothandizira kumanganso maphunziro akumidzi ku Cambodia, ndipo nthawi zambiri amakhala ku Thosamling, nyumba ya masisitere a Tibetan Buddhist kumpoto kwa India.
Carroll Houle yemwe, monga wansembe wa Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers of the Catholic Church, adatumikira ku Tanzania kwa zaka 21, ku Kenya zaka 17, komanso ku United Nations ku New York kwa zaka zisanu.
Otsogolera athu adzagawana zidziwitso kuchokera pazomwe adakumana nazo. Aliyense wopezekapo angachite chimodzimodzi, zonse n’chiyembekezo cha kulimbitsa malingaliro athu a dziko lachilungamo ndi lamtendere. Chochitikachi chikuthandizidwa ndi Interfaith Cooperation Circle ya Central Virginia ndi Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice. Chochitikacho ndi chaulere komanso chotsegulidwa kwa anthu onse. Zakudya zopepuka zidzaperekedwa.
Yankho Limodzi
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