A cikin 2002, Maxine Wright, sannan mai shekaru 9, ta rarraba takardar koke a aji na hudu a Makarantar Thatcher Montessori a Milton, Massachusetts. Ta rubuta wasika zuwa ga Sanata Ted Kennedy tana yin Allah wadai da yakin da ake shirin kaiwa Iraki, kuma tana son 'yan uwanta daliban su shiga tare da ita. Da yawa sun yi. Wata rana, ta tambayi mahaifinta, Daryl Wright, Daraktan Gudanar da Ilimi a YouthBuild USA, ya sanya hannu kan takardar. Mamakin aikinta na cin gashin kansa, ya yi. Wasikar na daya daga cikin wadanda suka mamaye ofishin Sanata Kennedy. Fushinsa a yakin ya zo wani bangare ne daga irin wannan yanayin.
A lokacin aikin ranar Asabar a 2002, Maxine da mahaifinta sun tafi banki. A waje ƙungiyar masu fafutuka sun kafa tebur don Dorchester People for Peace. "Wannan yana da kyau kwarai," in ji ta. Sun haye, sun yi rajista kuma suka tafi tare don tafiya a watan Fabrairun 2003 don yaƙi a birnin New York.
Yaƙin ya fara, kuma Maxine ya ji rauni. Ta maida hankalinta wani waje.
Daryl ya dage. Dorchester People for Peace (DPFP) ya ci gaba da kaiwa ga al'ummarsu, don dawo da sojoji kwanan nan daga Iraki ko kuma dangin sojojin da suka mutu (Fernando Suarez del Solar) don yin magana game da abubuwan da ke faruwa a kasa da kuma cikin zukatansu. Sun yi aiki don zaɓen Felix Arroyo, wanda ba kawai ɗan majalisa na Latino na farko a Boston ba, amma kuma ana masa lakabi da ɗaya daga cikin "Masu zaman lafiya".
A cikin Janairu 2003, mako guda bayan hawan mulki, Arroyo ya shiga azumi don zaman lafiya. Ya ce, "Tuni na tunkaro ni da mugun halin da ake ciki na rage kasafin kudin da babu makawa," in ji shi. A matsayina na zababben jami’i, iyaye, kuma dan gwagwarmayar al’umma, zan so in ba da muryata ga kungiyar yaki da yaki.”
DPFP ta gudanar da ja da baya na tsawon yini don tantance motsi. A wurin taron wata mata da ke aiki a tsarin makarantun jama'a na Boston ta shaida wa 'yan uwanta cewa tsarin makarantar ya tilasta wa tsarin tarayya mika sunayen da bayanan tuntuɓar dalibai ga masu daukar aikin soja. Hakan ya harzuka waɗanda suka halarci taron kuma sun ji cewa akwai bukatar su yi wani abu game da shi.
Becky Pierce na DPFP ya yi bincike kan tambayoyin keɓewa da manufofin makaranta kan ɗaukar aikin soja. Ta, kamar sauran a duk faɗin ƙasar waɗanda ke da hannu wajen ɗaukar ma'aikata, ta gano cewa takunkumi na yanzu don wannan cin zarafi na sirri shine George Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, wanda aka zartar a 2001 (da kuma Dokar Izinin Tsaro ta 2002). Sashe na 9528 na dokar da ba a bar yaro a baya ya bukaci cibiyoyin ilimi "su ba da, bisa bukatar da masu daukar ma'aikata na soja ko wata cibiyar ilimi ta yi, damar samun sunayen daliban makarantar sakandare, adireshi, da jerin tarho."
Lokacin da dokar ta wuce, tare da haɗin gwiwar Sanata Ted Kennedy, yawancin malamai sun banbanta da tsauraran tsarin gwaje-gwaje da kuma azabtar da malamai. Babu wanda ya mai da hankali sosai ga sashe na 9528. Ko da Bush ya sanya hannu kan dokar a watan Janairun 2002, an tsara shi kafin 9/11, kafin yakin da ta'addanci ya tura sojojin Amurka daga tsibirin Basilan (Philippines) zuwa Afghanistan zuwa Iraki. zuwa Colombia. Kamar yadda zarge-zarge kamar "asara-tsayawa" ke ƙoƙarin kama sojojin da aka yi rajista cikin dogon rangadin aiki, kuma kamar yadda Pentagon ta yi kira a cikin duk ajiyar ta, akwai buƙatar kawo ƙarin mutane don ɗaukar makamai.
