IVeki yoLwandlekazi yaseCapitol Hill

Xa ndandiyintombazana encinane, ndandiwoyika amanzi. Ndandingoyiki kangako ukuba ndingangeni kuyo, kodwa ndandingasoze ndibe ngowokuqala ukuziphosa. Ndibingelela usapho lwam kunye nabahlobo, ndilinde ngokuzolileyo izibetho ezimbalwa ukuze ndibone ukuba zidliwe ngukrebe okanye zifunxelwe ezantsi kumbindi woMhlaba ngumngxuma wokutshona omangalisayo—kwanasemachibini, emilanjeni, nakwimisinga yekhaya lam. IVermont, apho sibambeke kabuhlungu ngaphandle konxweme olunetyuwa. Emva kokuba indawo ibonakala ikhuselekile, ndandibajoyina ngononophelo, emva koko ndikwazi ukonwabela amanzi ngoxolo lwengqondo.

Nangona uloyiko lwam ngamanzi luye lwakhula lwaba lumdla, lulandelwa ngokusondeleyo luthando olunzulu lolwandle kunye nabemi balo, laa ntombazana incinci ngokuqinisekileyo ayizange ilindele ukuba izifumane ikwiVeki yoLwandlekazi yaseCapitol Hill eWashington, DC, umnyhadala weentsuku ezintathu owabanjwa. kwiSakhiwo sikaRonald Reagan kunye neZiko loRhwebo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe. Kwi-CHOW, njengoko ngokuqhelekileyo kubhekiselwa kuyo, iingcali eziphambili kuzo zonke iinkalo zolondolozo lwaselwandle zidibana ukuze zibonise iiprojekthi kunye neengcamango zazo kwaye zixoxe ngeengxaki kunye nezisombululo ezinokuthi zibe khona kwimeko yangoku yamaLwandle amakhulu kunye namanxweme. Izithethi zazihlakaniphile, zinomdla, zithandeka, kwaye zikhuthaza umntu oselula njengam kwinjongo yazo eyodwa yokugcina nokukhusela ulwandle. Njengomfundi wasekholejini/umfundi wasehlotyeni ozimase inkomfa, ndichithe iveki ngokushushu ndithatha amanqaku kwisithethi ngasinye kwaye ndizama ukucinga ukuba ndingafika njani apho bekhona namhlanje. Lwathi lwakufika usuku lokugqibela, isandla sam sasekunene esibambeneyo nencwadi yam yokubhala ekhawulezayo yakhululeka, kodwa ndaba buhlungu kukubona isiphelo sikufuphi kangaka. 

Emva kwephaneli yokugqibela yosuku lokugqibela lwe-CHOW, u-Kris Sarri, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-National Marine Sanctuary Foundation bathatha isiteji ukugqiba iveki kwaye badibanisa ezinye zeemotifs aziqaphelayo kwingxoxo nganye. Ezine athe weza nazo kukuxhobisa, intsebenziswano, ukuba nethemba, nokuzingisa. Le yimixholo emine ebalaseleyo-ithumela umyalezo obalaseleyo kwaye ngokwenene ibambe oko bekuxoxiwe kangangeentsuku ezintathu kuloo midlalo yeqonga yeSakhiwo sikaRonald Reagan. Nangona kunjalo, ndingongeza enye: ukubalisa ibali. 

UKris Sarri, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeSiseko seSizwe seNdawo yaseLwandle

