Gilbert Romero da abokai sun yi kaɗe-kaɗe masu ban sha'awa, masu taka ƙafar ƙafa yayin da masu cin abinci suka isa wurin cin abincin al'adun gargajiya na Yuli 9 a St. Louis. Ƙwaƙwalwar kuzari da maraba da runguma an yi ta tsakanin abokai, sabo da tsofaffi.
Nadine Monn, memba ce a Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari ga Al’adu, ta marabtar ƙungiyar a harsunan Coci na ’yan’uwa biyar, da kuma yaren garinta na Philadelphia, tana cewa, “Yo, yaya abin yake’?!”
Jonathan Shively, wakilin ma’aikata na kwamitin da zartarwa na Ma’aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life, ya yi addu’ar albarka a kan abincin, yana mai godiya ga ɗimbin bambancin da aka samu a ɗakin.
Yayin da suke jin daɗin salatin su, mahalarta sun sami ƙarfafa ta hanyar labaru masu ban sha'awa daga Leah Hileman game da hidimar kofi na Cuppa Life da A Life in Christ Church of the Brothers a Florida, da kuma daga Daniel D'Oleo game da cibiyar sadarwa ta Renacer Hispanic Ministries a Pennsylvania da Virginia. .
Sai mai magana mai mahimmanci Wendy McFadden, mawallafin Brotheran Jarida, ta ba da labari game da nutsewarta a Tafiya ta Sankofa. Sankofa yana nufin "kallon baya don ci gaba," wanda shine ainihin abin da ita da wata motar bas cike da mutane masu launin fata suka yi yayin da suke tafiya zuwa Birmingham, Ala. "Abin da na samu mafi mahimmanci shi ne ikon shigar da labarin wani," ta yace. "Akwai lalacewa idan ba a ji labarin mutane ba, kuma akwai waraka idan aka ɗauki labarin da muhimmanci." An buga cikakken labarin balaguron bas na Wendy's Sankofa a cikin mujallar “Manzo” na Mayu, kuma ana iya siye ta ta hanyar imel. dstroyeck@brethren.org ko kira 800-323-8039 ext. 327.
A lokacin tambaya da amsa da ya biyo bayan gabatar da jawabinta, wasu da suka halarci taron sun nuna sha’awar yin tafiyar Sankofa da kansu, wasu kuma suna son sanin irin matakai masu amfani da za su bi don sa ikilisiyoyinsu su zama masu bambancin al’adu. An ƙarfafa waɗanda suka halarta don karanta takardar taron shekara-shekara na 2007 da albarkatu a www.brethren.org/ac da kuma albarkatun 'yan jarida.
Lokacin da aka tambaye ta ko wane irin fahimta daga tafiyar Sankofa ke ci gaba da bayyana mata, Wendy ta bayyana yadda ta gano cewa tsakanin al'adu daban-daban "akwai dangi, ko da ba a san juna ba tukuna."
An rufe taron da ƙaramin tattaunawa da rabawa, da addu'ar da Thomas Dowdy ya jagoranta. "Wannan bas ɗinmu ce," in ji shi a cikin alherinsa. "Muna kan wannan tafiya kuma muna bukatar mu ji daɗin hawan. Amma ina zamu dosa? Allah yasa muna jagororin yawon bude ido. Bari mu gayyaci wasu su yi wannan hawan tare da mu. "
- Mancy Garcia ma'aikaci ne na sadarwar masu ba da gudummawa ga Cocin 'yan'uwa