Ofesi ya City of Philadelphia of Diversity and Inclusion tsopano ndi Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - zomwe zikuwonetsa kuyesetsa kwa mzindawu kuyika chilungamo ngati chinthu chofunikira kwambiri.
Kwa Nolan Atkinson, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer wa City, kusintha kwa dzina kukuwonetsa momwe Philadelphia ikuyesera kutenga nawo gawo pakukhazikitsa mitundu yosiyanasiyana, chilungamo, komanso kuphatikizira machitidwe abwino m'boma kuphatikiza kupanga njira ya Race Equity yomwe amayang'ana kuzindikira ndi kuthetsa kusiyana pakati pa mitundu komwe kumapangidwa ndikupitilizidwa ndi boma. Kuphatikiza apo, Atkinson akuti ofesiyo, yopatsidwa mphamvu ndi Meya Jim Kenney, ikuyesetsa kuthandiza kumanga anthu aluso, osiyanasiyana ogwira ntchito m'magawo onse a boma la City.
Kenney posachedwapa adasaina lamulo lokhazikitsa ofesiyi, ndikuwonjezera maofesi a LGBT Affairs ndi People With Disabilities pansi pa wotchi ya Atkinson.
"Cholinga chathu ndikukhala ndi anthu ogwira ntchito m'matauni omwe amawoneka ngati mzinda wa Philadelphia," atero Atkinson, yemwe wakhala akugwira ntchito mumzindawu kwa zaka 50. Anthu a ku Philadelphia ndi 43 peresenti yakuda, 35 peresenti oyera, 15 peresenti Latinx, ndi 7 peresenti Asia.
Kwa ambiri, malingaliro a Philadelphia amatanthauzidwa kwambiri ndi azungu ndi akuda. Komabe, m'zaka zaposachedwa, zoyesayesa zambiri zachitika ndi mabungwe kudutsa mzindawu kuti awonetse kusiyanasiyana kwa madera aku Latinx aku Philadelphia, komanso anthu ambiri aku Asia America omwe amatcha Philadelphia kwawo.
Atkinson ati mzindawu ukuwonjezeranso kuyesetsa kutsatira lamulo la Americans With Disabilities Act komanso kuthana ndi tsankho kwa anthu olumala. Ofesiyi ikuyembekezeka kutulutsa lipoti mu 2020 yowunikira kusiyana kwa mzinda wonse popereka malo ogona a ADA, kuphatikiza ndondomeko yoti mzindawu uthane ndi kusiyana komwe kwadziwika.
Momwemonso, zoyesayesa za Philadelphia kukumbatira gulu la LGBTQ + zapeza kuzindikirika kwadziko lonse. Atkinson akuti a Kenney akuwongolera mzindawu kuti uwonjezere kufalikira kwa LGBTQ +, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti sitima zapamadzi zimalandiridwa pakati pa mabungwe onse aboma ndi aboma. Mu Novembala, gulu ladziko lonse la LGBTQ+ lolimbikitsa ufulu wa anthu Campaign adatcha Philadelphia "mzinda wa nyenyezi" chifukwa chophatikizana ndi anthu amgulu la LGBTQ +. Philadelphia idapeza bwino kwambiri 100 pa HRC's Municipal Equality Index.
Ananenanso kuti panthawi yovuta kwa anthu ambiri othawa kwawo, Philadelphia ikutsegula zitseko zake kwa obwera kumene. "Umu ndi momwe mumakulira mzinda," akutero Atkinson.
Malinga ndi Pewani, chiwerengero cha anthu obadwa ku Philadelphia chinakula pafupifupi 70 peresenti pakati pa 2000-2016, kupanga pafupifupi 15 peresenti ya anthu onse a mumzindawu. Lipoti la Pew linanena kuti anthu obwera m’mayiko ena “amene amachititsa kuti mzindawu uchuluke kwambiri mwa anthu okhala mumzindawu komanso ogwira ntchito, ndipo awonjezera chiwerengero cha ana ndi amalonda.”
Zoyeserera za Philadelphia zikuwonetsa kuzindikirika kwakukulu pakati pa mizinda yomwe imakopa - ndi kusunga - okhalamo ndi olemba anzawo ntchito amalumikizidwa ndi kufalikira kwa omwe akuchita nawo mbali zosiyanasiyana.
Atkinson agawana nawo zina mwazabwino kwambiri mumzindawu pamsonkhano womwe ukubwera wa Philadelphia Diversity & Inclusion, Marichi 30-31. Msonkhanowu ndi msonkhano waukulu wa atsogoleri oganiza bwino ndi osonkhezera, oyang'anira, omenyera ufulu ndi ophunzira kuti agawane machitidwe abwino ndikutanthauziranso tanthauzo la kukhala osiyana, olingana, komanso ophatikizana muzaka za zana la 21. Okamba nkhani zazikulu aphatikiza Kenney, Purezidenti wa Temple University Richard Englert komanso wopereka chithandizo padziko lonse lapansi komanso wazamalonda Nina Vaca, komanso mawu omwe akutukuka m'dziko komanso mdera lanu omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chatsopano chamomwe mungapangire kusiyanasiyana ndikuphatikizidwa kukhala gawo lofunikira pagawo lililonse ndi mabungwe.
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