Ukubetha iCold January ngoNcedo kwiMLK Day
NgoJanuwari kungaba yinyanga ebanda kunazo zonke zonyaka, kodwa kube yinto efudumele xa ifika entliziyweni. Kungenxa yokuba abantu abaninzi bhiyozela ukufezekiswa kukaMartin Luther King, uJr. ngokunyusa isandla ngosuku olulodwa olukhethekileyo.
Usuku lweMLK lweNkonzo olubanjwe kulo nyaka ngoMvulo, ngoJanuwari 15, 2018, lubangela amawaka abantu ukuba bahlasele ubanda kwaye bakhonze abanye ngeendlela ezivela ekunikezeni ukutya kunye nokuphucula imo engqongileyo ekukhuliseni iingxoxo malunga nokulingana okanye nje ukubanceda abamelwane babo.
Unyaka ngamnye i-MLK Day of Service ibonakala ivuselela ummangaliso weJanuwari wenjongo enhle.
Imbali emva "Usuku Lweenkonzo."
UMartin Luther King, uJr. ungomnye wabamkeli beLungelo lamaLungelo oLuntu owaziwayo kwiimbali. Ngenxa yokufezekisa kwakhe, asigcini nje ukugubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa kodwa nokunikezela ngeenkonzo ngegama lakhe kuMartin Luther King, uJr. Usuku lweNkonzo.
UMartin Luther King, uJr. wayekhokele enye yezona zikhulu ezininzi kwiiNkcubeko zamaLungelo eMveli e-US ngawo-1960, ekuncedeni ukuhlukanisa ilizwe. Izenzo zakhe zobunzima zenza indima enkulu ekugqibeleni uMthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu ka-1964. Yaye kunye neNdikhoyo ndineNtetho yePhupha, ngo-1963 Matshi eWashington eMisebenzi kunye neNkululeko, kufuneka ibe enye yeedilesi ezinamandla kunakho konke.
UMartin Luther King, uJr. wabulawa ngo-1968, ngenxa yokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga ayeyilwe ngokukhawuleza. Nangona kunjalo, ukufa kwakhe bekungeze kube nganto. Isibindi sakhe sabakhuthaza abaninzi ababhikishi bamalungelo oluntu, kwaye inkumbulo yakhe iqhutyelwa namhlanje.
UMartin Luther King, uJr. Usuku waba yiholide kazwelonke ngo-1983. Ngo-1994, uMengameli uClinton wasayina uMartin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday kunye noMthetho weNkonzo. Oku kwenza ieholide ngosuku lwenkonzo yoluntu, ukukhankanya ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye neengxoxo zoluntu. Nangona usenokucinga ukuba ukufumana ezi zenzo zigqithiselwe ziya kuba yi-slam-dunk, kwakungekho.
Kwabakho imfazwe ezininzi phakathi kwabaxhasayo kunye nabachasene njengoko uhlanga lwalulwela ukushiya lwalo lwadlulayo.
Namhlanje, iMLK Day inokubonakala ngathi enye iholide ukusuka emsebenzini kunye nesikolo, kodwa kufuneka imele ngakumbi. Nangona abasebenzi abaninzi befumana usuku, injongo yeholide yeyona holide kukukhuthaza "Usuku Lweenkonzo" kwizinga likazwelonke nelasekhaya.
Imibutho kunye neenkqubo ezininzi zisebenzisa iholide ukuqhuba umsebenzi omhle we-MLK. KuMartin Luther King, Jr. Day, iikholeji zeekholeji, ezingenzi-nzuzo, kunye namaqela asebenza ngamagqugquzeli abelana ngesigidimi sakhe. Izenzo zabo zenza umehluko kwihlabathi lanamhlanje - njengoko uMartin Luther King, Jr. wenza ngayo yonke loo minyaka edlulileyo.
Yintoni Ongayenza Ngosuku LweMLK?
Ukuba uzibuza ukuba ungayenza ntoni ukuhlonipha uMartin Luther King, inkumbulo kaJr., jongana nale mibutho nemibutho. Unokubona oko benzayo ukwenza ummahluko, mhlawumbi ungenele.
IYunivesithi neeKholeji
Ukususela ngo-1990, iYunivesithi yase-Iowa iye yazinikela ekukhuthazeni inkonzo kunye neengxoxo ezivulekileyo kwiMLK Day. I-yunivesithi iceba iiveki yonke yeembali kunye neendawo ezingenzi-nzuzo ukukhuthaza abafundi ukuba babuyisele kuluntu. Abafundi bamenywa ukuba baququze iingxoxo, kwaye amalungu amaninzi athetha ngokulingana kunye nenkonzo.
Bade banike ukutya kwabafundi ababhalisayo - soloko beyindlela efanelekileyo yokufumana abantwana bekholeji!
