Imizamo Yokuhlukahluka, Ukulingana, Ukufakwa kanye Nobulungiswa yango-2020

I-Ocean Foundation sekuyisikhathi eside izibophezele emigomeni yeDiversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ). Ibhodi lethu labaqondisi livumile ukuthi i-DEIJ iwuhambo, futhi siluchazile uhambo lwe-TOF kuwebhusayithi yethu. Sisebenzele ukufeza lokho kuzibophezela ekuqasheni abantu, ezinhlelweni zethu nangokulwela ukulunga nokuqonda okuyisisekelo.

Nokho, akuzwakali sengathi senza okwanele—izenzakalo zango-2020 beziyisikhumbuzo sokuthi kungakanani okudingeka kushintshwe. Ukuqaphela ukucwasa ngokwebala akusona isinyathelo sokuqala. Ukucwasa ngokwesakhiwo kunezici eziningi ezenza kube nzima ukuketula kuyo yonke imikhakha yomsebenzi wethu. Futhi, nokho kufanele sithole ukuthi kanjani, futhi sizama ukwenza umsebenzi ongcono ngaso sonke isikhathi. Sizama ukuthuthukisa ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Ngingathanda ukwabelana ngamaphuzu avelele ambalwa omsebenzi wethu.

Izifundo: I-Marine Pathways Programme ihlinzeka ngama-internship akhokhelwayo kubafundi bemibala abachitha ihlobo noma isemester befunda ngomsebenzi wokongiwa kolwandle esiwenzayo kanye nangendlela inhlangano engenzi nzuzo esebenza ngayo. Umuntu ngamunye oqeqeshelwa umsebenzi futhi wenza iphrojekthi yocwaningo-ongumfundi wakamuva kakhulu wacwaninga futhi walungiselela isethulo ngezindlela i-TOF engafinyeleleka ngayo kakhudlwana kubantu abanokukhubazeka okubonakalayo, ngokomzimba, noma okunye. Ngifunde okuningi esethulweni sakhe, njengathi sonke, futhi, njengengxenye yokuklama kabusha iwebhusayithi yethu ngamukela izincomo zakhe zokwenza okuqukethwe kwethu kufinyeleleke kalula kubantu abanokukhubazeka kokubona.

Njengoba sibheke kubafundi bethu abalandelayo be-Marine Pathways, sifuna ukunikeza amathuba engeziwe. Sizama ukuthola ukuthi singaqinisekisa kanjani ukuthi wonke ama-internship ethu afinyeleleka kalula. Kusho ukuthini lokhu? Ngokwengxenye, kusho ukuthi ngezifundo zalolu bhubhane, singakwazi ukunqoba isithiyo esibalulekile esimelelwe izindleko eziphakeme zezindlu endaweni ye-DC ngokwakha ama-internship ayinhlanganisela yezindawo ezikude kanye nomuntu siqu, ukuxhasa izindlu. , noma ukuqhamuka namanye amaqhinga.

Imibuthano efinyelelekayo: Isifundo esisodwa sonke esingasithatha kulolu bhubhane ukuthi ukuhlangana ku-inthanethi kubiza kancane futhi kudla isikhathi esincane kunokuhambela yonke imihlangano. Ngithemba ukuthi yonke imibuthano yesikhathi esizayo izohlanganisa ingxenye evumela abantu ukuba babekhona cishe—futhi ngaleyo ndlela kwandise ikhono lalabo abanezinsiza ezimbalwa zokuba khona.

I-TOF ibingumxhasi we-DEI futhi yaxhasa inkulumo eyisihluthulelo kaDkt. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson engqungqutheleni kazwelonke ye-North American Association for Environmental Education ka-2020, eyabanjwa cishe. UDkt. Johnson usanda kuqeda ukuhlela incwadi Konke Esingakwazi Ukukugcina, ezichazwe “njengezindatshana ezivusa inkanuko nezikhanyayo ezivela kwabesifazane abaseqhulwini lenhlangano yesimo sezulu abasebenzisa iqiniso, isibindi, nezisombululo zokuholela isintu phambili.”

Njengoba ngishilo, izindawo ezidinga ushintsho ziningi. Sithole ukusizakala ngokuqwashisa okwengeziwe ngalezi zindaba. Endimeni yami njengosihlalo webhodi le-Confluence Philanthropy, inhlangano esebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iphothifoliyo yokutshalwa kwezimali ibonisa izindinganiso zethu zomphakathi ezilinganayo, ngaphoqeleka ukuba umbuthano wethu wango-2020 ube ePuerto Rico, ukunikeza abatshalizimali nabanye ukuzibonela mathupha ukuthi kanjani. Abantu baseMelika basePuerto Rican baye baphathwa kabi yizinhlangano zezezimali, uhulumeni, nezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi, okwenza kube nzima nakakhulu izinselele ezibangelwa iziphepho ezimbili ezinkulu nokuzamazama komhlaba. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, sethule “I-Call to Advance Racial Equity Embonini Yokutshalwa Kwezimali,” ubambiswano ne-Hip Hop Caucus (manje enabasayinayo abamele amathriliyoni angu-1.88 wezimpahla ezingaphansi kokuphathwa).

