Isonto leCapitol Hill Ocean

Lapho ngiseyintombazanyana, ngangiwesaba amanzi. Ayesabi kangako ukuthi ngeke ngingene kuyo, kodwa ngangingeke ngibe ngowokuqala ukungena. Ngangidela umndeni wami nabangane, ngilinde buthule izigqi ezimbalwa ukuze ngibone ukuthi zidliwe yini ushaka noma zimuncwe kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba umgodi wokucwila ongalindelekile—ngisho nasemachibini, emifuleni, nasemifudlaneni yesifunda sakithi sasekhaya. I-Vermont, lapho sibambeke kabuhlungu ngaphandle kogu olunosawoti omningi. Ngemva kokuba indawo yesehlakalo ibonakala iphephile, ngangibajoyina ngokuqapha, bese ngikwazi ukujabulela amanzi ngokuthula kwengqondo.

Nakuba ukwesaba kwami ​​amanzi ekugcineni kwakhula kwaba ilukuluku lokufuna ukwazi, okwalandelwa eduze uthando olujulile ngolwandle nezakhamuzi zakhona, leyo ntombazanyana yayingakaze ilindele ukuzithola iseVeki Yolwandle yaseCapitol Hill eWashington, DC, umcimbi wezinsuku ezintathu owawubanjwe. e-Ronald Reagan Building kanye ne-International Trade Center. Kwa-CHOW, njengoba kuvame ukubizwa ngakho, ochwepheshe abahamba phambili kuzo zonke izinqubo zokongiwa kwemvelo olwandle bayahlangana ukuze bethule amaphrojekthi abo nemibono futhi baxoxe ngezinkinga nezisombululo ezingase zibe khona zesimo samanje samaChibi Amakhulu nezingu. Izikhulumi bezihlakaniphile, zinothando, zithandeka, futhi zikhuthaza umuntu osemusha njengami emgomweni wazo owodwa owabelana ngawo wokulondoloza nokuvikela ulwandle. Njengomfundi wasekolishi/ofunda ehlobo obekhona engqungqutheleni, ngichithe isonto ngomkhuhlane ngibhala amanothi kuzo zonke izikhulumi futhi ngizama ukucabanga ukuthi ngingafika kanjani lapho bekhona namuhla. Lapho kufika usuku lokugcina, isandla sami sokudla esiminyene nencwajana yami yokubhala egcwala ngokushesha kwakhululeka, kodwa kwangiphatha kabi ukubona ukuphela kuseduze kangaka. 

Ngemva kwephaneli yokugcina yosuku lokugcina lwe-CHOW, u-Kris Sarri, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-National Marine Sanctuary Foundation bathathe isiteji ukuze baphethe isonto futhi bahlanganise ndawonye ezinye ze-motifs aziqaphela phakathi nengxoxo ngayinye. Okune aqhamuke nakho ukuhlomisa, ukusebenzisana, ukuba nethemba, nokuphikelela. Lezi izingqikithi ezine ezinhle—zithumela umlayezo omuhle kakhulu futhi zithwebula ngempela okwaxoxwa ngakho izinsuku ezintathu kuleyo thiyetha ye-Ronald Reagan Building. Nokho, ngingangeza okunye: ukuxoxa indaba. 