Kaninzi, ukubaliswa kwamabali kwakubhekiselwa njengenye yezona zixhobo zinamandla ekwenzeni abantu bakhathalele okusingqongileyo kunye nokugcina ulwandle lwethu. UJane Lubchenco, owayesakuba ngumlawuli we-NOAA, kunye nenye yezona nzululwazi ziphumeleleyo nezikhuthazayo zokusingqongileyo kwixesha lethu, akufuneki ukubalisa amabali ukuze afumane abaphulaphuli abagcwele iindlavini zolwandle ukuba bamphulaphule, kodwa wenjenjalo, ebalisa ibali. yolawulo luka-Obama lusondele lucenga ukuba amenze intloko ye-NOAA. Ngokwenza oko, wakhe ubuhlobo nathi sonke kwaye wazuza iintliziyo zethu zonke. Ikhongolose uJimmy Panetta wenze into efanayo ngokubalisa ibali lokumamela intombi yakhe ihleka njengoko babebukele amatywina edlala elunxwemeni – wanxibelelana nathi sonke waza watsala iinkumbulo ezivuyisayo esinokubelana ngazo sonke. UPatrick Pletnikoff, usodolophu wesiqithi esincinci iSaint George eAlaska, ukwazile ukufikelela kuwo onke amalungu abaphulaphuli ngebali lesiqithi sakhe esincinci esinikela ubungqina ngokuncipha kwabemi bamatywina, nangona uninzi lwethu lungazange sive nangeSaint George, kwaye mhlawumbi. andikwazi nokuba nomfanekiso wayo. Ilungu leCongress uDerek Kilmer uye wasichukumisa ngebali lakhe lesizwe somthonyama esihlala kunxweme lwePuget Sound kwaye sifumana ukuphakama kolwandle olungaphezu kweeyadi ezili-100 kwisizukulwana esinye. UKilmer uthe kubaphulaphuli, “Yinxalenye yomsebenzi wam ukubalisa amabali abo.” Ndingatsho ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba sonke sachukumiseka, kwaye sasikulungele ukubuyela emva kwesizathu sokunceda esi sizwe ukuba sicothise ukunyuka komphakamo wolwandle.

Itafile yeCongressional Round kunye noSenator Whitehouse, uSenator Sullivan, kunye nommeli uKilmer

Nditsho nezithethi ezingakhange zibalise amabali angowazo zibalise ixabiso kumabali namandla awo okudibanisa abantu. Phantse ekupheleni kweqela ngalinye, kwabuzwa lo mbuzo: “Unokuzichaza njani iimbono zakho kubantu bamaqela ahlukeneyo okanye abantu abangafuni kuphulaphula?” Impendulo yayisoloko ifuna indlela yokunxibelelana nabo kwaye bayizise ekhaya kwimiba abayikhathaleleyo. Eyona ndlela ilula nesebenzayo yokwenza oku isoloko ngamabali. 

Amabali anceda abantu ukuba banxibelelane omnye nomnye-yiyo loo nto thina njengoluntu sithe phithi kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo kwaye sihlaziyana rhoqo ngamaxesha amancinane okwenzeka kubomi bethu imihla ngemihla, ngamanye amaxesha nokuba ngumzuzu nomzuzu. Ndicinga ukuba sinokufunda kolu tshintsho lucacileyo luluntu lwethu, kwaye silusebenzise ukunxibelelana nabantu abasuka ngaphaya kwendlela, kunye nabo bangafuniyo ukumamela izimvo zethu. Abo bangenamdla wokuva uludwe lokuhlamba impahla lomnye umntu lweengcamango ezichaseneyo basenokuba nomdla kwibali lobuqu elivela kuloo mntu, bebonisa iimbono zabo kunokuba babangxengxezele, baze babonise oko bafana ngako kunokuba bahluke. Sonke sinento efanayo—ubudlelwane bethu, iimvakalelo zethu, imizabalazo yethu, kunye namathemba ethu—oku kungaphezu kokwaneleyo ukuqalisa ukwabelana ngeengcinga nokunxulumana nomnye umntu. Ndiqinisekile ukuba nawe ukhe waziva unemincili kwaye usoyika ukuva intetho yomntu omthandayo. Nawe ukhe waba nephupha lokuhlala nokusebenza kwisixeko ongazange waya kuso. Nawe usenokuba wawukhe woyika ukutsibela emanzini. Singakha ukusuka apho.

Ngamabali epokothweni yam kunye noqhagamshelwano lobuqu kubantu bokwenyani bobabini abafanayo nabahlukileyo kum, ndikulungele ukutshona emanzini ndedwa— ndingoyiki ngokupheleleyo, kwaye ndiqale kuqala.

Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi malunga ne-ajenda yalo nyaka, ndwendwela CHOW 2017.