Zviito zvechisimba zvakakonzera kufa kwaAhmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, nevamwe vasingaverengeki zvakatiyeuchidza zvinorwadza nezvekusaruramisira kwakawanda kunotambudza nzanga yevatema. Tinomira mukubatana nenharaunda yevatema sezvo pasina nzvimbo kana nzvimbo yeruvengo kana rusarura munharaunda yedu yegungwa. Upenyu Hwakaipa Matter nhasi uye mazuva ese, uye isu tinofanirwa kushanda pamwe chete kuti tiparadze rusaruraganda rwemasangano uye systemic nekuputsa zvipingamupinyi, kudaidzira kururamisira kwerudzi, uye kufambisa shanduko muzvikamu zvedu zvakatina uye nekumhiri.  

Kunyangwe zvakakosha kuti utaure uye utaure, zvakakoshawo kuve wakasimba uye kuzvipira kuita shanduko mukati nekunze. Zvingave zvichireva kutanga shanduko isu pachedu kana kushanda neshamwari uye nevezera redu munharaunda yekuchengetedzwa kwemakungwa kuti titange shanduko idzi, The Ocean Foundation icharamba ichiedza kuita kuti nharaunda yedu ive yakaenzana, yakasiyana-siyana, uye kubatanidza pamatanho ese - kudzvanya anti-rusaruraganda. mumasangano edu. 

Sehwaro hwenharaunda hwegungwa chete, hatina kungozvipira kudzoreredza maitiro ekuparadza nharaunda dzenyanza pasirese, asi takazvipira kuenderera mberi nenhaurirano idzi nekuita zviitiko zvinofambisa tsono mberi kwerusaruraganda. Kuburikidza ne yedu Kusiyana, Kuenzana, Kubatanidzwa, uye Kururamisa kuyedza, nharaunda yedu yegungwa inoshanda kufambisa tsika inopokana nerusarura mberi kuburikidza nekubatana, kuratidza nekuita, kuvhurika kuverenga nekudzidza zvakawanda nezve izvo zvinosanganisira, uye kukwidziridza manzwi mazhinji asina kunzwika. 

TOF inovimbisa kuita zvakawanda, uye inogamuchira zvese zvinongedzo pamusoro pekuti tingavaka sei sangano rakaenzana uye rinosanganisirwa. Pazasi pane mashoma ekubatsira kuti uratidze kana kutanga:

  • Pedza nguva uchiverenga nekudzidza. Verenga basa raJames Baldwin, Ta-Nahisi Coates, Angela Davis, bhero hook, Audre Lorde, Richard Wright, Michelle Alexander, naMalcolm X. Mamwe mabhuku achangoburwa akafanana Maitiro ekuve Antiracist, White Fragility, Nei Vese Vana Vatema Vakagara Pamwe Chete muKafeteria?, The New Jim Crow, Pakati peNyika neni, uye White Rage ipa nzwisiso yemazuva ano yekuti vanhu vachena vanganyatso ratidza sei kunharaunda dzeruvara. 
  • Mira neVanhu Verudzi. Paunoona zvakaipa, miririra zvakanaka. Shevedzera zviito zverusarura - zviri pachena kana zvimwe zvingangoitika, zvisina kujeka - paunozviona. Kana kururamisira kuchikanganiswa, pikisa, uye pikisa kusvika zvaunza shanduko. Iwe unogona kudzidza zvakawanda nezvekuva mubatsiri pano, pano, uye pano.
  • Ona zvimwe zvakaunganidzwa zviwanikwa pano uye pano.

Mukubatana uye murudo, 

Mark J. Spalding, Mutungamiri 
Eddie Love, Maneja weChirongwa uye Sachigaro weKomiti yeDEIJ
& yese yeThe Ocean Foundation timu


Mufananidzo Chikwereti: Nicole Baster, Unsplash