Mwa Joy Choyamba
Mawu a anthu sakumveka chifukwa tikukanidwa kwambiri kufikira maofesi athu aboma. Kwa ambiri, takhala tikufuna kukhulupirira kuti tikukhala mu mtundu wina wa demokalase yoyimira pomwe titha kufotokoza malingaliro athu kwa iwo omwe tasankha ndipo zingapange kusiyana, koma sichoncho.
A phunziro inafalitsidwa m'nyuzipepala yophunzitsa Zofuna pa Ndale anapeza kuti anthu ambiri a ku America ali ndi "zochepa, zosawerengeka, zosawerengeka osati zofunikira pa ndondomeko ya boma" poyerekeza ndi olemera.
Zomwe tidakumana nazo zatsimikiziranso zotsatira za phunziroli pomwe tidatsekedwa kunja kwa ofesi ya Woimira Paul Ryan kenako ku White House pochita zomwe bungwe la National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) lidachita ngati gawo la sabata la Campaign Nonviolence . Campaign Nonviolence ndi njira yatsopano, yanthawi yayitali yolimbikitsa zachiwawa ndikulimbikitsa chikhalidwe chamtendere chopanda nkhondo, umphawi, mavuto azanyengo, ndi mliri wachiwawa. Mchitidwe womwe bungwe la NCNR lidachita udatchedwa "Kubzala Mbewu za Chiyembekezo: Kuchokera ku Congress kupita ku White House".
M'mawa wa Seputembara 22, 2015 gulu la anthu pafupifupi 10 lidakumana pamalo odyera a muofesi ya Longworth House. Tinakambirana zomwe tidakonzekera tsikuli ndikupita kuofesi ya Woimira Paul Ryan. Nyumba yamalamulo yochokera ku Wisconsin ndichitsanzo chowoneka bwino chazovuta ndi Congress masiku ano. Wapereka lingaliro lomwe lingalimbikitse kwambiri ndalama zodzitchinjiriza pomachepetsa ndalama zofunikira pantchito zofunikira kwa abale ndi alongo omwe ali ndi zochepa.
M'gawo loyambirira la Seputembala, tidatumiza kalata kwa Ryan tikupempha msonkhano pa Seputembara 22 kuti tikambirane za nkhondo, umphawi, komanso mavuto azanyengo. Tili ndi kalatayo m'manja tinafika ku ofesi yake ndipo tinaona chikwangwani kunja kwa chitseko chikuti, "Takulandirani. Lowani." Ichi chinali chikwangwani chachitsulo chomangirizidwa kukhoma pafupi ndi khomo la nyumba yamalamulo iliyonse mnyumbayi. Komabe, atagogoda pakhomo panali chikwangwani chosakhalitsa chomwe chimati, "Kulowera kumangolembedwa kwa iwo omwe ali ndi nthawi yokumana." Tinayesa kutsegula chitseko, koma chinali chokhoma.
Tinadabwa kuti chitseko chinali chokhoma. A Ellen Taylor, membala wa Code Pink yemwe wakhala akuyendera mamembala a Congress kwazaka zambiri, adati aka ndi koyamba kuti atulutsidwe kunja kwaofesi yamalamulo. Tidatumiza zambiri zakupita ku ofesi ya Ryan pamawebusayiti angapo motero adadziwa kuti tikubwera, ndipo mwachidziwikire sankafuna kukumana nafe.
Atagogoda, mayi wachichepere adatsegula chitseko pafupifupi mainchesi 6 ndikutifunsa zomwe tikufuna. Mwachidziwikire anali ndi mantha polumikizana nafe. Ndinalinso wamanjenje chifukwa nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndikuda nkhawa kukamenya nkhondo ndi ufumu waukulu kwambiri m'mbiri yonse ya dziko lapansi. Anatiuza kuti sitingathe kulowa ndikuti amakhala ndi misonkhano tsiku lonse. Tidamuuza kuti talemba kalata yopempha msonkhano pa Seputembara 22. Yankho lake linali loti titha kuyitanitsa msonkhano tsiku lina, koma ambiri aife tinali ochokera kunja kwa tawuni ndipo izi sizingatheke.
