Umthombo: Toward Freedom
Ngokwe-Feeding America, oyedwa kwabayisishiyagalombili ezakhamuzini zase-Atlanta, eGeorgia, uhlushwa indlala. Izinhlangano zomphakathi zenza konke ezingakwenza ukugcwalisa igebe lendlala yedolobha, kepha ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus lwenza kwaba nzima ukuthi izishoshovu zokudla zendawo ukuxhumana nabantu abaswele. Namuhla, ngaphezu kwesidingo esikhulayo sokusatshalaliswa kokudla, abaholi bomphakathi kumele bathole izindlela ezintsha zokuletha ukudla kuyilapho belandela imihlahlandlela Yesikhungo Sokulawulwa Kwezifo.
Kusukela ngo-2009, incarnation yakamuva ka Ukudla Kwempilo Yonke ubehlinzeka ngokudla emphakathini wase-Atlanta. Indawo yamalungu e-Food for Life ibizwa ngokuthi Ukukhala, ehlinzeka ngokunakekelwa nokuvikela amaqembu ancishwe amathuba ezindaweni ezihlukumezekile ngokufundisa abantu ngamalungelo abo ngezikhathi zokuboshwa kanye nokubhikisha kwe-gentrification, ukunikeza izinsiza zokusinda.
Ekuqaleni, iFood for Life yayimisa amatafula abo endaweni yase-Edgewood masonto onke ukuze inikeze ukudla kunoma ubani okudingayo. โBekuyiqembu lezingane zamapunk,โ kusho ilungu le-F4L u-Earthworm, engikhulume nalo phambi kwe-Teardown ngoLwesibili ekuseni.
Nakuba babengama-punk, baqala umthombo wokudla owawudingeka kakhulu eMetro Atlanta, futhi ekugcineni kwangena abengeziwe. Zijwayele ukuhlinzeka ngokudla, kodwa ngokwemvelo, ubhubhane lwashintsha izinto. Isinyathelo sabo esisha, Ukusinda kwe-ATL, yadalwa ngokuqondile ukuphendula i-coronavirus, futhi umgomo wabo uwukuletha ukudla okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngaphandle kokuthintana ngokomzimba.
โEkuqaleni kukaMashi, besivumela abantu ukuthi beze bebathathu noma bebahlanu ngesikhathi,โ kusho u-Earthworm. โNgesikhathi esilandelayo besinikeza amabhokisi enziwe kusengaphambili, ngesonto elilandelayo, sithola ikheli lakho futhi sikulethele lona.โ Lo bhubhane wawusho ukuthi iFood for Life inesidingo esandayo sokudla, kodwa abantu abathathu kuphela ababenabasebenzi, ngakho banquma ukucela amavolontiya. โNgangithi, 'Sizobathathaphi laba bantu ukuletha konke lokhu kudla?' kodwa beza,โ kusho u-Earthworm. Kusukela maphakathi noJuni, iFood for Life yayilethe amabhokisi okudla kwamahhala angaphezu kuka-3,000 kubantu base-Atlanta.
Konke ukudla kulungiswa ngokubambisana neNeighbourhood Church e-East Atlanta. Igumbi elingaphansi kwesonto ligcwele inqwaba yemikhiqizo emisha kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezimpahla ezomile. Umkhiqizo awumuhle futhi awufani njengokudla kwasesitolo: unemihuzuko, amabala amnyama, nokushintsha kombala. Kepha eqenjini leFood for Life, akukho kwalokhu okubalulekile. Okubalulekile ukuthi isha futhi iphephile ukuthi abantu bayidle. Izimpahla ezikhethwe ngokucophelela e-Neighbourhood Church zifaka phakathi ukudla okuvela kwa-Trader Joe's, izithelo nemifino ephilayo, kanye namakhekhe amasha.
Konke ukudla kunikezwa ngamapulazi, abanikelayo, kanye nempahla eningi evela ezitolo. Ukudla okusha kusethelwe ukulethwa; izimpahla ezilimele, noma ezilimele zibekelwe labo abazozithatha; futhi imfucumfucu yokudla ingena emqubeni. Umqondo wukuthi akukho nokudla okunikelwe okumoshayo, futhi othile endaweni angathola ikhofi elisha eliphansi noma uphaya we-apula ophilayo obengangena kudoti.
Ukuhlunga okuqukethwe yiminikelo kuthatha ingxenye enkulu yosuku lokusebenza kwa-Food for Life, kodwa kukhona ukuzibophezela kule nqubo. Ukugcina umquba okungenzeka kusho ukuthi ukudla okwengeziwe kungakhula, futhi ukunikeza umkhiqizo onikelwe kuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bangaba nokudla okunempilo, okunomsoco. Ibhokisi lokudla ngalinye likhethwe ngokucophelela kumamukeli ngamunye, kucatshangwa ngezinhlobonhlobo zokudla.
Ngokusho komphathi wedepho ye-Food for Life u-Jordan Steriff, uhlelo lwe-Food for Life lusebenzisana ngokuphelele โNgicabanga ukuthi sifunda ukungabi nezikhulu ngangokunokwenzeka, [lowo] umgomoโ esho engxoxweni yakhe endaweni yokugcina impahla. Ngisho nabaphathi bedepho abafana no-Steriff babuza iqembu ukuthi lithole isiqondiso mayelana nokuthi izinto kufanele ziye kuphi noma zibeke kuphi izinto ezigaywa kabusha. Nokho, kunezinye iziqondiso ezingenakubuzwa.