Sizama futhi ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi izixazululo zezinkinga zolwandle ziqala ngokulingana emthonjeni wazo. Okuhlobene nalokhu, sisekela idokhumentari entsha ebizwa ngokuthi #PlasticJustice esethemba ukuthi izosebenza njengethuluzi lokufundisa futhi igqugquzele abenzi benqubomgomo ukuthi bathathe isinyathelo. Njengesibonelo esisodwa, kuphrojekthi ehlukile, sacelwa ukuba sibhale uhlaka lwemithetho kazwelonke ukubhekana nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki. Lawa kungaba amathuba amahle okuxilonga nokuvimbela ukulimala kwesikhathi esizayo—ngaleyo ndlela senze isiqiniseko sokuthi sifaka izigaba zokubhekana nezici zobulungiswa bezemvelo zokuchayeka emiphakathini eseduze nezindawo zokukhiqiza ipulasitiki, phakathi kwezinye izinqubomgomo zokuvimbela ukulimala okwengeziwe emiphakathini esengozini.

Ngenxa yokuthi i-Ocean Foundation iyinhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe, kufanele ngicabange nge-DEIJ nasemhlabeni jikelele. Kufanele sikhuthaze ukuqonda kwamasiko ngamazwe ngamazwe, okuhlanganisa ukubandakanya abantu bomdabu ukuze sibone ukuthi izidingo zabo nolwazi lwendabuko luhlanganiswe kanjani nomsebenzi wethu. Lokhu kubandakanya ukusebenzisa ulwazi lwendawo ukusiza emsebenzini wakho. Singabuza ukuthi ohulumeni abahlinzeka ngosizo oluqondile phesheya kwezilwandle noma bayayisekela noma bayibukela phansi i-DEIJ emazweni esisebenza kuwo—amalungelo abantu kanye nezimiso ze-DEIJ ziyafana ngokuyisisekelo. Futhi, lapho i-TOF inobukhona (njengase-Mexico) ingabe siqashwe abantu abaphakeme kuphela, noma siye sasebenzisa ilensi ye-DEIJ ekuqasheni abasebenzi noma osonkontileka? Okokugcina, njengoba ipolitiki ehlukahlukene ikhuluma nge-Green New Deal / Building Back Better / Building Back Bluer (noma eyethu shift blueulimi) ingabe sicabanga ngokwanele mayelana nezinguquko nje? Uguquko olunjalo luqinisekisa ukuthi noma yimiphi imisebenzi eqedwayo ithathelwa indawo imisebenzi ekhokhelwa ngokuqhathaniswa, nokuthi yonke imiphakathi inendima futhi iyazuza emizamweni yokubhekana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukuthuthukisa izinga lomoya namanzi, kanye nokunciphisa ubuthi.

Ithimba le-TOF le-International Ocean Acidification Initiative likwazile ukuqhubeka nokuqeqeshwa kwalo kokuqapha nokunciphisa i-OA cishe kwababekhona kulo lonke elase-Afrika. Ososayensi baqeqeshwe ngendlela yokuqapha amakhemikhali olwandle emanzini emazweni abo. Abenzi bezinqumo benqubomgomo abasuka kulawo mazwe baphinde baqeqeshwe ngendlela yokuklama izinqubomgomo nokusebenzisa izinhlelo ezisiza ukubhekana nemiphumela ye-acidification yolwandle emanzini abo, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izixazululo ziqala ekhaya.

Kusenendlela ende yokulungisa amaphutha, ukuhlehlisa amaphutha nokushumeka ukulingana kwangempela nokulingana kanye nobulungiswa.

Kuyingxenye yendima ye-TOF yohlelo lwamagugu e-Underwater Cultural Heritage ukugqamisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwamagugu amasiko nawemvelo, okuhlanganisa indima yolwandle ekuhwebeni kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nobugebengu obungokomlando obubhekiswe esintwini. NgoNovemba 2020, u-Ole Varmer, u-TOF, wabhala incwadi enesihloko esithi “Ukukhumbula i-Middle Passage ogwini lolwandle lwe-Atlantic ezindaweni eziNgaphesheya Kwendawo Yezwe.” Isihloko siphakamisa ukuthi ingxenye yomhlabathi wolwandle imakwe emabalazweni nasemashadini njengesikhumbuzo esingokoqobo kubantu base-Afrika abalinganiselwa ezigidini eziyi-1.8 abalahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo olwandle ngesikhathi sokuhweba ngezigqila ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic kanye nezigidi ezingu-11 abaqeda uhambo futhi badayiselwa olwandle. ubugqila. Isikhumbuzo esinjalo sihloselwe ukusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokungabi nabulungisa esikhathini esidlule futhi sibe negalelo ekuqhubekeni nokuphishekela ubulungisa.

