By Todd Flory
Za a buga labarai da hotuna na yau da kullun daga taron matasa na kasa (NYC) a ranar 22-27 ga Yuli. Taron zai gudana ne a Jami'ar Jihar Colorado a Fort Collins, Colo. Tun daga Yuli 22 nemo shafukan NYC na yau da kullun a www.brethren.org (danna hanyar haɗin kan Bar Feature).
A ranar da cocin ‘yan’uwa na shekara-shekara ya zartas da wani kuduri da ke kira ga Amurka da sauran kasashe da su nemi zaman lafiya ta hanyar dawo da sojojin gida daga Iraki, wata gungun ‘yan’uwa sun taru a cikin garin Des Moines, na Iowa, don nuna adawarsu ga Amurka. jagoranci yaki. Ofishin ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Washington ne suka shirya, taron ya ƙunshi addu’o’i, waƙa, da kalmomi a kan yadda za a yi wa’azi don salama a matsayin masu imani.
“Akwai abubuwan da za mu iya yi don dakatar da shi (yakin). Muna yin wani abu a yanzu. Muna yin wani abu a duk lokacin da muka yi magana da ɗaya daga cikin maƙwabtanmu da ke da ra’ayi dabam,” in ji Carol Rose, darektan Ƙungiyoyin Samar da Zaman Lafiya ta Kirista (CPT). "Ka ƙarfafa, saboda ɗigon ruwa ya faɗo kuma dutsen yana samun gargaɗi."
Rose ta yi magana game da Tom Fox, memba na CPT da aka kashe a Iraki a farkon wannan shekara, da kuma mahimmancin wasu samun tabbataccen tabbaci na zaman lafiya da Fox ya samu. "An sace shi kuma an kashe shi, kuma muna kewarsa sosai," in ji ta. “Wa zai maye gurbinsa? Muna nan a wurinsa, a wannan titi, kuma a kan haka, ina godiya ga Allah.”
Phil Jones, darektan Ofishin Shaidun ’Yan’uwa/Washington, ya gaya wa taron da suka taru cewa ’yan Majalisar za su yi hutu a garuruwan su na lokacin bazara kuma za su shiga neman kuri’u a zabe mai zuwa. Sadaukarwa ga yin aiki don zaman lafiya ya kamata ya zama muhimmin sashi a zaɓe tare da lamirinku, Jones ya bayyana cikin sha'awa, kuma dole ne a tabbatar da wannan sadaukarwar dangane da ƙudurin taron shekara-shekara don kawo ƙarshen yaƙi a Iraki.
"Wannan kuduri kamar kudurori ne a Majalisa," in ji Jones. "Yana da daraja nawa muke rayuwa."
Ɗaya daga cikin mahalarta yana da dalili na musamman da na sirri don son zaman lafiya ya zo Gabas ta Tsakiya - ba da jimawa ba. Donna Morris Firist na Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Yana da ɗa ɗan shekara 26 a Iraki a rangadinsa na uku tare da sojojin ruwa. Firist ya ce wa’azi ga jama’a don zaman lafiya ya kasance abu na farko a gare ta tun tana ƙarama, wanda ya ci gaba sa’ad da ta yi renon iyali kuma ta ci gaba a tafiyar bangaskiyarta.
"An tura shi a cikin stroller zuwa tafiye-tafiyen zaman lafiya," in ji Firist game da ɗanta. “An dade da yanke min hukunci. Koyaushe ana yanke mani hukunci, amma yanzu zan iya fuskantar da sojojin ruwa, kuma na san yanzu ma fiye da cewa muna bukatar fita” daga Iraki, in ji ta.
"Na yi imani da zaman lafiya, kuma ina so in ga mu rayu da shi…. Idan ba mu rayu ba, to ba shi da daraja sosai,” in ji Dick Shreckhise na Lititz, Pa. A matsayinsa na wakili a taron ya goyi bayan zartar da kudurin. Shreckhise ya kara da cewa "Na zauna kusa da wani mutum wanda bai yarda da hakan ba." “Na gaya masa cewa mu Cocin ’yan’uwa ne kuma me zuciyarmu za ta gaya mana? Sai ya ce, 'Wataƙila a kawo su gida.' Na ce, 'To, bari mu bi zuciyarmu to.'
–Todd Flory ɗan majalisa ne kuma ma’aikacin Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa a Ofishin Shaidu na ’yan’uwa/Washington, ma’aikatar Coci na Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.