IIPT Harrisburg Peace Promenade Project yobwezeretsa kukumbukira

Gulu lotsogolera International Institute for Peace kudzera pa Tourism (IIPT) Harrisburg Peace Promenade ikugwira ntchito yobwezeretsa kukumbukira kwa Old 8th Ward ndi anthu ake okhala ndi chipilala choyikidwa pafupi ndi State Capitol of Pennsylvania. Kuvumbulutsidwa kwa chigawo choyamba cha chipilalacho, The Orator's Pedestal, chinali chikondwerero cha maola awiri, motsogozedwa ndi womenyera ufulu wa m'deralo Lenwood Sloan, yemwe akutsogolera ntchitoyi. Inali ndi zokamba, nyimbo ndi masewero a Harrisburg Past Players, gulu lomwe likuyimira ziwerengero za mbiri yakale. Chipilalachi chili ndi anthu anayi otchuka a ku Africa-America: William Howard Day, Thomas Morris Chester, Jacob T. Compton ndi Francis Ellen Walker Harper. Iwo asonkhanitsidwa pafupi ndi mndandanda wa mabanja 100 akuda omwe adasamutsidwa ndi kuwonongedwa. Orators Pedestal ikhala ngati chizindikiro cha GPS cha gulu lomwe lasowapo kale, chithunzi cha Old 8th Ward, komanso mndandanda waulemu wa nzika zake.

Masiku ano, palibe chomwe chatsalira ku Old 8th Ward, makamaka anthu aku Africa-America komanso osamukira kwawo omwe adazungulira Pennsylvania State Capitol Building ku Harrisburg. Uwu unali mkangano wachipembedzo ndi mafuko wa Harrisburg, woimira anthu awiri pa zana alionse a ku Harrisburg. M’nyumba zopanikiza munali anthu mazana ambiri obwera m’dzikolo, makamaka Ajeremani, Akatolika a ku Ireland, ndi Ayuda a ku Russia. Anthu 1600 pa 1900 alionse okhala m’derali anali Achiafirika Achimereka, ambiri a iwo kale anali akapolo. Kukhazikitsidwa koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma XNUMX kuti apangitse kukula kwa Capitol kunali ngozi ya City Beautiful Movement, gulu lakumapeto kwa zaka zana lokonzanso mizinda yaku America (lidabwerezanso pamapulogalamu okonzanso matawuni patatha zaka XNUMX). ).

“Kusonkhana Panjira” kumapanganso malo panthaŵi yake. Malo ... Ward 8th Ward ... Nthawi ... pamene 15th Amendment idakhala lamulo la federal kuti kuvota kwa amuna aku America aku America. Malinga ndi nkhani za nyuzipepala ya ku Harrisburg, anthu anali kukhamukira m’misewu ya Old 8th Ward ndi chisangalalo chodzidzimutsa pamene nzika zinasonkhana kuti ziŵerengedwe pagulu. Kuŵerengako kunatsatiridwa ndi mapemphero ndi matamando. Wojambula wachikazi wa chipilalacho, Francis Harper, wolemba ndakatulo, wolankhula komanso wokwanira ali ndi kopi ya kusintha kwa 15. Monga ambiri omenyera ukapolo ku Pennsylvania, adagwiranso ntchito yolimbikitsa ufulu wovota wa amayi koma zikanatha zaka makumi asanu kuti 19th Amendment isakhale lamulo.

Chipilala chomwe chili ndi anthu anayi otchuka aku Africa-America. omenyera ufulu wawo ndikulemba mndandanda wa mabanja 100 akuda omwe adasamutsidwa ndi kuwonongedwa. Chojambula ndi Becky Ault. Malingaliro a kampani ART Research Enterprises, Inc.

"Mukamamva zambiri, mumakhala okhumudwa kwambiri," adatero Lt. Bwanamkubwa John Fetterman polankhula. "Koma zomwe mungachite ndikukondwerera ndikulimbikitsa zoyesayesa kukumbukira." Fetterman akulimbikitsa chimodzi mwazinthu zotsegulira chipilalachi "Yang'anani M'maofesi a boma" 12. Fetterman akulimbikitsa ogwira ntchito ndi alendo kuti aganizire Zakale 8 pogwiritsa ntchito nkhani ndi zithunzi kuyambira nthawi imeneyo pamagulu otanthauzira olumikizidwa ndi ma QR codes kuzinthu zakuya.

Palinso ma activation ena, kakulidwe ka maphunziro a STEAM, zochitika zapamwezi pamwezi ndi mitundu yosinthira mawonekedwe a anthu otchulidwa m'mbiri yakale omwe akusewera anthu anayi omwe akuimiridwa pachipilala mu chiwonetsero cha machitidwe /"chidziwitso", buku ndi katswiri yemwe adapanga zochitika panthawiyo ( kuyambira 1870-1920) kenako “bweretsani zinthu zakale za banja lanu ndikulankhula ndi ofufuza a mbiri yakale.”

"Ntchitoyi ikukhudza kukhala tcheru, kukhala tcheru pamagazi, thukuta ndi misozi zomwe zidatengera kuti zinthu izi zipitirire," adatero Sloan. “Ndipo ndi kulemekeza voti. "Tikulemekeza Old 8th, tikukumbukira ndime ya 15th Amendment of the Constitution of US zaka 150 zapitazo komanso ndime ya 19th Amendment zaka 100 zapitazo kuti apeze mavoti a African American ndi azimayi motsatana," adatero Sloan uku akugwedeza mutu. nakweza chipewa chake chapamwamba.

The Orator's Pedestal ndiye chidutswa choyamba cha chipilala kuperekedwa. Zimayimira pafupifupi 10% ya mtengo wachikumbutso chonse cha moyo ($ 400,000) ndipo kusonkhanitsa ndalama kukupitilira. "Tikufuna kuti izi zichitike pofika Juneteenth 2020," adatero Sloan. "Tikukhulupirira kuti izikhala ndi njira yomwe anthu masauzande amadutsa tsiku lililonse, ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti anthu aphunzira kufunikira kwa voti."

Ichi ndi chaka chachitatu cha IIPT Harrisburg Peace Promenade. Zaka ziwiri zoyamba, gululo linayang'ana kwambiri zipilala zapakati pa mzinda wa Harrisburg m'mphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Susquehanna zomwe zidawonongeka. Othandizirawo adaperekanso zipilala zisanu ndi zitatu, adakondwerera cholinga chawo choyambirira ndi oyang'anira atsopano, odzipereka kumalo ndi kukumbukira kwake, anthu ndi tsogolo lawo.