UKris Sarri, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO yeNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Ngokuphindaphindiwe, ukuxoxa izindaba kwakubhekiselwa kuzo njengelinye lamathuluzi anamandla okwenza abantu banakekele imvelo kanye nokongiwa kolwandle lwethu. UJane Lubchenco, owayengumqondisi we-NOAA, futhi ongomunye wososayensi bezemvelo abafeza kakhulu futhi abakhuthazayo besikhathi sethu, akadingi ukuxoxa izindaba ukuze athole izethameli ezigcwele izihlakaniphi zasolwandle ukuthi zimlalele, kodwa wakwenza lokho, exoxa indaba. yabaphathi baka-Obama sebesondele becela ukuthi ahole i-NOAA. Ngokwenza kanjalo, wakha ubuhlobo nathi sonke futhi wazuza izinhliziyo zethu zonke. UKhongolose uJimmy Panetta wenza into efanayo ngokuxoxa indaba yokulalela uhleko lwendodakazi yakhe ngenkathi ebuka izimvu zamanzi zidlala ogwini lolwandle - waxhuma kithi sonke futhi wadonsa izinkumbulo ezijabulisayo esingabelana ngazo sonke. UPatrick Pletnikoff, imeya yesiqhingi esincane iSaint George e-Alaska, ukwazile ukufinyelela wonke amalungu ezithameli ngendaba yokwehla kwenani lezimvu zamanzi esiqhingini sakhe esincane, nakuba iningi lethu lingakaze lizwe ngisho nangeSaint George, futhi mhlawumbe. angikwazi nokukuthwebula. UKhongolose uDerek Kilmer usihlabe umxhwele ngendaba yakhe yesizwe somdabu esihlala ogwini lwe-Puget Sound futhi esibona ukuphakama kolwandle okungaphezu kwamayadi ayi-100 esizukulwaneni esisodwa. UKilmer ugomele izethameli, “Kuyingxenye yomsebenzi wami ukuxoxa izindaba zabo.” Ngingasho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi sonke sathinteka, futhi sase simi ngomumo ukubalekela imbangela yokusiza lesi sizwe ukuthi sinciphise ukuphakama kolwandle.

Ithebula leCongress Round noSenator Whitehouse, uSenator Sullivan, kanye noMmeleli uKilmer

Ngisho nezikhulumi ebezingakhulumi izindaba ezingezazo bezikhomba ukubaluleka kwezindaba namandla azo ekuxhumaniseni abantu. Ekupheleni kwawo wonke amathimba athile, kwabuzwa umbuzo: “Ungadlulisela kanjani imibono yakho kubantu bamaqembu ahlukene noma abantu abangafuni ukulalela?” Impendulo yayihlala njalo ukuthola indlela yokuxhumana nabo nokubaletha ekhaya ezindabeni abazikhathalelayo. Indlela elula nephumelelayo yokwenza lokhu njalo yizindaba. 

Izindaba zisiza abantu ukuthi baxhumane—yingakho thina njengomphakathi sixakeke yinkundla yezokuxhumana futhi sihlale sibuyekezana ngezikhathi ezincane zezinto ezenzeka ekuphileni kwethu usuku nosuku, ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nomzuzu nomzuzu. Ngicabanga ukuthi singafunda kulokhu kuthatheka okusobala umphakathi wethu onakho, futhi sikusebenzise ukuxhumana nabantu abavela kuyo yonke indawo, kanye nalabo abangafuni ukulalela imibono yethu. Labo abangenaso isithakazelo sokuzwa uhlu lomunye umuntu lwezingubo eziphambene bangase babe nesithakazelo endabeni yomuntu siqu evela kulowo muntu, ebonisa imibono yabo kunokuba abamemeze, futhi baveze obala lokho abafana ngakho kunokuthi kube yini ebahlukanisayo. Sonke sinokuthile esifana ngakho—ubudlelwano bethu, imizwa yethu, imizabalazo yethu, namathemba ethu—lokhu kungaphezu kokwanele ukuqala ukwabelana ngemibono nokuxhumana nomunye umuntu. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi nawe wake wazizwa ujabule futhi unovalo lapho uzwa inkulumo yomuntu omthandayo. Nawe uke waba nephupho lokuhlala nokusebenza edolobheni ongakaze uye kulo. Nawe kungenzeka ukuthi wake wesaba ukugxumela emanzini. Singakha sisuka lapho.

Ngezindaba ephaketheni lami kanye nokuxhumana komuntu siqu nabantu bangempela kokubili okufanayo nabahlukile kimi, sengilungele ukungena emanzini ngedwa— ngingesabi nhlobo, futhi ngiqonde kuqala.

Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana ne-ajenda yalo nyaka, vakashela I-CHOW 2017.