NguGreta Zarro, uMlawuli oQuquzelelayo, World BEYOND War, Novemba 18, 2021
World BEYOND War Ulusizi kukuva ngokusweleka kukaMarilyn Olenick kolu Suku lweArmistice ludlulileyo. Ngokusekelwe ePennsylvania, eUnited States, uMarilyn wayekuthanda ukuphelisa imfazwe nokukhuthaza uxolo. Ukusukela ngo-2018, uye wanikela ngexesha lakhe kunye naye World BEYOND War, ukubhala kunye nokuhlelwa kwe Peace Almanac, ukwenza ukufakwa kwedatha, kunye nezikhalazo. Wayenobubele, enesisa, kwaye ezinikele ngenjongo yokuphelisa imfazwe. Ii-imeyile zakhe zilukhanyisele usuku lwam ngenxa yesimo sakhe sengqondo esikhuthazayo.
Ngo-2019, uMarilyn waboniswa World BEYOND War's IVolontiya Spotlight. Kwiimpendulo zakhe, wathetha ngento eyayimkhuthaza ukuba enze lo msebenzi. “Utshintsho lubalulekile ekulondolozeni ikamva labantwana bethu, abazukulwana bam kunye nesijikelezi-langa sethu. Ndikhule ndinexhala lokuba abantakwethu abancinci abathathu baya kubizelwa emkhosini xa beneminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo njengoko i-US ibikade isemfazweni iminyaka emininzi njengoko sasiphila. Amashumi amahlanu anesibhozo amawaka kwisizukulwana sam afela eVietnam. Ngoba?" Unga funda inqaku elipheleleyo apha.
UMarilyn wayeyazi kwangoko ifuthe lemfazwe, nto leyo eyamenza wabandakanyeka World BEYOND War. Umyeni wakhe, uGeorge, wayeyiSajini yaBasebenzi kuMkhosi woMoya wase-US. Wasebenza iikhenkethi ezimbini kwaye wasebenza kunye neenjineli zasekuhlaleni ekuphuculeni iimeko zokuhlala eVietnam. UGeorge wasweleka ngo-2006 emva kokuphazamiseka kwezintso kunye nesibindi ngenxa yokuchaphazeleka kwakhe Agent Orange, imichiza eyityhefu etshizwe yi-US ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam.
Umsebenzi owenziwa nguMarilyn wawungasoloko ubonakala ebantwini, kodwa wawubalulekile yaye wawugcina intshukumo yethu iqhubeka. Marilyn, enkosi ngako konke okwenzileyo ukuqhubela phambili injongo yoxolo. Uya kuphoswa kakhulu World BEYOND War.
The i-obituary ka-Marilyn iyafumaneka apha.
