Umthombo: Kulamaxesha
NgoJanuwari 22, abafundi kwiYunivesithi yaseColumbia eNew York baqala ugwayimbo olukhulu lokufunda Phantse 50 iminyaka. Ngomhla wokugqibela wokufunda emva kwabo, abafundi bathi baceba ukubamba intlawulo de abaphathi beyunivesithi bavume ukucutha iindleko zokuzimasa kunye nokunyusa inkxaso yemali. 10%.
Ukusukela kweli hlotyeni, amalungu eColumbia University-Barnard College isahluko seYoung Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) ukuzilungiselela ukujongana"ukungabikho kokusesikweni kwamaxabiso emfundo axhomisโ amehloโ kunye"ukungahoywa okucacileyo kwamaphulo axhaswa ngedemokhrasi ekuhlaleni.โ Abaququzeleli bathi ubuncinane 1,100 abafundi ngoku babambele imfundo, kwaye uxwebhu lwezikhalazo oluxhasa ugwayimbo luqokelele ngaphezulu koku. 4,300 imisayino yomfundi.
Abaququzeleli kunye neYDSA, ulutsha olusekelwe ekhampasini lweDemocratic Socialists of America, benze imanyano phakathi kwamaqela abafundi kwikhampasi yonke, umbutho wabasebenzi abaphumelele izidanga, kunye namalungu oluntu olungqonge iWest Harlem ukuze baqulunqe uludwe lweemfuno eziya ngaphaya. imfundo kunye netyala lokujongana nobuhlanga, ukhuseleko loluntu, ukuchithwa kwamafutha eefosili kunye ne-gentrification.
Abafundi bathi sele bephumelele inani leminyinyiva. Kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo, abalawuli babhengeze ukuba baza kumisa ukufunda, barhoxise iifizi kwiintlawulo zasemva kwexesha, banyuse uncedo lwemali yasentwasahlobo kwaye babonelele ngesixa esilinganiselweyo sezibonelelo zasehlotyeni kubafundi.
Ngelixa abafundi bekholelwa ukuba olu tshintsho ziziphumo ezithe ngqo zogwayimbo lwezifundo, isithethi seyunivesithi sixelele Ngale maxesha nge-imeyile,"Izigqibo zokumisa ukufundisa kunye nokubonelela ngoncedo lwezemali olwandisiweyo zenzeke kwiinyanga ezininzi ezidlulileyo kwaye ziyinxalenye yomzamo oqhubekayo weDyunivesithi wokujongana nobunzima bemali babafundi kunye neentsapho zabo obuqale ekuqaleni kobhubhane. "
Ngenxa yolu tshintsho, abafundi ababambezelayo bamangaliswa xa befunda ngamatyala amaninzi apho i-$150 Iifizi ezifike emva kwexesha zivele kwiiakhawunti zabafundi kwimpelaveki edlulileyo, nangona bengakhange bakwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuba balindeleke ukuba bahlawule le mali.
Ulawulo alukhange lunxibelelane ngokuthe ngqo nabaququzeleli babafundi. Nangona kunjalo, ngexesha lenkomfa yoqhankqalazo lwezifundo ngoJanuwari 17, amagosa eyunivesithi abonwa edlulisela ingxelo eshicilelweyo, ngokuyinxenye,"Eli lixesha apho uvandlakanyo olusebenzayo lwemeko yangoku luqondakala, kwaye silindele into encinane kubafundi bethu. Amazwi abo aviwa ziinkokeli zase-Columbia, kwaye iimbono zabo malunga nokomeleza iYunivesithi zamkelwe.
NgoLwesihlanu eyunivesithi upapasho ndaba zekhampani ibhengeze ukuba iBhodi yeTrasti igqibele ngokusesikweni ukuzibophelela ekuhlukaneni neenkampani ezirhweba esidlangalaleni ngeoyile negesi. Abaququzeleli babafundi babhiyozele esi sibhengezo njengemvume engaphelelanga, njengoko enye yeemfuno zabo yayikukuba iyunivesiti ihloniphe 2016 ireferendamu yabafundi ukuba bahlukane ngokupheleleyo namafutha efosili.
"Umsebenzi omninzi ngokwenene ufanele ukuba uzukiswe [kumaqabane ethu omanyano] iSunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion neminye imibutho eye yenze umsebenzi omkhulu,โ utsho uMatthew Gamero, umfundi wesibini kwizifundo zenzululwazi yezopolitiko, kunye nelungu leColumbia-Barnard. Ikomiti eququzelelayo yeYDSA.โ"Ngokuqinisekileyo ugwayimbo lunike amandla ezi mfuno.โ
Nangona abafundi belubhiyozele olu loyiso, ukuchithwa kwamafutha efosili, njengoko kuchazwa ngabalawuli, kuchaza ukuba ukungatyali mali kusebenza kuphela"iinkampani ezirhweba esidlangalaleni zeoyile negesiโ kunye"imali yabucala etyala imali kwiinkampani zeoyile negesi. โ Lo mgaqo-nkqubo ukwakhankanya ukuba ulawulo"inokwenza okungafaniyoโ ku"Iinkampani ze-oyile negesi ezenza inkqubela ebonakalayo kwi-net-zero ekhutshwayo.โ
NgoJanuwari 20Kwiintsuku ezimbini phambi kokuba kwenziwe isibhengezo sokuchithwa kwamafutha efosili, iBhodi yeTrasti nayo ithe cwaka. umemezele ibiyiphakamisa 2006 ukuba 2020 umgaqo-nkqubo wokutsalwa kwemali kunye nokungatyali imali kwi"iinkampani ezisebenza eSudan.โ Ngaphambi kokuba umgaqo-nkqubo uqaliswe, iyunivesiti yayinayo utyalo in 18 iifemu ezisebenza eSudan ngaphakathi kwishishini leoli negesi.