Pambuyo popita uku ndi uku kwa mphindi zingapo zinali zowonekeratu kuti sitingaloledwe kulowa muofesi. Adalandira kalata yomwe tidatumiza, komanso zithunzi za omwe adazunzidwa ndi ma drone komanso zolemba zomwe zimadzudzula bajeti ya Ryan. Mmodzi mwa mamembala a gulu lathu adamukumbutsa kuti anali wachichepere ndipo kuti kuchita nawo zomwe zikutilepheretsa kulowa m'boma lathu ndizolakwika, ndipo ayenera kuganizira zomwe akuchita.
Atatseka chitseko tinajambula zithunzi za omwe adakumana ndi ma drone, zikwangwani za Ryan, ndi zolemba pakhomo ndi khoma kuzungulira chitseko. Tidasiyanso mapaketi a mbewu ndi uthenga kuti tikuyesera kubzala mbewu za chiyembekezo kuti zibweretse kusintha kwenikweni.
Tinaganiza zakuwona phwando lomwe tingalandire kuchokera kwa woimira Wisconsin wina ndipo tidapita ku ofesi ya a Mark Pocan. Titafika kumeneko chitseko cha ofesi chatsekedwa, koma tidatsegula ndikulowa momasuka. Tidalandiridwa ndi wolandila alendo ndikutifunsa zomwe tikufuna. Tinamuuza zomwe timachita ndikumupatsa kalatayo. Anatimvera ndikutipatsa madzi ndi tchipisi.
Inali nthawi yoti tidutse ndipo tinakwera mabasi kupita ku Edward Murrow Park, pafupi ndi White House. Anthu opitilira 100 adasonkhana pakiyo pamsonkhano wachidule. Pomwe ife omwe tili pachiwopsezo chomangidwa tinasonkhana mozungulira kuti tikambirane zomaliza zomenyerazo, ndinali wokondwa kudziwa kuti tili ndi anthu pafupifupi 18 omwe ati akhale pachiwopsezo chomangidwa. Zinali zoyenera kukhala ndi msonkhano wathu ku Edward Murrow Park. Anali mtolankhani yemwe adatsutsa kuzunzidwa kwa boma lathu m'ma 1950.
Titamvera oyankhula angapo pakiyo tidakonza Pennsylvania Pennsylvania.ku White House. Ku White House tidamva kuchokera kwa omwe amalankhula zambiri. Tidalimbikitsidwa pomwe tidamva zambiri pazomwe zidatibweretsa limodzi. A Max adafotokozera mwachidule mitu yomwe atolankhani adalemba, ponena kuti olankhulawo adalankhula za Islamophobia, zida za zida za nyukiliya, zinthu zakufa, kusalingana padziko lonse lapansi, kuwongolera maboma, chisokonezo cha nyengo komanso kuwukira kwa zimbalangondo zakumtunda, kunyanyala kwa drone ndi zina zomwe boma lathu lili phatikizani.
Omwe ali pachiwopsezo chomangidwa adasonkhananso ku White House. Tikufuna kupereka kalata yomwe tidatumiza kwa Obama pachipata cha alonda. Kalatayo idafotokoza nkhawa zathu ndi nkhondo, umphawi, mavuto azanyengo, komanso ziwawa, ndipo adapempha msonkhano pa Seputembara 22.
XNUMX tidayenda tonse kupita kuchipata cha alonda. Tidaganiza kuti ngati alonda atakana kutipatsa msonkhano, tikhala pansi mogwirizana ndi onse omwe akuvutika padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa chazomwe boma lathu limachita. Tinkakhala kwa ola lathunthu kenako ndikuwunikanso momwe zinthu ziliri.
Ndikofunika kudziwa kuti sitinapite kumeneko kukayesa kumangidwa. Tinkachita zinthu zosagwirizana ndi boma. Boma lathu likuphwanya malamulo, ndipo tikuchita motsutsana ndi kuphwanya lamuloli. Sitikuphwanya lamulo popita kwa mamembala aboma lathu ndikuwayitana kuti asiye kuphwanya lamuloli. Tikudziwa kuti tikuchita china chake pomwe titha kukhala pachiwopsezo chomangidwa, koma sitikuyesa kumangidwa ndipo sitikukhulupirira kuti tikuphwanya malamulo aliwonse pochita zomwe tikuchita.
