Zowona Zenizeni ndi Zaiwisi: Nkhani ya Jordan Williams

Jordan Alexander Williams, ndi Queer Hoodoo, wokonda dziko lapansi & kholo lamtsogolo, akupita ku moyo ndikusintha kusintha. Sikuti Yordani ndi zinthu zonse zomwe zili pamwambazi, koma ndi mnzanga yemwe amakhala moyo wawo mopanda chiyembekezo pamene akumenyera chilungamo padziko lonse lapansi. Ndinali ndi mwayi wokambilana zam'mbuyomu za Jordan ndikugawana zidziwitso zambiri zomwe zidabwera chifukwa chakukambirana kwathu kwa mphindi 30. Zikomo, Jordan, pogawana nkhani yanu!

Lowani muzokambirana zathu pansipa kuti mudziwe zambiri za Jordan Williams, zomwe adakumana nazo, komanso chiyembekezo chawo chachitetezo chokhudzana ndi kusiyanasiyana, chilungamo, kuphatikiza, ndi chilungamo:

Kodi mungafune kuti aliyense adziwe pang'ono za inu nokha?

Yordani: Ndine Jordan Williams ndipo ndimagwiritsa ntchito matchulidwe awo. Wodziwika ngati Wakuda, ndimazindikira kuti ndine wochokera ku Afro ndipo ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito posachedwapa kuti ndivumbulutse mibadwo yanga yaku Africa kuti ndimvetsetse china chake chomwe chili kunja kwa nkhani ndi machitidwe apamwamba - amalingaliro a "amadzulo" - otizungulira, omwe ali: 1) adayambitsa zovuta zanyengo ndi zachilengedwe ndipo, 2) kupitiliza kupha, kutsekeredwa m'ndende, komanso kuchotsera umunthu wa anthu akuda ndi amitundu, pakati pa zina zambiri. Ndikufufuza mozama m'mibadwo yanga kuti nditengenso ndikusintha nzeru zomwe ulamuliro wa azungu, utsamunda, ndi utsogoleri wachipembedzo zimafuna kuti ndisiyane nazo. Ndikumvetsetsa kuti nzeru zamakolo izi ndizomwe zimandilumikiza ine ndi abale anga ku Dziko Lapansi komanso kwa wina ndi mnzake, ndipo nthawi zonse zakhala zikuthandizira kwambiri momwe ndayendera dziko lapansi.

Nchiyani chinakupangitsani kuti mulowe nawo mu gawo loteteza zachilengedwe? 

Yordani: Kuyambira ndili wamng'ono ndinamva kugwirizana kumeneku ndi chilengedwe, chilengedwe, kunja, ndi zinyama. Ngakhale kuti ndinkaopa nyama zambiri zikamakula, ndinkazikondabe. Ndinatha kukhala m’gulu la a Boy Scouts of America, omwe tsopano ndinali wovuta chifukwa ndinali munthu wamba komanso mnzanga wa Amwenye a ku Turtle Island. Ndikunena izi, ndimayamikira nthawi yomwe ndimakhala ndi ma scouts malinga ndi zomwe zimandiyika pafupi ndi msasa, usodzi, ndi chilengedwe, komwe ndi komwe ndi kuchuluka kwa kulumikizana kwanga ndi dziko lapansi.

Kodi kusintha kwanu kuchokera ku ubwana ndi unyamata kunakupangitsani bwanji ntchito yanu? 

Yordani: Sukulu zogonera komwe ndinapita ku sekondale komanso kuyunivesite komwe ndinapita ku koleji zinali zoyera, zomwe pamapeto pake zidandikonzekeretsa kukhala m'modzi mwa ophunzira akuda okha m'makalasi anga asayansi yachilengedwe. Ndili m'malo amenewo, ndinazindikira kuti panali zinthu zambiri zosokoneza, anthu osankhana mitundu komanso odana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, ndipo zinakhazikitsa njira yomwe ndinayambira kuona dziko lapansi popeza panali zinthu zambiri zopanda chilungamo zomwe zidakalipobe. Pamene ndimapita ku koleji, ndinazindikira kuti ndimasamalabe za chilengedwe, koma ndinayamba kuika maganizo anga pa chilungamo cha chilengedwe - timamvetsetsa bwanji zotsatira za chisokonezo cha nyengo, zinyalala zapoizoni, tsankho, ndi zina zomwe zikupitirirabe. kupondereza ndi kuchotsa anthu akuda, Akuda, Amwenye, ndi Ogwira Ntchito? Zonsezi zakhala zikuchitika kuyambira pamene Turtle Island - yotchedwa North America - idakhazikitsidwa koyamba, ndipo anthu akudziyesa kuti "mayankho" achilengedwe ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe ndi othandiza pamene momveka bwino salipo ndipo ndi kupitiriza kwa ulamuliro woyera ndi utsamunda.