Iyunivesiti yalile ukuphawula xa ibuzwa ukuba isigqibo sokususa umgaqo-nkqubo we-divestment eSudan, apho i-petroleum iyinto ephambili yokuthumela ngaphandle, ngayo nayiphi na indlela inxulumene nesigqibo sokulahla amafutha eefosili.
UGamero, obesoloko eqhagamshelana nemibutho yasekuhlaleni ukubafaka kuqhankqalazo, uthi akukho mfihlo phakathi kweyunivesithi noluntu ngokubanzi.โ"Ilingana nentshukumo yethu, ngokufanayo neyabo,โ utshilo.
Le ngxwabangxwaba ejonge ngaphandle ibonakala kukwanda okuqhubekayo kwekhampasi kuluntu olungqonge i-West Harlem, ngokwembali yabantu abaNtsundu kwaye benziwa ngokukhawuleza.
Ngokutsho kwakutshanje inqaku in Wesizwe,"I-Columbia ngumnini wepropathi yesixhenxe ngobukhulu kuso sonke isiXeko saseNew York ngokwezakhiwo kuphelaโ kwaye"okwesibini kuphela kwisiXeko saseNew York ngokwasoโ xa"i-non-address real-estate holdsโ zibandakanyiwe.
Olu lwandiso lwenziwe lwaba nokwenzeka nge ukusetyenziswa kunye nomngcipheko yommandla obalaseleyo, ovumela urhulumente ukuba ahluthe izinto zabucala ukuze zisetyenziswe luluntu. Urhulumente welizwe laseNew York, kwixesha elidlulileyo, wasebenzisa idomeyini ebalaseleyo ukufumana indawo engqongileyo yedyunivesithi yabucala abathi isebenzela"injongo kawonke-wonke.โ
UGamero uthi iiprojekthi zolwandiso zibe negalelo ekuphuculeni kwaye zikhokelele ekwandeni okumangalisayo kobukho bamapolisa. Kwiinzame zokuphumelela ukulungiswa kwezi zikhalazo, abagwayi bemfundo baye bafaka ixesha elide. uluhlu lweemfuno ukusuka kwelinye lamahlakani abo emanyano, i-Mobilized African Diaspora (MAD), ethe yanikezela ezi mfuno kuMongameli wase-Columbia u-Lee Bollinger ehlotyeni.
"Ngaphaya kokusilela ngokwenkqubo kwikhampasi yabaMnyama, iColumbia iphinde yatshabalalisa uninzi lwabemi abantsundu baseWest Harlem, โifundeka ileta kaMAD.โ"Umongameli uLee C. Bollinger kunye neYunivesithi yaseColumbia bashenxisa amawakawaka abahlali abaNtsundu nabaseLatinx eWest Harlem ukuze bakhe ikhampasi yaseManhattanville.โ
IiMAD iimfuno kubandakanya ukubonelela ngengqesho kunye nezindlu ezifikelelekayo kubahlali abachatshazelwa kukwandiswa kwekhampasi, ephela"iinzame zokuphuhlisa ngokutsha,โ ukudala ingxowa-mali yokuthembana yoluntu ukuxhasa abahlali baseWest Harlem, ukuphucula imeko yemfundo yabafundi abaMnyama ekhampasini, kunye nokuqhawula onke amaqhina eyunivesithi enawo neSebe lamaPolisa aseNew York.
Ugwayimbo lwezifundo oluqhubekayo luthobela uqhanqalazo lwaseColumbia lwe 1968, nto leyo ekhokelele ekuhlalweni kweHolo yase-Columbia yase-Hamilton bekhalazela ulwakhiwo lweyunivesithi yejimini eyahluliweyo kwindawo eselumelwaneni yaseMorningside Park.
"Ugwayimbo lwezifundo e-Columbia lumalunga nokwakha inkqubo yemfundo ephakamileyo yedemokhrasi,โ utsho uLabiba Chowdhury, ongumfundi eCity College of New York nokwangusihlalo oncedisana nombutho wesizwe we-YDSA.โ"Imalunga nokuqinisekisa ukuba abantu abasebenzayo bayafikelela kwimfundo efikelelekayo.โ
Ngelixa abaququzeleli bejolise kwiimfuno zabo ezininzi kwiimeko zengingqi okanye kufutshane nekhampasi, uChowdhury uthi ugwayimbo lwezifundo lungena kumlo omkhulu weKholeji Yabantu Bonke.
"Sizama ukusebenzela ukwakha'umsebenzi kumanyano lokucinywa kwamatyala abafundi,โ utshilo.โ"Nokuba amalungu emanyano abanalo ityala labafundi ngokwabo, banosapho olufuna ukuya ekholejini. Ichaphazela wonke umntu ngendlela enye okanye enye.โ
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