Pambuyo pokambirana ndi Secret Service pachipata, zidawonekeratu kuti sangayang'anire msonkhano ndi wina yemwe ali ndiudindo. Adatiuza kuti tikufunika kupempha msonkhano pasadakhale. Tinawakumbutsa kuti adatumiza kalata yopempha msonkhano, komanso, tidatumiza kalata yofananira chaka chapitacho ndipo sanayankhe kalatayo. Kodi tikuyenera kuchita chiyani? Kodi tingakumane bwanji ndi munthu amene akupanga mfundo? Apanso, tinali kutsekeredwa kunja kwa zokambirana zamtundu uliwonse pazinthu zofunika.
Pamene tinakhala pamenepo pambali pa chipata cha alonda panali anthu ochulukirachulukira akulowa ndi kutuluka. Ambiri aiwo anali anthu wamba atolankhani. Nthumwi zaku France nazonso zidabwera pachipata ndipo zidaloledwa kulowa. Tidafunsa mayi m'modzi mwa nthumwi zaku France ngati angavomereze kalata yathu ndikupita nayo ku White House ndipo adachitadi.
Pambuyo mphindi 45, zinali zowonekeratu kuti anthu amangoyenda mpaka pachipata, alonda adayang'ana ID yawo ndipo adaloledwa kulowa. Brian adatiuza kuti tichite zomwezo. Anatiuza kuti tiyime pamzere pachipata ndikudikirira nthawi yathu yolowera. Zikuwoneka kuti, monga nzika zokhudzidwa, tiyenera kukhala ndi ufulu.
Titapanga mzere pachipata, apolisi a Secret Service anatiuza kuti tifunika kusuntha kapena tikhoza kumangidwa, ngakhale tinali panjira yapagulu. Pamenepo, mozungulira 2: 00 madzulo, apolisi a Secret Service anayamba kutimanga.
Nthawi zambiri, National Park Police itimanga patsogolo pa White House chifukwa ndi dera la National Park. Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake sanatero, koma mwina akukonzekera ulendo wa Papa tsiku lotsatira. Zikuwoneka kuti apolisi a Secret Service analibe chidziwitso chambiri chomanga. Amasanthula azimayi ena modabwitsa kwambiri. Anachotsa magalasi amaso a amuna onse. Pamene ndinali m'modzi mwa omaliza a 15 omwe adafuna kutenga magalasi anga. Ndinawauza kuti sindimatha kuwona popanda magalasi anga amaso ndikuti palibe amene wandichotsapo magalasi nthawi zonse zomwe ndimamangidwa ndipo amandilola kusunga magalasi anga. Zinatitengera nthawi yayitali kuti tikwere nawo mgalimoto.
Anatitengera kupolisi ya DC Metropolitan kuti tikakonze. Omangidwawo ndi Don Cunning, Manijeh Saba, Carol Gay, ndi Mary Ellen Marino onse ochokera ku New Jersey, Kathy Kelly waku Illinois, Brian Terrell wochokera ku Iowa, Phil Runkel ndi Joy First ochokera ku Wisconsin, Joe Byrne ndi Max Obuszewski ochokera ku Baltimore, Joan Nicholson ochokera ku Pennsylvania, Malachy Kilbride wochokera ku Maryland, ndi Art Laffin, Eve Tetaz ndi Ellen Taylor ochokera ku DC.
Tidakhala maola angapo otsatira mchipinda, amuna ndi akazi atasiyana, tikulankhula ndikuimba kwinaku akutitulutsa m'modzi m'modzi kuti titenge zala zathu ndikuti tiwombere. Mkuluyu atandifunsa kuti ndisaine chikalata changa ndidafunsa zomwe ndikuimbidwa mlandu. Ananenanso kuti pepala lomwe adandifunsa kuti ndisaine linali ndi "Blocking Passage". Komabe ena pambuyo pake adati mlanduwo ndi "Khalidwe Losalongosoka". Sizikudziwika kuti mlandu wake unali uti ndipo sitinapatsidwe ndemanga zenizeni.
Apolisi a DC Metropolitan anamaliza ntchito yonseyi, koma tinali titagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa maola angapo pamene tinkawona, kudzera m'mawindo a maselo athu pamene apolisi a Secret Service ankasunga mapepala kumbuyo.