Baƙi sun kasance wuri mai albarka ga masu daukar ma'aikata, waɗanda ke yin kowane irin alkawuran da ba su dace ba na samun rattaba hannu kan katunan, kuma, ba shakka, rukunin rukunin suna ba da sauran filin don aikinsu. "Daftarin talauci" ya himmatu wajen jawo matasa da yawa don ɗaukar nauyin manufofin masu himma.
DPFP ta ga cewa babu wani yaro da aka bari a bayan tanade-tanade ya keta haƙƙin ɗan adam na yara zuwa ilimi, saboda ya haɗa sojoji a cikin makarantu kuma ya ba da damar wannan babbar cibiyar alkawuran da ba zai yiwu ba ta shiga gidajen mutane masu rauni. Sanarwar ta 1948 kan 'yancin ɗan adam ta bayyana cewa ilimi ya kamata ya kasance don "cikakken ci gaban halayen ɗan adam," kuma ya kamata ya "samar da fahimta, haƙuri da abota tsakanin dukan al'ummai, kabilanci ko kungiyoyin addinai kuma za su ci gaba da ayyukan Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don ci gaba da ci gaba. kiyaye zaman lafiya” (shafi na 26).
Wannan yaren ya yi kama da na 1989 Yarjejeniya kan Haƙƙin Yara, inda muka koyi cewa dole ne ilimi ya shirya yaro “domin rayuwa mai alhaki a cikin al’umma mai ‘yanci, cikin ruhun fahimta, salama, haƙuri, daidaiton jinsi, da dai sauransu. abota a tsakanin dukkan al'ummomi, kabila, na kasa da na addinai da kuma 'yan asali" (shafi na 29). A shekara ta 2000, babban taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya zartas da wata yarjejeniya kan yara a yakin da ta yi Allah wadai da yunkurin da jihohi ke yi na daukar yara ‘yan kasa da shekaru 18 aiki, haƙiƙa ma ta nemi a ɗaga wannan shekarun don hana gurɓacewar shekarun ilimi.
Bukatar sojoji ta Pentagon ta yi watsi da wadannan dabi'u da gwamnatin Amurka ta amince da su - a halin yanzu jihar ta yi alkawarin ba da tallafin ilimi mafi girma idan kun yi caca a rayuwar ku a fagen fama. Ga masu daukar aikin soja, yaki ba ya farawa a fagen fama. Kamar yadda Jagoran Rundunar Marine Corps Sajan John Bailey ya gaya wa Majalisa, "Yaƙinmu yana farawa daga makaranta."
Becky Pierce na DPFP ya sami labarin wata ƙungiya a Vermont, da kuma wata a Jamaica Plain (Boston), waɗanda suka gano wata maƙasudi a cikin doka. Sashe na 9528 (a) (2) ya ce “dalibi na sakandare ko kuma iyayen ɗalibin na iya nema” cewa ba za a saki bayanin tuntuɓar ɗalibin ba tare da rubutaccen izinin iyaye ba.
Daga nan ne aka fara kamfen, domin a yanzu DPFP da sauran kungiyoyi sun fara tuntubar dalibai da iyayen yara domin su shaida musu wannan doka, da kuma neman su aika da katin da ya ki ba su izinin mika wadannan bayanai ga sojoji. DPFP da sauran kungiyoyi sun yi ta kai farmaki kan taron matasa da sauran wuraren da matasa da iyaye ke taruwa.
Ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibi, a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Boston da Makarantar Sakandare ta Fenway, duka ƙananan cibiyoyin matukin jirgi, sun sanya fastoci da rarraba fastoci a kan daukar aikin soja da kuma Babu Yaron da aka Bar baya. Daliban sun mamaye ofishin ka'idar don ficewa daga jerin.
A ƙarshen 2002, Babban Jami'in Gudanar da Makarantu na Amirka, Bruce Hunter ya gaya wa mujallar Mother Jones, "Muna jin [cewa sashe na 9528] ya fito fili daga harafi da ruhun dokokin sirri na ɗalibai na yanzu." Masu kare sirri da sauran su ma suna jin haushin keta doka. Abokai ne mai mahimmanci, amma ba su da ikon yin komai.
Yawancin makarantu suna buƙatar jin ta bakin iyaye da ɗalibai kafin ranar 30 ga Satumba, in ba haka ba za su gabatar da sunayensu ga sojoji. Aikinmu ya yanke mana. DPFP na da katin waya da za su aika duk wanda yake so (imel: [email kariya]). Da fatan gundumomin makarantu a duk faɗin ƙasar za su ƙi barin yaranmu su zama abinci ga Pentagon da sha’awar gwamnatin Bush. Amma ba za su motsa ba sai mun motsa su.