Pamene kukambitsirana kwathu kunkapitirira, Jordan Williams anakhala wofunitsitsa kuuza ena zimene anakumana nazo. Mafunso ndi mayankho omwe akutsatira ali ndi chidziwitso chofunikira ndikufunsa mafunso angapo omwe bungwe lililonse liyenera kudzifunsa. Zokumana nazo za Yordani ali aang'ono zidakhudza kwambiri moyo wawo ndipo zawalola kuti azichita zinthu zopanda pake pothana ndi mavutowa. Zochitika zawo zawalola kukhala ozindikira pazomwe mabungwe akutenga kapena kusowa kwake.

Kodi ndi chiyani chomwe chinakusangalatsani kwambiri pantchito yanu? 

Yordani: Ntchito yomwe ndinatsogolera m'zochitika zanga zoyamba za ku koleji ndikufunsa mafunso kuti zisankho ndi zochitika pa kayendetsedwe ka asodzi ang'onoang'ono zikhale zofanana komanso zopezeka kwa aliyense m'dera lawo. Mofanana ndi zomwe ndinakumana nazo ku koleji, ndinawona kuti panali nkhani zambiri za DEIJ zobisika pansi pa bungwe lomwe ndimagwira ntchito komanso kuntchito yawo yakunja. Mwachitsanzo, ndinali mmodzi wa atsogoleri a komiti yoyang’anira zinthu zosiyanasiyana muofesi yathu, osati chifukwa cha ziyeneretso zanga, koma chifukwa chakuti ndinali m’gulu la anthu ochepa achikuda, komanso m’modzi mwa anthu aŵiri Achikuda mu ofesi yathu. Ngakhale ndimamva chikoka chamkati kuti ndilowe nawo ntchitoyi, ndikudabwa ngati ndikanakhala ndi anthu ena, makamaka azungu, akuchita zomwe zimayenera kuchitika. Ndikofunikira kuti tisiye kudalira anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana kuti akhale “akatswiri” apamwamba kwambiri pa DEIJ Kulimbana ndi kuchotseratu kuponderezana kwa mabungwe ndi machitidwe, monga zikhalidwe zapantchito zapoizoni zimafunikira zambiri kuposa kuyika anthu osasankhidwa m'gulu lanu kuti ayang'ane bokosi kuti lisinthe. Zomwe ndakumana nazo zidandipangitsa kukayikira momwe mabungwe ndi mabungwe amasinthira zinthu kuti zithandizire kusintha. Ndinaona kuti n’koyenera kufunsa kuti:

• Ndani akutsogolera bungweli?
• Kodi amawoneka bwanji? 
• Kodi ali okonzeka kukonzanso bungwe?
• Kodi ali okonzeka kudzikonza okha, makhalidwe awo, malingaliro awo, ndi njira zomwe amagwirizana ndi omwe akugwira nawo ntchito, kapena ngakhale kuchoka pa maudindo awo kuti apange malo ofunikira kuti asinthe?

Kodi mukuwona ngati magulu ambiri ali okonzeka kuyankha pa maudindo omwe amasewera komanso momwe mungawonere zomwe zingachitike kuti apite patsogolo?

Yordani: Kumvetsetsa momwe mphamvu ikugawidwira pakali pano m'bungwe lonse ndikofunikira. Nthawi zambiri, mphamvu zimagawidwa ku "utsogoleri" wokha, ndipo pamene mphamvu ikuchitika ndi pamene kusintha kumayenera kuchitika! Atsogoleri a mabungwe, makamaka atsogoleri achizungu makamaka atsogoleri omwe ndi amuna kapena amuna kapena akazi kapena amuna kapena akazi akuyenera kutenga izi mozama. Palibe “njira yolondola” yochitira izi, ndipo ngakhale ndinganene kuti maphunziro, ndikofunikira kudziwa zomwe zimagwira ntchito ku bungwe lanu ndikuzikhazikitsa kuti musinthe chikhalidwe ndi mapulogalamu a bungwe lanu. Ndikunena kuti kubweretsa mlangizi wakunja kungapereke malangizo ambiri abwino. Njirayi ndi yamtengo wapatali chifukwa nthawi zina anthu omwe ali pafupi kwambiri ndi mavutowa, komanso / kapena omwe akhalapo kwa nthawi yayitali, sangathe kuwona komwe kusintha kwa madzi kungathe kuchitika, komanso ndi njira ziti. Pa nthawi imodzimodziyo, kodi chidziwitso, zokumana nazo, ndi ukatswiri wa omwe ali m'maudindo ochepa zimatha bwanji kukhazikika ndi kukwezedwa kukhala zamtengo wapatali komanso zofunika? Zachidziwikire, izi zimafunikira zothandizira - ndalama ndi nthawi - kuti zikhale zogwira mtima, zomwe zimafika kumagulu achifundo a DEIJ, komanso kufunikira kokhazikitsa DEIJ mkati mwa mapulani a bungwe lanu. Ngati izi zilidi zofunika kwambiri, ziyenera kuphatikizidwa m'mapulani antchito a mwezi uliwonse, kotala, ndi pachaka, kapena sizingachitike. Ziyeneranso kukumbukiridwa momwe anthu akuda, Amwenye, Amitundu, ndi Amitundu, ndi zizindikiritso zina zotsatiridwa zimakhudzidwira. Ntchito yawo ndi ntchito zomwe azungu ayenera kugwira siziri zofanana.

