Wolemba Maliya Ellis, Juni 2, 2020
kuchokera Watsopano Haven Independent
Ambiri a New Haveners adayamba kumvetsera pagulu la anthu, ndikupempha mabungwe awiri atsopano kuti asindikize opanga malamulo kuti athandizire pa zifukwa zakale.
Komiti ya Health and Human Services ya New Haven Board of Alders idachita msonkhano Lachiwiri usiku. Atamva umboniwo, zigawengazo zinavota mogwirizana kuti zigwirizane ndi chisankho pochita ndalama. Bungwe la Peace Commission lomwe lakhazikitsidwa ndi bungwe la Peace Commission, chisankho chosagwirizana chimapempha bungwe la US Congress kuti liperekenso ndalama zankhondo pofuna kuthana ndi zinthu zofunika kwambiri m'mizinda, kuphatikiza maphunziro, ntchito, komanso bata.
Khothi lomwe lakhala kwa maola awiri, lomwe lachitikira ku Zoom ndipo limakhala pa YouTube, lakhala ndi anthu opitilira 30 omwe akukhudzidwa ndi umboni pa nkhaniyi. Umboni wawo umatsutsa kuwonongera kwa asirikali ndikuwunikira zofunikira zakomweko.
Pothandizira kudula ndalama zankhondo, maumboni ambiri adalumikiza kulumikizana pakati pa referendum ndi kumwalira kwaposachedwa kwa a George Floyd ku polisi ya Minneapolis, monga chiwonetsero cha zinthu zofunikira pazankhondo ndi asitikali. Eleazor Lanzot, woimira New Haven Rising, adawonetsa kuphedwa kwa Floyd monga chitsanzo cha dongosolo losweka. Kumwalira kwa Floyd sikunali "kovuta m'thupi," watero Lanzot. Ndi zomwe machitidwe adakhazikitsidwa kuti azichita. ”
Lindsay Kosharin wa National kipaumbwe Project ku Institute for Policy Study adapereka chilinganizo chogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zankhondo ndi "Pentagon wokhala ndi magazi." A Kosharin adatchulira 53% ya bajeti yomwe boma imagwiritsa ntchito pazankhondo, ndipo adaunikanso ndalama zochepa zomwe zimaperekedwa ku zaumoyo ndi zamaphunziro monga zitsanzo "zosayikidwa patsogolo."
Oyankhula adati ndalama zomwe zidaperekedwa kunkhondo zitha kugwiritsa ntchito bwino zosowa za anthu akumaloko - monga kuthana ndi mliri wa Covid-19. Ambiri adalongosola za mliriwu monga kuwunikira kufunika kogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zaumoyo waboma. Ena anatchula kukhudzika kwachuma kuchokera ku kachiromboka kuti anganene kuti pakukula kwachuma ndi ntchito. Kosharin adatchulapo ziwerengero zomwe zankhondo zotsutsana ndi uchigawenga zidapereka ndalama zothandizira anthu okhudzidwa ndi zinthu zitatu.
Marcey Jones, wa ku New Haven People's Center, agawana misozi kuti amalume awo amwalira kachilomboka posachedwa. Adanenanso za kufalikira kwa kachilombo ka HIV m'magulu ocheperako ndipo adalimbikitsa kuti pakhale ndalama zambiri zothanirana ndi mavuto am'deralo ndikukweza mawu ochepa.
"Kuonjezera mawu athu ndikofunikira," adatero Jones.
A Joelle Fishman, wampando wa New Haven Peace Commission yemwe analemba referendum, adalumikizana kwambiri ndi referendum ndi kusalingana mwatsatanetsatane komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha zipolowe zomwe apolisi akuchita mwankhanza komanso coronavirus. Pamaderopo, adanenanso zakusiyana pakati pa malo okhala ku New Haven. "Tikufuna njira yatsopano yomwe imakweza aliyense," adatero.
Oimira angapo ochokera ku New Haven Public School adatsutsa kusowa kwa ndalama zophunzirira mzindawu, kutchulapo nthawi zomwe aphunzitsi amasukulu amagulira zinthu za ophunzira kutulutsa.
Oimira ochokera kumagulu angapo olimbikitsa zanyengo, kuphatikiza Sunrise New Haven ndi New Haven Climate Movement, adadzudzula asitikali ngati gwero lalikulu la kuipitsa, ndipo akukakamira kuti awonjezere ndalama zoyeserera. Amati kusintha kwa nyengo ndi vuto lomwe lingakhale loti asitikali sangathe kuwathetsa.
A Rev. Kelcy GL Steele adafotokozera nkhawa zakusintha kwanyengo ngati "vuto laumoyo" lomwe likufuna chisamaliro chambiri komanso ndalama. "Ndizowopsa kuti tipeze tsogolo lathu mosakonzekera," adatero.
A Chaz Carmon, omwe amagwira ntchito mu sukulu ya New Haven, adawonetsa referendum ngati gawo "lakuyamba moyo wathu", komanso kutali ndi gulu lankhondo, lomwe limalowa mu "chitetezo, komanso muimfa."
Ma referendum omwe akufuna, omwe adagwirizana ndi komitiyi, apita ku New Haven Board of Alders kuti avomereze. Ngati magawo awiri mwa atatu a zisankho amavota inde, referendum iwoneka paovota ya Nov. 3.
