Vanozvipira Spotlight: Susan Smith

Mwedzi wega wega, tinogovana nyaya dze World BEYOND War vanozvipira pasi pose. Unoda kuzvipira World BEYOND War? Email greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

Location:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Wakabatana sei ne-anti-war activism uye World BEYOND War (WBW)?

Ndiri mumiriri wenguva refu anopikisa hondo. Mukupera kwema1970, ndakakumbanira Peace Corps senzira yekushandira runyararo uye kurwisa hondo. Somudzidzisi, ndaibatsira vadzidzi kunzwisisa zvaiitika munyika yakavapoteredza, ndichisimbisa kudiwa kwekurukurirano nokushandira pamwe. Ndiri nhengo yemasangano akasiyana siyana, akadai WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) Pittsburgh uye Rega Kubhenga Bhomba, uye ndinobatanidzwa mukuratidzira nezviito zvomunzvimbomo. Muna 2020, ndakatanga kubatanidzwa World BEYOND War; denda rakandimanikidza kutsvaga nzira itsva dzekubatikana. WBW yakandigonesa kuita izvozvo.

Denda re coronavirus rakanganisa sei activism yako?

Covid akandiwedzera kubatikana nazvo World BEYOND War. Muna 2020 ndaitsvaga nzira dzekushanda nezvikonzero zvandinotenda mazviri uye kuwanikwa World BEYOND War makosi. Ndakanga ndaziva nezveWBW uye ndakaenda kune zvimwe zviitiko, asi denda rakaita kuti ndibatanidzwe zvakanyanya. Ndakatora makosi maviri neWBW: Hondo neMagariro uye Kubviswa kweHondo 101. Kubva ipapo ndakazvipira ne Runyararo Dzidzo uye Chiito cheImpact pilot chirongwa muna 2021. Zvino, ndinotevera WBW zviitiko uye zviitiko uye ugovagovera nevamwe mune yangu Pittsburgh network.

Ndeapi marudzi ezviitwa zveWBW zvaunoshandira pazviri?

Ini zvino ndave kubatanidzwa muWBW / Rotary Action yeRunyararo chirongwa "Dzidzo yeRunyararo uye Chiito cheImpact (PEAI).” Ndakanga ndanzwa nezvechirongwa ichi chekuvaka hunyanzvi hwekuvaka runyararo, asi ndakanga ndisina kuterera zvakanyanya sezvo ndisiri mudiki. Mukutaura neWBW'S Education Director Phill Gittins, kunyanguvezvo, akatsanangura kuti iyi yakanga iri purogiramu yamarudzi ose. Akabvunza kana ndaizodzidzisa timu yeVenezuela sezvo ndichitaura chiSpanish. Pandakaziva kuti kwaiva neboka rokuCameroon, ndakazvipira kuvadzidzisawo, sezvo ndakanga ndagara munyika iyoyo kwemakore anoverengeka ndichitaura chiFrench. Saka muna 2021 ndakadzidzisa zvikwata zveVenezuelan neCameroon uye ndikave nhengo yeboka reGlobal Advisory.

Ndichiri kuGlobal Team ndichibatsira kuronga, kufunga nezvezvirimo, kugadzirisa zvimwe zvinhu, uye kuita shanduko dzakataurwa nekuongororwa kwemutyairi. Sezvo chirongwa che2023 PEAI chinotanga, ndiri kudzidzisa timu yeHaiti. Ndinotenda zvakasimba kuti PEAI inogonesa vechidiki kuti vave vavaki verunyararo kuburikidza nemarudzi akasiyana, nharaunda yepasirese.

Ndeipi kurudziro yako yepamusoro kune mumwe munhu anoda kuve nechekuita neanti-war activism uye WBW?

Wese munhu anogona kuita chimwe chinhu kufambisira mberi anti-war/pro-peace activism. Tarisa munharaunda yako. Ndiani ari kutoita basa racho? Ungatora rutivi munzira dzipi? Pamwe ndeyekuenda kumisangano kana kuti pamwe iri kuseri kwezviitiko kupa nguva kana mari. World BEYOND War inogara iri sarudzo inoshanda. WBW inopa hupfumi hweruzivo uye zviwanikwa. Makosi acho akanaka. Nzvimbo dzakawanda dzakaita Zvitsauko zveWBW. Kana guta/dhorobha rako rikasadaro, unogona kutanga rimwe, kana kuti unogona kukurudzira sangano riripo kuti rive a WBW yakabatana. Pittsburgh haina chitsauko cheWBW. Ndiri kushingaira mukati WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) Pittsburgh. Isu takaita chiitiko neWBW vachishandisa yavo Zoom chikuva uye kushambadzira kusvika. WILPF Pgh iye zvino anogara achitaura nezvezviitiko zveWBW nezviitwa uye takakwanisa kugovera zvedu navo. Rugare runotanga nekubatana!

Chii chinoita kuti urambe uchifemerwa kutsigira shanduko?

Ndinoona kuda kwakadaro kwakandipoteredza uye pasi rose. Ndinofanira kuita chikamu changu kuita kuti nyika ive nzvimbo iri nani kune zvizvarwa zvinouya. Dzimwe nguva, ndinoora mwoyo, asi kushanda nemambure akaita seWBW neWILPF, ndinogona kuwana kurudziro nerutsigiro kuti ndirambe ndichifambira mberi munzira dzakanaka.

Yakatumirwa Kukadzi 9, 2023.