Izi ndizabwino kwambiri ndipo pali ma nuggets ambiri omwe mwaponya muzokambirana zathu lero, mutha kupereka mawu aliwonse olimbikitsa kwa amuna akuda kapena anthu amtundu pano kapena omwe akufuna kukhala m'malo osungira.

Yordani:  Ndi ufulu wathu wobadwa nawo kukhalapo, kukhala, ndi kutsimikiziridwa mu malo onse. Kwa Akuda pamitundu yonse ya jenda, iwo amene amakana konse jenda, ndi aliyense amene amadziona ngati sali wake, chonde dziwani ndikukhulupirira kuti uwu ndi ufulu wanu! Choyamba, ndimawalimbikitsa kupeza anthu omwe angawalimbikitse, kuwachirikiza, ndi kuwathandiza. Dziwani abwenzi anu, anthu omwe mungawakhulupirire, ndi omwe akugwirizana ndi inu. Kachiwiri, khalani ndi lingaliro la komwe mukufuna kukhala ndipo ngati simuli komwe muli, landirani. Mulibe ngongole kwa aliyense kapena bungwe lililonse. Pamapeto pake, ndikofunikira kudziwa zomwe zidzatsimikizire kulimba kwanu kuti mupitirize ntchito ya makolo anu, yomwe ikuphatikiza Dziko lapansi lokha. Nkhani za DEIJ sizitha mawa, ndiye pakadali pano, tiyenera kupeza njira zopitirizira. Ndikofunikira kuti mudzipangenso nokha, kukhalabe ndi mphamvu zanu, ndikukhalabe okhulupirika ku mfundo zanu. Kuzindikira zomwe munthu amachita zomwe zimakupangitsani kukhala olimba, anthu omwe angakuthandizireni, ndi malo omwe amakuwonjezerani, zidzakuthandizani kukhalabe olimba.

Kutseka, pankhani yakusiyana, kufanana, kuphatikizika, ndi chilungamo…chiyembekezo chomwe muli nacho pazachitetezo ndi chiyani.

Yordani:  Kwa nthawi yayitali, chidziwitso chamba chakhala chikuwoneka ngati chachikale kapena kusowa poyerekezera ndi malingaliro akumadzulo. Ndikukhulupirira zomwe tikuchita pomaliza ngati anthu akumadzulo komanso gulu lasayansi lapadziko lonse lapansi ndikumvetsetsa kuti machitidwe akale, amasiku ano, komanso osinthika amtundu wa Amwenye ndi omwe angatsimikizire kuti tili muubwenzi wofanana wina ndi mnzake komanso dziko lapansi. Ino ndi nthawi yoti tikweze ndi kuyika mawu osamveka -njira zotsika mtengo zamaganizidwe ndi kukhala - zomwe zakhala zikutipititsa kumoyo komanso mtsogolo. Ntchitoyi ilibe m'mankhokwe, kapena zomwe andale akhazikitsa malamulo…imapezeka mu zomwe anthu amadziwa, zomwe amakonda, ndi zomwe amachita.

Nditalingalira za zokambiranazi, ndidapitiliza kuganiza za njira yodutsana komanso kufunikira kwa utsogoleri. Zonsezi ndizofunikira pakuvomereza moyenerera kusiyana ndi kusiyana ndikusintha chikhalidwe cha bungwe. Monga Jordan Williams adanena, izi sizidzatha mawa. Pali ntchito yoti ichitidwe pamlingo uliwonse kuti kupita patsogolo kowona kuchitidwe, komabe, kupita patsogolo sikungachitike pokhapokha titadziyankha tokha pazovuta zomwe timapitiliza. Ocean Foundation yadzipereka kumanga gulu lathu kuti likhale lophatikizana komanso lowonetsa madera omwe timatumikira. Timatsutsa anzathu m'gawo lonse kuti aziwunika chikhalidwe cha bungwe lanu, kuzindikira madera oyenera kukonza, ndikuchitapo kanthu.