Amavolontiya kufanele ahlale eqhelelene ngamamitha ayisithupha, agqoke imaskhi yobuso, futhi noma nini lapho evezwe endaweni engahlanzekile, kufanele ageze noma ahlanze izandla zawo. Noma iyiphi indawo okuzoyithinta ukudla kufanele ihlanzwe, futhi ukudla angeke kuthinte indawo engenalutho.
"Umcabango ukuthi wonke umuntu esiletha kuye usengozini enkulu futhi usengozini, futhi singabathwali abangenazimpawu," kusho u-Earthworm. Izinto zingaba nzima uma umzamo weqembu udinga ukuqhelelana, yingakho kwasungulwa indima โyokuthuthwa kwendleโ. Umsebenzi wabo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi yonke imihlahlandlela yezokuphepha iyalandelwa. โKuyindima eqhubekayo yokubelesela njalo, futhi kubi kakhulu,โ kusho u-Earthworm, ngokuncokola.
Ukusinda kwe-ATL kudinga umsebenzi onzima, kodwa ukuphuma kwamavolontiya kuye kwanda kakhulu. โAbantu bazizwa bengenamandla okuba bodwa, futhi kukhona abafuna ukwenza okuthile,โ kusho u-Earthworm. Abantu abaningi bayakujabulela ukusiza, uthi, ngoba bakholelwa ukuthi wonke umuntu kufanele athole ukudla.
Ivolontiya le-ATL Survival u-Amrit Kashyap ubona ukubaluleka kokukhuphuka. โNgicabanga ukuthi ngikwazisa kangcono lokho okudingekayo ukuze ngiqhubeke ngiphila,โ esho. Ukuphila, kulokhu, akukhona nje ukugcinwa komzimba womuntu. Kumayelana nokuthola injabulo nokwaneliseka ngokudla.
Isishoshovu kanye nomhleli weFood for Life u-Adrianna Ruiz ukholelwa ukuthi ukondliwa kumayelana nokugcina umoya uphila. โUkudla akuyona nje into oyidingayo ukuze uphile; wukuzinakekela,โ usho kanje engxoxweni ocingweni.
NgokukaRuiz, inhloso yokuqala ekugqugquzeleni ukudla wukutholakala kokudla okunomsoco nokumnandi. Uma abantu bengakwazi ukuthenga ukudla, uyabanika. Uma bengakwazi ukupheka ukudla, uyabaphekela. Uma kungekho ukudla eduze kwabo, uqala ukutshala okunye. Ithemba liwukuthi wonke umuntu emphakathini angadla, futhi singaba nesandla ekulondolozeni iplanethi. Nakuba le nqubo isimeme, uRuiz uthi umthwalo wemfanelo uwela kakhulu emizamweni ephansi. โNjengesifundazwe, [iGeorgia] inezinsiza zokuhlinzeka ngokudla, kodwa akusona isimo esikwenzayo,โ kusho yena.
IFood for Life iyasebenza kuleli hlobo, njengoba abaningi babahleli bayo behlanganyela emibhikishweni yase-Atlanta yokufuna ubulungiswa bezinhlanga ngemuva kokushona kukaBreonna Taylor noGeorge Floyd ezandleni zamaphoyisa. Kube nemibhikisho eminingi kusukela ngomhlaka-28 Meyi, njengoba imigwaqo yase-Atlanta ithungelwa izakhamuzi ezithukuthele ezicikekile ngamacala abulalayo onya lwamaphoyisa. Isigameko sangoJuni 12 sokubulawa komdabu wase-Atlanta uRayshard Brooks ngamaphoyisa amabili ase-Atlanta kugcine abantu behamba emigwaqweni.
Amaphoyisa ase-Atlanta abophe ababhikishi abangu-425 ejele, kuhlanganise nabahleli beFood for Life. Yize abaningi babo besanda kukhishwa ejele, ukuboshwa kwabo kwenza iFood for Life ibe sengozini enkulu yokuchayeka ku-COVID-19. โAbanye abagqugquzeli bebengakazizwa bekhululekile ukubuya ngenxa yokuhlanzeka kwamajele. Bazihlalele bodwa,โ kusho uSteriff. I-Food for Life is shorthanded okwamanje, kodwa kunjalo ukufuna amavolontiya amasha nokuphusha. Ukuvakasha ngenyanga edlule kubonise ubuso obusha nobujwayelekile obuhlunga ukuthunyelwa okusha.
Amabhokisi apakishwe phezulu ngokudiliva okusha okuvela emapulazini e-USDA, futhi ngenhlanhla, leli qembu lisathola ukudla okumnandi okufana namabheji amasha.
I-Earthworm ithi i-ATL Survival izoqhubeka nokusebenza kuze kuphele ubhubhane. Akekho owaziyo ukuthi yiziphi izinsiza abazoba nazo njengoba isikhathi sihamba, futhi nezinga lokusekela liyashintshashintsha. Kodwa iqembu lizimisele ukugcina i-Atlanta yondlekile. "Sizoqhubeka nokwenza esikwenzayo noma ngabe kuphephile ukuthi sivuleleke."
U-Luna, ungumbhali, uthisha, kanye nomdwebi wase-Atlanta, GA. Uphishekela iziqu zakhe zobuntatheli e-Georgia State University. Agxile kakhulu ekuhlaziyeni abezindaba namasiko e-pop esebenzisa ilensi ewubuqaba yabesifazane Abamnyama.
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