Rayuwa mai hankali

Cascade Locks Camp No. 21 shine mafi girma a cikin sansanonin Ma'aikatan Jama'a da Cocin ’yan’uwa ke gudanarwa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Ƙin Yaƙi, Tabbatar da Zaman Lafiya, by Jeffrey Kovac cikakken tarihin sansanin da ke cikin dazuzzuka na Oregon. Hakanan wani kallo ne mai ban sha'awa game da rayuwar matasa masu ƙin yarda (COs) da aka ba su a wurin.

Sansanin ya kasance daga ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1941, zuwa 31 ga Yuli, 1946, a wani tsohon wurin kare hakkin farar hula (CCC). Surukin Kovac, Charlie Davis, yana daya daga cikin maza 560 da suka shafe lokaci a Cascade Locks. Gabaɗaya, kimanin maza 12,000 sun yi madadin sabis a kusan wuraren CPS 150 a duk faɗin ƙasar. An caje shi azaman "aikin mahimmancin ƙasa ƙarƙashin jagorancin farar hula," shirin na CPS ya ƙunshi wuraren aiki da majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi ke gudanarwa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Sabis na Zaɓa.

Kovac ya faɗi yadda shugabannin coci suka yi aiki tare da gwamnati don shirya madadin sabis bayan an daure COs a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya. Ya ba da rahoto kai tsaye game da gwagwarmayar shugabannin coci don yin layi tsakanin girmama ƙin yarda da lamiri da kuma kiyaye haƙƙin COs, da ba da haɗin kai ga gwamnati. jami'ai domin kula da shirin.

Amma wannan ya wuce tarihin da aka kwatanta da labari da hotuna. Kovac yayi yunƙuri mai ban sha'awa don canza yanayin tattaunawa game da "yaƙi mai kyau" don amincewa da gudummawar masu adawa. Tare da wannan ra'ayi, abubuwan da suka faru a Cascade Locks suna samun mahimmanci. Mai karatu ya san yadda CPS ke da tasiri wajen haɓakawa da zurfafa fahimtar zaman lafiya tsakanin COs, coci, da sauran al'umma. A wannan sansanin na CPS, samarin da suka yi amfani da kwanakinsu suna yin aiki tuƙuru don hidimar gandun daji, sun kuma shafe sa'o'i da yawa na yamma suna muhawara game da abin da ake nufi da adawa da yaƙi.

Cascade Locks ya kasance mai aiki da hankali. Ba wai kawai shugabannin ’yan’uwa da suka gudanar da ita ba—musamman daraktan kafa Mark Schrock, wani minista daga karkarar Indiana—sun buɗe wa bambancin addini da falsafa, suna da nufin ƙirƙirar al’umma ta musamman ta masu son zaman lafiya. Sun kuma ƙarfafa ƙirƙira da fasaha. An inganta wannan ta hanyar kyaututtukan COs waɗanda suka kasance masu fasaha, mawaƙa, ƴan wasan kwaikwayo, marubuta, masu daukar hoto. Kovac ya lura cewa yanayin tsarin CPS ya zo, a wani ɓangare, daga yadda ya sanya samari maza masu ƙarancin ilimi a sansanonin da suka kammala jami'a da ƙwararru.

An lura da tasirin masu fasaha a cikin littafin. Misali, an gyara wani tsohon ginin CCC ta hanyar gine-gine da masu fasaha waɗanda suka ƙirƙira ɗakin karatu, ɗakin karatu, ɗaki na lokaci-lokaci, ɗakin kiɗa, azuzuwa, da ofishin jaridar sansanin, wanda COs suka rubuta kuma suka buga. Haka kuma sun gyara dakin ibada na CCC, inda suka bude wata tagar kasa zuwa rufin da ke fuskantar tsaunuka suka raba shi gida hudu tare da giciyen zinari. (Ga wasu fitattun mutane, Kovac ya ba da taƙaitaccen bayani game da abin da suka ci gaba da cim ma bayan yakin.)

Har ila yau, ilimi ya kasance muhimmin abu a sansanin. Bayan ya bayyana a fili cewa yakin-da CPS-zai ci gaba da tsawo fiye da yadda kowa ya yi tunani,'Yan'uwa masu kula da CPS sun fara ba da makarantu na musamman a sansani daban-daban: Makarantar Fine Arts, Makarantar Haɗin Kai, Makarantar Gudanar da Abinci, Makarantar Dangantakar Kabilanci. Makarantar Pacifist Living an bayar da ita a Cascade Locks, wanda Dan West ke jagoranta.

Littafin bai yi watsi da raunin CPS ba, gwagwarmayar yau da kullun na COs, da rikice-rikicen da suka taso, amma yana jayayya cewa, a mafi kyawun Sabis na Jama'a ya yi nasarar ƙirƙirar al'umma ta musamman kuma mai daraja.