Hoton Tom Guelcher
An gudanar da "Taro" na shekara-shekara na Ikklisiyoyi na Tarihi a Florida a ranar 31 ga Janairu a Bay Shore Mennonite Church a Sarasota. Kwamitin Gudanar da Zaman Lafiya na Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi ne ya shirya, taron na tsawon yini ya ƙunshi jawabai waɗanda suka bi sha’awar zaman lafiya ta hanyoyi daban-daban.
Taron bude taron ya ƙunshi farfesa na ilimin zamantakewar ɗan adam mai ritaya kuma magatakarda mai fita na taron Fort Myers, Nancy Howell, da lauya Judy Alves mai ritaya, dukkansu na Fort Myers. Sun bayyana cewa, lokacin da suka fahimci cewa ana daukar tsauraran matakai na daukar sojoji a manyan makarantu na gundumar Lee, yayin da yaki ya barke a Iraki, sun yanke shawarar cewa za su iya yin wani abu a kai. A karkashin tutar "Yakin neman zaman lafiya na albashi" sun fara wani kokari na tsawon shekaru hudu, wanda ya kai ga hukumar kula da kananan hukumomi ta kafa tsarin tabbatar da adalci da daidaito na daukar sojoji a makarantun da ke kare hakkin dalibai da na iyaye.
Danielle Ambaliyar, darektan Sadarwa na ECHO (Damuwa da Ilimi don Hunger Organization), ya ba da gabatarwa game da ayyukan kungiyar Kirista ta Arewa Fort Myers. ECHO tana baiwa mutane albarkatun noma da fasaha don rage yunwa da inganta rayuwar talakawa a kasashe sama da 165. ECHO intern kuma wanda ya kammala karatunsa na Jami’ar Colorado a shekarar 2013, Steven Kluck, ya bayyana yadda aikinsa a ECHO ci gaba ne na kiran Allah na taimakon mabukata. Dukansu sun ƙarfafa mahalarta taron don rangadin ECHO Global Farm da wuraren kiwon 'ya'yan itace masu zafi a Arewacin Fort Myers. Ana samun ƙarin bayani akan layi a www.echonet.org .
Littafin Howard Zinn ya yi wahayi zuwa ga "Tarihin Tarihin Jama'ar Amirka," malamin samar da bidiyo na Sarasota Bob Gray ya yi amfani da lokacinsa na tsawon shekaru shida don samar da shirinsa na 2014 "Yin Killing: Daga Crony Capitalism to Corporate Plutocracy." Fim din da aka nuna a wurin taron, ya yi nuni da tarihin yadda Amurka ke amfani da sojoji da na leken asiri don kara wadata muradun kamfanonin Amurka. Mafi yawan magana shine rubuce-rubuce da jawabai na tsohon sojan Marine Corps Manjo Janar Smedley Butler, wanda ya furta cewa ba komai bane face "babban dan kasuwa ga manyan 'yan kasuwa, ga Wall Street da masu banki." Da yake waiwaya baya kan aikinsa na soja na shekaru 33 na yin hasashen karfin sojan Amurka a cikin kutse da sana'o'i da dama, Butler ya bayyana fahimtarsa cewa ya kasance "dan dan fashi ne don jari hujja."
An kammala taron ne tare da gabatar da kwamitin Ikklisiya na Zaman lafiya na Tarihi game da matsalolin zaman lafiya da kuma shigar da kowane mutum. Kwamitin ya ƙunshi Jerry Eller, Cocin Brethren Atlantic Action Peace Team memba; Alma Ovalle, mamban kwamitin Mennonite na mazauni na kudu maso gabas mata memba kuma mai kula da matasa na taron shekara-shekara; da Warren Hoskins, magatakarda na Kwamitin Zaman Lafiya da Damuwa da Jama'a na Abokan Miami kuma magatakarda na Kwamitin Zaman Lafiya da Damuwa da Zamantakewa na Taron Shekara-shekara na Kudu maso Gabas. Dukansu ukun sun yi magana sosai game da damuwarsu da ayyukansu na inganta zaman lafiya. Ƙarshe ne mai ɗagawa ga ranar.
Kusan ’yan’uwa 60, Mennonites, Quakers, da sauransu sun halarci taron. Ikilisiyar Brethren Action for Peace Team, Quakers, ECHO, da Wage Peace ne suka samar da wallafe-wallafe. Gidan girkin Dutch na Miller ne ya samar da abincin rana.
Kwamitin Gudanar da Zaman Lafiya na Ikklisiya na Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi a Florida ya kafa sakamakon taron masu sha'awar a Jan. 2010 a Camp Ithiel. Ta hanyar ilimi, shawarwari, da haɗin kai tana neman zaburar da daidaikun mutane don tallafawa manufofi da rungumar ɗabi'un da za su kai ga samun kwanciyar hankali a duniya. Ƙoƙarinmu na nufin farfado da zurfin haɗin kai a cikin dangin ɗan adam da sanin cewa ainihin bukatun ɗan adam yana cikin al'ummomin zumunci da jituwa. Tushen aikinmu yana kan ƙaunar Allah da tafarkin salama da Yesu ya bi a kai.
- Tom Guelcher shi ne mai gudanarwa na Kwamitin Gudanar da Zaman Lafiya na Ikklisiyoyin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi a Florida.