Kathryn Fleisher (22) ndiye woyambitsa komanso director wamkulu wa Osati M'badwo Wanga , bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe likulimbana ndi mliri wa chiwawa chamfuti mwa kukulitsa kuchuluka kwa mfundo zachiwawa za mfuti, ndikuyang'ana kwambiri momwe kusowa chilungamo kwadongosolo kumabweretsera chiwawa cha mfuti.
Fleisher adayamba kuchita nawo zachitetezo cha mfuti ali ndi zaka 16, monga membala wa NFTY, gulu lachinyamata lachiyuda la Reform. Zinanditsegula maso kudziko lonse lapansi lomwe panthawiyo m'moyo wanga, sindinkadziwa, Fleisher akuwuza In The Know.
Pamene Felisher anali wophunzira pa yunivesite ya Pittsburgh, ndi Mtengo wa Moyo Kuwombera kwakukulu kunachitika, zomwe zinali zomvetsa chisoni komanso zowopsya, malinga ndi Fleisher. Tsoka limeneli ndi limene linachititsa Fleisher kuyambitsa bungwe lake.
Pambuyo pake, chinthu chokha chomwe chinandipangitsa kukhala chomveka chinali kukonzekera, akutero Fleisher. Choncho ndinaganiza zochita chilichonse chimene ndingathe kuti ndithane ndi mliriwu.
Zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazo, Not My Generation inali Fleisher komanso chikalata chimodzi. Koma tsopano, bungwe ladzikolo lili ndi anthu opitilira 40 mdziko lonselo. The cholinga cha bungwe ndikutenga kusintha kwa mfuti poyang'ana zosalungama zomwe zimatsogolera chiwawa chamfuti , makamaka zokhudzana ndi kusalungama kwa mtundu, kalasi ndi jenda.
Tikukhala m'dera lomwe anthu amatha kukumana ndi kusowa pokhala komanso kusowa kwa chakudya komanso kuchuluka kwa kupsinjika maganizo, nkhawa, kusowa chithandizo chamankhwala komanso thanzi labwino chisamaliro, akufotokoza Fleisher. Mumapanga malo omwe anthu sakudziwa komwe angatembenukire. Pamene pali mfuti zambiri kuposa anthu, ndipo mukukhala m’chitaganya chonga chimenecho, chiwawa cha mfuti sichingapeŵeke.
Bungweli silimangofuna kuchotsa mfuti pamsewu. Iwo anaganiza zopereka chithandizo chamankhwala, maukonde otetezera chikhalidwe cha anthu, ndi njira zina zopezera anthu, kuyesera kuchepetsa kusiyana kwa chikhalidwe komwe kungayambitse chiwawa cha mfuti.
Not My Generation imadzaza kusowa kwamtundu wina mugulu loletsa ziwawa zamfuti. Timayang'ana kwambiri zachiwawa cha mfuti monga nkhani yomwe imagwirizana, ndikudyetsedwa ndi mitundu ina ya kupanda chilungamo, akufotokoza Fleisher.
Ntchito imodzi yaposachedwa yomwe Fleisher amanyadira nayo kwambiri ndi buku lamasewera lomwe lili ndi mutu De-Policing the Gun Violence Prevention Movement , yomwe ikufotokoza masomphenya a gulu la Not My Generation la gulu lopewera ziwawa zamfuti zomwe sizidalira apolisi boma.
Ngakhale kuti ali ndi njira zambiri zothanirana ndi mliri wa mfuti, Fleisher akuvomereza kuti mfundo zokhudzana ndi mfuti ndizofunikira kwambiri kuti tikwaniritse cholinga chachikulu.
Ndikuganiza kuti tikamalankhula za tsogolo la chiwawa cha mfuti, ndizosavuta kunena kuti, 'Ndikufuna kuwona zofufuza zakumbuyo,' 'Ndikufuna kuwona zida zowononga zitaletsedwa,' 'Ndikufuna kuwona kupezeka kwa malamulo otetezera monyanyira,' akutero Fleisher. Zinthu zonsezi ndi zofunika, ndipo ndizofunikira, ndipo inenso ndikufuna kuziwona. Koma ine ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kuganiza zazikulu kuposa izo.
Fleisher akuwona dziko lomwe madera sakhala omangidwa chifukwa cha chilango ndi mantha, ndipo ali ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu kuti m'badwo zikhoza kuchitika.
Ine ndimakhulupiriradi zimenezo achinyamata asintha dziko, Fleisher akuuza In The Know. Tikhoza pamodzi kupita patsogolo ku mtundu wina wa chilungamo, mtundu wina wa chitetezo, mtundu wina wa zomwe mudzi ukutanthauza.
