“Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a 2008”
(Afrilu 17, 2008) — An wakilta Cocin ’yan’uwa a taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a ranar 27 ga Maris wanda ke bikin ranar kawar da wariyar launin fata ta duniya (21 ga Maris) da kuma ranar tunawa da waɗanda aka yi wa bauta da kuma Bawan Transatlantic. Kasuwanci (Maris 25).
Doris Abdullah ta halarci a matsayin wakiliyar kungiyar a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, kuma a matsayinta na mamba na kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan kawar da wariyar launin fata na kwamitin kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu na kasa da kasa kan kare hakkin dan Adam, wanda ya tsara abubuwan da suka faru. Ita memba ce ta Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Brooklyn, NY, kuma tana hidima a kan hukumar Amincin Duniya.
"Duk shirye-shiryen biyu sun yi kyau sosai," in ji Abdullah, yana lura da gwanintar masu magana. Takaitaccen bayani na safiya akan "Kada Mu Manta: Karya Shiru akan Kasuwancin Bawan Transatlantic," ya jawo cunkoson jama'a. Fim ɗin shirin fim na Sheila Walkers, "Hanyar Bauta: Hangen Duniya," ya binciko tafiyar bayi na mutanen zuriyar Afirka a cikin dubban shekaru. "Ta bi hanyar kuma ta yi hira da zuriyar al'ummomin Afirka daga Gabas ta Tsakiya, Indiya, Pakistan, Turkiyya, da kuma Amurka," in ji Abdullah. Fim din wani bangare ne na aikin hanyar bayi na UNESCO, kuma za a gabatar da shi ga jama'a. Abdullah ya ba da shawarar yin amfani da shi da Brothers don ilimi a cikin coci da sauran al'umma.
Karamin kwamitin Abdullahi ne ya bada shawarar masu jawabi na safe da na rana. A jawabin da aka yi na safe, masu magana sun hada da Howard Dodson, darektan Cibiyar Bincike na Schomburg a Al'adun Baƙar fata, wanda ke aiki tare da UNESCO a kan hanyar Bawan, da William D. Payne, tsohon memba na majalisar dokokin New Jersey wanda ya ba da takardun kudi guda biyu wanda ya zo ga hankalin karamin kwamiti. Na farko a cikin 2002 da ake kira Bill Amistad ya yarda da hukuncin Kotun Koli na 1839 wanda ya gano bayin Amistad ba laifin kisan kai ba kuma ya 'yantar da su su koma Afirka. "A yanzu ana koyar da tarihin tawaye a cikin Amistad a makarantun jama'a na New Jersey," in ji Abdullah. Kudirin doka na biyu ya kasance tayin uzuri ga rawar da New Jersey ke takawa a cinikin bayi.
An yi wa taron taƙaitaccen bayanin na rana mai taken, “Kawar da wariyar launin fata: Hana kisan kiyashi,” tare da masu magana Rodney Leon, wanda ya tsara bikin Tunawa da Ground na Afirka a Wall Street; Yvette Rugasaguhunga, wanda ya tsira daga kisan kiyashin Tutsi na Ruwanda; Payam Akhavan, farfesa a shari'ar kasa da kasa a Jami'ar McGill a Montreal, Kanada, kuma mai ba da shawara na farko na shari'a ga Ofishin Mai gabatar da kara na Kotun Duniya na tsohuwar Yugoslavia da Ruwanda; Mark Weitzman, darektan Task Force da Hate da Ta'addanci da kuma mataimakin darektan ilimi na Cibiyar Simon Wiesenthal; Ervin Staub, farfesa kuma mai kafa darektan shirin digiri na digiri a kan ilimin halin zaman lafiya da kuma rigakafin tashin hankali, Emeritus, a Jami'ar Massachusetts a Amherst; da Ben Majekodunmi, jami'in kare hakkin bil'adama na ofishin wakilin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na musamman kan rigakafin kisan kiyashi da cin zarafin jama'a. Raymond Wolfe, jakadan Jamaica, shi ma ya yi magana, tare da sauran jami'an gwamnati.
Bikin tunawa da kabari na Afirka shi ne wurin kabari na bayi 20,000, kuma an gano shi a cikin 1991 a wani wurin gini a karamar hukumar Manhattan, in ji Abdullah. Tsarin zane na gine-ginen don tunawa ya haɗa da ilimi da kasancewar birane, tare da "al'adu, alama, ruhaniya, kasa da kasa, da haɗin kai," in ji ta. “A gare ni yana nufin cewa da gaske muna ‘tafiya a kan tsattsarkan wuri.’ An kwashe waɗannan ’yan Afirka da mugun hali daga gidajensu, an ɗaure su a cikin jirgin ruwa na tsawon watanni, aka bautar da su har tsawon rayuwarsu, aka yi musu katabus a cikin siminti tsawon ƙarni, tare da masu kuɗi suna tafiya a kan ƙasusuwansu. Labari ɗaya na mutane ɗaya, amma wane labari ne."
Damuwar da bayanan suka nuna sun hada da wasannin nuna kyama da wasannin tashin hankali da ake yi a Intanet, da bukatar rigakafin kisan kiyashi da kashe-kashen jama'a, da farfado da tunani da sulhu bayan kisan kare dangi. "Kamar yadda Dr. Staub ya sanya shi, tattaunawa wani bangare ne na alkawari, ba wulakanci ko rashin tausayi ba," in ji Abdullah.
Wata hanyar da za ta furta hakan, ta daɗa: “Ku ƙaunaci maƙiyanku, ku yi addu’a ga waɗanda ke tsananta muku.”