IYunivesithi yaseWashington nayo inomcimbi omkhulu weMLK weNkonzo yeNkonzo, ukufumana abavolontiya abangaba ngu-2 000. Amavolontiya asebenza kwiiprojekthi zentsuku e-King County, WA, kubandakanywa iingcebiso, ukulima kwintlalo, iingxoxo zoluntu, kunye nokutya kunye nezambatho. Nge-United Way ye-King County, i-UW ikwazi ukudibanisa ukungenzi nzuzo kwendawo kunye nezizathu nabantu abaqhutyelwe ukukhonza.
Ngokukhuthaza ukubandakanya kule holide, ezi ziko-yunivesithi zikhuthaza inkcubeko yenkonzo. Ukuba ungumfundi wekholeji, jonga kwiziganeko zeMLK yakho yesikolo. Ukuba uhlala kufuphi nekholejini kwaye ufuna ukuzithandela, khangela ukuba ungayibhalisela umcimbi. Ukuba awufumani nayiphi na imicimbi, zenzele wena! Unokuqhagamshelana nekholejini ukuba ubone ukuba ngaba baya kuba nomdla ekuqalekeni kwesiganeko.
I-American Civil Liberties Union Chapters
I-ACLU yintlangano ekhusela amalungelo eMgaqo-siseko - oquka uMthetho we-Civil Rights Act ka-1964. Ngosuku lweMLK, ezininzi iindidi ze-ACLU zemihlangano kunye ne "Marades" - uMartin Luther King, Jr.. Umbutho uphakamisa ulwazi malunga neengxaki eziphambene noMthetho-siseko, nokukhuthaza amalungelo alinganayo kubo bonke.
Umsebenzi we-ACLU uhlose ukukhusela umonakalo kumalungelo oluntu uMartin Luther King, uJr. walwa nzima ukuze azuze. Ukubhalisa, ube ilungu le-ACLU, kwaye uqhubeke nomsebenzi omuhle we-MLK, khangela isahluko sakho sendawo apha.
MLK365
Ukususela ngo-2009, i-Global Citizens 365 ibe yinto yezona zikhulu ze-MLK Day event organizers. Lo nyaka uya kuphawula i-Greater Philadelphia yama-22 "iMLK Day of Service," kodwa iziganeko zeMLK365 nazo zigcinwe eDelaware naseNew Jersey. Intlangano idibanisa neengeniso zengingqi, iibhanki zokutya, izikolo, kunye namaqela enkolo ukwenza uluhlu olubanzi lwamathuba okuzithandela.
Baye baququzelele imicimbi yokubhengezwa, iingxoxo zephaneli, iminikelo kunye nemicimbi yokuxhaswa kwemali, kunye neekonsathi zentlalo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba lunjani uhlobo lokuzithandela okanye inkxaso yoluntu ofuna ukubonelela, uMLK365 unethuba kuwe. Ukuba uhlala ePennsylvania, i-Delaware, okanye i-New Jersey, khangela iluhlu lwabo olukhangayo lweeprojekthi ezikhoyo.
I-Arhente yoKhuselo yendalo
I-EPA izama ukugcina umoya wethu, amanzi kunye nomhlaba ucocekile. Bamazama ukubandakanya uluntu lwasekuhlaleni ukuze kuncede ukuphucula ukukhathazeka kwengqongileyo. Ukususela ngo-2012, ngomhla we-MLK, i-EPA ikhuthaze amavolontiya asekuhlaleni ukuba ahlambulule iindawo zokuhlala kunye neendawo zokupaka "ezihlaza" kunye nezikhala ezivulekileyo. Baphakamisa ulwazi malunga nempembelelo kunye nokugqithiswa kwemali ngokusebenzisa imfundo yoluntu.
Ezinye zamalungelo obalulekileyo (kunye nomGaqo-siseko) ngamalungelo oluntu, inkululeko kunye nolonwabo. Nangona kunjalo, ukungcola, ukucutha kwemithombo, kunye nokugqithiswa kwempahla kunokunciphisa le mileko.
Ukuba ufuna ukukunceda uluntu lwakho, ungayifumana imibutho eninzi eluhlaza ukuze uzinikezele ngewebhusayithi ye-Idealist okanye qhagamshelana neePaksi zeeNdawo kunye neSebe leMpilo. Ukuba ufuna ukukunceda ukuphucula umgangatho kwinqanaba likazwelonke, iivolontiya kunye nemibutho kazwelonke. Nalu uluhlu lwemibutho engama-20 engqongileyo yendalo.
