Mona Shand, Public News Service,September 18, 2017
KULEKA, Mich. - Magulu a chikhulupiriro, omenyera ufulu ndi mabungwe ochokera kumadera osiyanasiyana aku Michigan adzatero bwerani sabata ino kukana zachiwawa ndikuyesetsa kupanga chikhalidwe chamtendere.
Terry Link, wapampando wothandizana ndi Peace Education Center ya Greater Lansing, yomwe ikuthandizira zochitika zingapo, akuti ndikofunikira kukumbukira kuti m'dziko lathu lomwe likulumikizana kwambiri, mtendere sikungokhala kopanda chiwawa.
"Tikapanda kukonza zovuta, sitikhala pamtendere," akutero. "Chifukwa chake ngati tili ndi anthu omwe ali ndi njala, ngati tili ndi othawa kwawo, ngati tili ndi tsankho, zidzakhala zovuta kwambiri kukhala ndi mtendere weniweni komanso wokhalitsa komanso watanthauzo. Chifukwa chake zinthu zonsezi ziyenera kuthandizidwa nthawi imodzi. ”
Zochitika mu Lansing zimaphatikizapo ma marches, mapemphero opembedzera pamodzi ndi kukambirana pazosankha pamitu monga chiwawa chamfuti komanso kumvetsetsa Chisilamu.
Zochitika zamtendere komanso zosagwirizana ndi chilengedwe zimakonzedweranso ku Ann Arbor ndi Detroit, komanso m'maiko onse mdziko ndi mayiko ambiri padziko lonse lapansi ngati gawo la Sabata la Campaign Nonviolence.
Ndi ndale, chikhalidwe TV, komanso maubale omwe akuchulukirachulukira, Link ikuti kupeza nthawi yophunzira njira zopewetsa mkwiyo kumatha kubwezera.
"Mumaphunzira mukamacheza ngakhale ndi munthu amene akuyang'ana dziko mosiyana ndi momwe mukuwonera, njira yothetsera mavuto ndikupeza malo wamba," akuwonjezera. "Chifukwa chake zinthuzi ndizothandiza kwambiri pamoyo watsiku ndi tsiku, komanso zikuwonekeratu kuti ndizofunikira mukamakangana mdera lanu."
Lachinayi, September 21, imadziwika padziko lonse lapansi ngati Tsiku la Mtendere la United Nations.