Ife potsiriza tinamasulidwa kuzungulira 9: 00 madzulo. A Paul Magno ndi a David Barrows adathandizira kwambiri ndende. Amatiyembekezera ndi nthochi ndi madzi. Pambuyo pozungulira mozungulira ndi kutsanzikana, tonse tinasiyana. Tili ndi tsiku la khothi la October 15, koma kwa ife kuchokera kunja kwa tauni, tidzatumiza kalata yopempha mlandu ndikumanena kuti tikufuna kupita ku mayesero.
Tsiku lotsatira ndidazindikira kuti pamilingo yolimbana ndi ma drone pamwezi ku Volk Field ku Wisconsin, zipata zakumunsi zidatsekedwa olondera akafika. Volk Field ndi Wisconsin Air National Guard base komwe amaphunzitsa oyendetsa ndege kuti azigwiritsa ntchito Shadow drones, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuwunikira, kuzindikira, komanso kupeza chandamale. Takhala tikulondera kunja kwa zipata zamunsi kamodzi pamwezi kwa zaka 3 and ndipo zipata sizinatsekedwe. Anthu asanu ndi anayi adayenda pamtunda m'mwezi watha ndipo adamangidwa. Awa anali 4th Nthawi yomwe tachita kuti anthu asakane kumunsi. Mwachiwonekere, atha kukhala atatopa nawo ndipo akufuna kutiletsa kuti tisayendenso pansi. Zikhala zosangalatsa kuwona ngati apitiliza kutseka zipata tikamabwera mwezi wamawa. Pafupifupi magalimoto 100-200 amayenda kudzera pachipata nthawi yomwe timakhala tcheru kumeneko mwezi uliwonse, kotero potseka geti zikuyambitsa mavuto ambiri kwa anthu ambiri.
Zomwe timachita ku DC zinali pafupi kufesa mbewu za chiyembekezo. Ili kuti chiyembekezo cha dziko lino chomwe chimatsekera kunja nzika zake osamvera? Kodi chiyembekezo cha dziko lino chili kuti pomwe boma lichita ziwawa kunyumba ndi kunja?
Ndimaganizira za zidzukulu zanga komanso mtundu wa dziko lomwe ndikufuna kwa iwo ndipo ndikuzindikira kuti ndiyenera kukhala ndi chiyembekezo mumtima mwanga. Sitingataye chiyembekezo kuti zinthu zingasinthe ndipo titha kukhala dziko labwino. Ndizovuta komanso zovuta kubwerera ku DC ndikukhala pachiwopsezo chomangidwa mobwerezabwereza. Ndikadakonda kukhala kunyumba ndi banja langa, koma monga mnzake Malachy adati, "Ukadziwa, sungadziwe."
Zimakhala bwino nthawi zonse kubwerera kunyumba kwanga kunkhalango ku Wisconsin patapita nthawi ku DC. Lero ndazindikira kuti masamba ayamba kusintha mtundu ukugwa kugwa. Zimandipangitsa kulingalira za kuzungulira kwa nyengo, kuzungulira kwa moyo, kuzungulira komwe kumasintha dziko lathu lapansi. Zimandikumbutsa kuti chilichonse ndi chozungulira ndipo kuchokera mumdima, kuwala kumabadwa. Zimandipatsa chiyembekezo, koma ndikudziwanso kuti kusintha sikungachitike popanda ntchito yeniyeni yathu. Pamene tikukumana ndi mavuto akulu adziko lapansi lero, titha kupatsana chiyembekezo wina ndi mnzake pamene tikulimbikitsana kudzera muzosintha.
Ndipo ndikugwiritsanso chiyembekezo cha dziko labwino. Ndikudziwa kuti sizikhala zophweka. Ndikudziwa kuti mwina sindingawone zosintha zilizonse kuchokera pantchito yanga, koma ndikudziwanso kuti ndiyenera kuchitapo kanthu ndikuyesa kusintha zinthu padziko lapansi. Kuchitapo kanthu kungatithandize kugwiritsitsa umunthu wathu ndipo ndi njira yokhayo yomwe tili nayo.
Kotero, kupita patsogolo.
Joy First, PhD, Mount Horeb, WI, ndiwoteteza kwa nthawi yayitali akukonzekera ndikuchita nawo zandale zotsutsana ndi milandu yaboma lathu. Amagwira ntchito ndi National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones ndikutha Nkhondo ndi magulu ena. Joyfirst5@gmail.com