Umsebenzi wami njengoMongameli we-The Ocean Foundation ukugcina ukuxhumana, ukubeka izinto obala, nokuziphendulela kanye nokusebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-DEIJ ingumzamo ohlanganisayo ngempela ukuze sikhuthaze i-DEIJ kuwo wonke umphakathi wethu kanye nomsebenzi wethu. Ngizamile ukugxila ekwakheni ukuqina lapho sibhekene nezindaba ezinzima, kanye nokwakha ithemba lapho kufika izindaba ezinhle, nokuqinisekisa ukuthi sonke kubasebenzi sikhuluma ngakho kokubili. Ngiyaziqhenya ngalokho esikuzuzile ku-DEIJ kuze kube manje, ikakhulukazi ukuzibophezela kwethu ekuhlukaniseni ibhodi yethu, abasebenzi bethu, kanye namathuba atholakalayo kubantu abasha abangaba izishoshovu zasolwandle.

Ngiyasibonga isineke samalungu ekomiti lethu le-DEIJ ekungisizeni ekungifundiseni, nokungisiza ngibone ukuthi angiqondi ukuthi kunjani ngempela ukuba umuntu webala ezweni lakithi, kodwa ngiyabona ukuthi kungaba inselele. nsuku zonke, futhi ngiyabona ukuthi lelizwe linobandlululo oluhlelekile nolwezikhungo kunalokho engangikubona ngaphambili. Futhi, ukuthi lolu bandlululo oluhlelekile seludale umonakalo omkhulu kwezenhlalo, ezomnotho kanye nezemvelo. Ngingafunda kulabo abakwazi ukukhuluma ngolwazi lwabo. Akukhona ngami, noma engingakwazi “ukukufunda” ngale ndaba njengoba ngithola izinsiza ezibalulekile ezingisizile endleleni.

Njengoba i-TOF ibheke eshumini lesithathu leminyaka, senze uhlaka lwesenzo kokubili okuncike kulo futhi oluhlanganisa ukuzibophezela ku-DEIJ okuzoboniswa ngalokhu:

• Ukusebenzisa izinqubo ezilinganayo kuzo zonke izici zomsebenzi wethu, kusukela ekuxhaseni ngemali nasekusabalaliseni ukuya ezenzweni zokonga.
• Ukwakha amandla okulingana nokufakwa phakathi kwemiphakathi lapho sisebenza khona, sigxile kumaphrojekthi angaphandle kwe-United States anezindawo ezisogwini ezinesidingo esikhulu kakhulu.
• Ukwandisa uhlelo lwe-Marine Pathways Internship kanye nokusebenzisana nabanye ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukufinyeleleka kwama-internship abo.
• Sethula i-incubator ye-Fiscal Sponsorship Project ekhulisa imibono yabaholi abasafufusa okungenzeka babe nokufinyelela okuncane ezinsizeni kunamanye amaphrojekthi esiwasingathe.
• Ukuqeqeshwa kwangaphakathi okuvamile ukubhekana nokujulisa ukuqonda kwethu izindaba ze-DEIJ, ukwakha amandla okukhawulela ukuziphatha okungalungile, nokukhuthaza ukulingana kwangempela nokufakwa.
• Ukugcina Ibhodi Labaqondisi, abasebenzi, kanye Nebhodi Labeluleki elibonisa futhi elithuthukisa amanani ethu.
• Ukuhlanganisa ukunikezwa kwezimali okunobulungisa nokulinganayo ezinhlelweni zethu nokusebenzisa lokhu ngamanethiwekhi okusizakala.
• Ukukhuthaza idiplomacy yesayensi, kanye nokwabelana ngolwazi lwamasiko namazwe ngamazwe, ukwakha amandla, kanye nokudluliselwa kobuchwepheshe basolwandle.

Sizolinganisa futhi sabelane ngenqubekelaphambili yethu kulolu hambo. Ukuze sixoxe indaba yethu sizosebenzisa ukuqapha kwethu okujwayelekile, Ukuhlola, Nokufunda ku-DEIJ Amanye amamethrikhi azofaka ukuhlukahluka ngokwako (Ubulili, i-BIPOC, Ukukhubazeka) kanye nokuhlukahluka kwamasiko nezindawo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sifuna ukukala ukugcinwa kwabasebenzi kwabantu abahlukahlukene, futhi silinganise amazinga abo omthwalo wemfanelo (ukukhushulelwa esikhundleni sobuholi / sokuqondisa) nokuthi i-TOF iyasiza yini “ukuphakamisa” abasebenzi bethu, kanye nabantu abasensimini yethu (ngaphakathi noma ngaphandle) .

Kusenendlela ende yokulungisa amaphutha, ukuhlehlisa amaphutha nokushumeka ukulingana kwangempela nokulingana kanye nobulungiswa.

Uma unanoma yimiphi imibono yokuthi umphakathi we-TOF ungaba neqhaza kanjani noma okufanele ufake isandla ekwenzeni okuhle futhi ungaqinisi okubi, ngicela ungibhalele noma ubhalele u-Eddie Love njengoSihlalo wethu weKomidi le-DEIJ.