Imicimbi engaphezu kwe-1,000 ezofika kuvuthondaba ngoSuku Lokuthula Lomhlaba Wonke
Ibhalwe ngu-Aggie Perilli noJeanine Genauer, www.paceebene.org
Septhemba 16th, 2017
Corvallis, NOMA (Septhemba 15, 2017) - Bangaphezu kuka-1000 amamashi, izenzo, imicimbi kanye nemibuthano elungele ukwenzeka kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezingama-50 kuzwelonke njengengxenye Iviki Lezenzo Zokungabi Nodlame Lomkhankaso Septhemba 16-24. Lo mkhankaso ongakaze ubonwe wezishoshovu emazingeni aphansi ufuna ukuba kuthathwe isinyathelo esingenalo ubudlova ngokumelene nokucwasa ngokwebala, impi, ubumpofu nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo. Onyakeni wawo wokuqala ka-2014, kube nemicimbi engama-230. Ekuphenduleni inkulumo enenzondo ehlukanisa isizwe sakithi njengamanje, kulo nyaka abantu bazohlangana ndawonye emibuthanweni engaphezu kwenkulungwane, ukusabalalisa izwi lobumbano nokuthula.
"Abantu kulo lonke elase-United States nangale kwalokho bayisa i-Campaign Nonviolence emigwaqweni ukuze baqede ubudlova nokungabi nabulungisa, futhi baqale ukudala ukuthula," kusho uDkt. Ken Butigan, umsunguli we-Campaign Nonviolence kanye noprofesa eDePaul University. "Leli zwi elibumbene lidinga izinguquko zenqubomgomo eziqinile ukuze kwakhiwe ukuthula, ubulungiswa bezomnotho kanye nokwelashwa kwemvelo - futhi ligcizelela ukuthi kuzwakale."
I-Campaign Nonviolence ixhaswe yi-Pace e Bene, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezibophezele ekwakheni isiko lokuthula ngokusebenzisa ukungabi nabudlova okusebenzayo kanye nokuqonda okwabiwe kanye nokusebenzisana ukuvikela amalungelo abantu, ukuqeda impi kanye nezikhali zenuzi, ukuqeda ubumpofu, inselele ukungabi nabulungisa, ukuphulukisa iplanethi—futhi uhlangabezane nomsebenzi ongokomoya wanamuhla obalulekile: ukwakha umhlaba onobulungiswa, onokuthula nongenabo ubudlova. Ukuba yiqiniso embonweni kaDkt. Martin Luther King, Jr., nokuxazulula izingxabano ngaphandle kobudlova ekhaya naphesheya.
"Abantu baseMelika bafuna umbono omuhle wethemba nokuthula ezweni lethu kanye nomhlaba wonke," kusho uMfundisi John Dear, umsunguli we-Campaign Nonviolence, isishoshovu sokuthula esaziwayo kuzwelonke, umbhali wezincwadi ze-35, kanye noqokwe njengomklomelo weNobel Peace Prize. “Kuleli sonto lezenzo zikazwelonke, sihlanganisa izinhlelo zasekhaya ukuze sikhulume ngokumelene nesiko lodlame, ubugovu kanye nezimpi. Sithemba ukuthi sizojulisa amandla okungabi nabudlova, ngombono namathuluzi oshintsho olungenalo udlame u-Mohandas Gandhi, uDkt. Martin Luther King, Jr., kanye nabanye abaningi abaye bawenza kusebenze uguquko lomuntu siqu nelomhlaba wonke.”
Okugqamile okuvela kumasampula emicimbi ehleliwe ahlanganisa:
- Iviki Lokuthula laseDelaware izobamba imicimbi engaphezu kuka-60 phakathi nesonto likazwelonke lokusebenza, kusukela emilindelweni nasezifundweni kuya emihlanganweni yezwe lonke.
- U-Raleigh no-Chapel Hill, eNyakatho ne-Carolina, bamemezele “Isonto Lokungabi Nodlame Lomkhankaso WaseNyakatho ne-Carolina,” kanye nemicimbi ehleliwe yokuphikisa ukucwasa nokucwasa, ubumpofu, impi, nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo—kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili intuthuko.
- Indawo yaseChicago izosingatha imicimbi ye-100 ekusekeleni imvelo kanye nesiko lokungabi nabudlova.
- Kuze kube manje, abantu abayinkulungwane kulindeleke ukuthi bajoyine i-Peace Fest eByns Park eLancaster, ePennsylvania, ngeSonto, Septhemba 1,000, namabhendi amane nezikhulumi, okuhlanganisa noMfundisi John Dear.
- Amamashi, izinkonzo zomkhuleko, imilindelo yomphakathi, imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi, izifundiso, nemibuthano izobanjwa ezweni lonke, kube nemicimbi emikhulu e-Little Rock, e-Arkansas; eMemphis, eTennessee; e-Albuquerque, eNew Mexico; Clinton, Iowa; Huntington, Indiana; eBangor, eMaine; eLansing, eMichigan; nase-Erie, ePennsylvania.
Ukuthola uhlu lwemibuthano yokuthula, enezifunda namadolobha, izincazelo, izinhlangano kanye nemininingwane yokuxhumana, sicela uvakashele: action.campaignnonviolence.org.
I-Campaign Nonviolence ixhaswe yi-Pace e Bene, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo, engayikhokhi intela eyasungulwa ngo-1989 ngabakwaFrancisca Friars yaseCalifornia. Abaxhumanisi balo mkhankaso u-Ken Butigan kanye noBaba uJohn Dear bafundisa ukuthi ukungabi nobudlova kuyisici esiphumelela kakhulu endleleni kaJesu. "Kuyindlela ehlanganisa kokubili ukwenqatshwa okungenaphutha kobudlova, namandla othando neqiniso ekusebenzeni ubulungisa, ukuthula, nobuqotho bendalo."