Ukunyathela kwiLifa leMLK, Yenza isizukulwana esitsha seNkonzo
Ngokwinkampani yeNkonzo kaZwelonke kunye noLuntu, amakhulu amawaka abantu bazinikela kwi-MLK Day. Ngenxa yengqwalasela enkulu, ukunikezela ngoncedo kuphakanyiswa kwaye kungenzi-nzuzo, ezinkulu kunye nabancinci, ukuzonwabisa ngoncedo kunye nolwazi. Kwaye sonke sigxininise ekutshintsheni ukungalingani kunye nentlupheko echaphazela izigidi zabantu.
Nangona kunjalo, ngaphezu koko, iMLK Usuku kuthetha ukuzibophezela okukhulu kumalungu abantu. Aba bantu baqhubeka bephendula uMartin Luther King, umbuzo kaJr.:
"Wenzani abanye?"
Sonke sinokuzivolontiya, sizinikele kwizizathu ezifanelekileyo, kwaye sizama ukwenza umehluko kuluntu lwethu.
Ukuba ungowomcingo ngokuncedisa kwi-MLK Day, cinga ngolu hlobo: Abantu abavolontiya bayavuya ngakumbi, baphile kwaye baphile ixesha elide kunabantu abangenalo.
Uphando luye lwafumanisa ukuba iivolontiya zineengcinezelo ezincinci kunye nomngcipheko ophantsi kweengxaki zentliziyo. Nangona ezi nzuzo zisebenza kuwo onke amaxesha, kubonakala kubaluleke kakhulu kubantu abadala.
Usuku lweNkonzo lweMLK lunokuba yithuba elihle lokuba abantwana babandakanyeke. Bangakwazi ukufunda ngembali kunye nokufumana amava okuzithandela. Khangela amathuba kwiindawo zakho zokuzithandela zentsapho. Uze ujonge ezi zi-12 zeNkcazo zeProjekthi ze-Kids kwiiNqaku zoKhanya.
I-Scholastic inezixhobo ezininzi ezilungiselelwe ukuqonda ngolwazi lweMLK ukuba ootitshala nabazali bangasebenzisa. Qalisa intsapho yakho kuGenerationOn, iblogi ebonisa amavavolontiya kunye neentsapho ezincinci.
Ngaba uyayazi umntu onguvolontiya oyingqayizivele kwindawo yakho? Unyule lowo mntu kwi-MLK Drum Majors ye-Award Service!
Ibhaso ibakhuthaza kwaye ikhuthaza "ukuzithobela" ngokuzithandela. Kukho amabhaso amabini, elinye lisusela kwinani leeyure umntu azinikele ngokuzithandela ngaphezu konyaka okanye ngokuphila kwabo. Elinye ibhaso lizukisa abo baqhawe abancinci abahlala bekhonza abanye. Igama elithi "ingqungquthela enkulu" livela kwenye yeentetho zikaMartin Luther apho wayezibiza ngokuthi "ingqungquthela enkulu yoxolo, ubulungisa nobulungisa."
Kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, ivolontiya kuba ufuna ukukunceda uluntu lwakho. Zincede ngokusiza abanye, kwaye usasaze uMartin Luther King, umyalezo kaJr. Imizamo yakho ayiyi kuqondwa, kwaye unganceda ekudaleni i-MLK yehlabathi ephuphayo. Zonke ziqala ngoSuku lweNkonzo.
Unokwenza nokuba uthathe isibambiso. IQumrhu leNkonzo kaZwelonke kunye noLuntu ekujongeni ukuba uthathe inyathelo elongezelelweyo lokufaka inkonzo yakho kwi-MLK Day kwaye unyaka wonke. Thembisa iiyure oziceba ukuzinikela kuzo, apho uza kwenza khona, kunye nohlobo lomsebenzi oceba ukukwenza.
UMartin Luther King, uJr watshintsha umhlaba ngexesha lobomi bakhe kwaye uyaqhubeka enza njalo. Ngaphezu koko, sibonga kuMartin Luther King, Jr. Day, sonke sinokwenza imisebenzi emihle egameni lakhe.
Oko Ukwenza Okulandelayo
Ufuna ukubhalisela ukuzithandela kwiMLK Day kodwa ungaqinisekanga ukuba ufuna ukwenzani? Hlola uluhlu lwethu lwewebhusayithi yokuzithandela ekuqaleni, okanye nqakraza kule mimithombo:
IQumrhu leSizwe kunye neNkonzo yoLuntu
Ulungelelaniso lweSizwe loLwaphulo-mthetho
VolunteerMatch.org
Iingeniso ziyakwazi ukubhalisa imicimbi yabo, ootitshala banokufumana izicwangciso zezifundo, amavolontiya aya kufumana amathuba, kwaye wonke umntu angasebenzisa izixhobo zokuphromotha kwiSayithi eliMthethweni kwiMLK Day.