Ukususela kwinyanga yokuqala yeCaribbean-American Heritage Month ngo-2006, urhulumente wase-United States unikezele ngokusemthethweni kwiminikelo enkulu yabantu belifa leCaribbean kwisizwe.
Oku kuvunywa kokona kulungileyo ukuba abafuduki baseCaribbean, kubandakanya nabo bazalelwe ngaphakathi, okanye bakhuliswe yiCaribbean, banefuthe elihle eMelika. Ukusuka ku-Nevis ozelwe ngu-Alexander Hamilton, ongomnye woobawo abaseka, ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, igalelo labafuduki baseCaribbean kunye nenzala yabo kumthetho wase-United States, inkcubeko, ezopolitiko, amayeza, imfundo, imithombo yeendaba kunye nazo zonke iindlela zobomi bezingenakulinganiswa.
Inyanga yeLifa leMveli laseCaribbean yenzelwe ukubhiyozela le minikelo ngelixa isebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba i-United States ibingayi kuba lilizwe elinjalo ngaphandle kokungafani kwayo.
Ewe kunjalo, asinakho kwaye asifanelanga ukulibala igalelo likaBarbara Lee, inkosikazi yaseCalifornia, owathi ngo-2005 wazisa isisombululo sokuseka iNyanga yeLifa leMveli leCaribbean-American, enika ingqwalasela esemthethweni kwigalelo lommandla kuphuhliso lwaseMelika. Indlu yeeNgwevu yapasisa isigqibo ngoFebruwari 2006 kwaye uMongameli George W. Bush wakhupha isibhengezo ngomhla we-6 kweyeSilimela, ngo-2006.
Inyanga kaJuni sele ilixesha apho wonke ummi waseCaribbean, kunye nathi thina bahlala eCaribbean, simanyene kwimiboniso yethu yekratshi yazo zonke izinto ezenza ukuba sibe phakathi kwabantu abanobuchule, imveliso, amandla, ukufudumala nokwamkela abantu. emhlabeni. Kwakhona xa uMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean uza kuthatha lo mandla asebenzayo kunye neyantlukwano ukuya eNew York ngexesha leVeki yeCaribbean eNew York.
Nangona kunjalo, lo nyaka wahlukile. Kulo nyaka sijonga iNyanga yeLifa leMveli laseCaribbean ngexesha lelinye lawona maxesha anzima kwimbali yethu nakwihlabathi. Inkqubo ye- Covid-19 Ubhubhane ubeke uqoqosho phantsi koxinzelelo olukhulu, ubomi basemhlabeni njengoko besisazi ukuba bumile, kwaye, ngokunyanisekileyo, sanyanzelisa utshintsho olusisiseko kubo bonke ubomi bethu. Kwaye okulusizi kukuba, ithathe ubomi babantu abaninzi, kubandakanya inani elikhulu labazalwana noodadewethu baseCaribbean.
Silusizi ngokulahleka kobomi kwaye iintliziyo zethu zibuhlungu ngenxa yeentsapho ezichithwe kukusweleka koomama, ootata, abantakwabo, oodadewabo, izalamane nabahlobo.
The I-CTO ikwaqhwabela izandla kwaye inika imbeko kubaphambukeli abaninzi baseCaribbean abazimanya noogxa babo ngaphambili, ngokuzithandela bazinikela njengabongikazi, oogqirha nabanye abasebenzi ababalulekileyo ekulweni intsholongwane. Nonke niyathandaza.
Ngokwendalo, iVeki yeCaribbean iNew York iye yarhoxiswa ngenxa ye-COVID-19, kubandakanya nomsitho weRum kunye neRhythm, evumela iCaribbean Diaspora - abona bameli bethu babakhulu kwezokhenketho kunye neyona ndawo ithembekileyo neyomeleleyo kwintengiso yezokhenketho- kunye namazwe angamalungu eCTO ukubhiyozela izingqisho, ukutya kunye neerum zommandla, ngelixa uphakamisa imali yokuxhasa abafundi baseCaribbean abalandela izifundo kwezokhenketho nakwizifundo ezinxulumene noko.
Njengoko sibhiyozela abantu baseMelika abaneengcambu kwiCaribbean kule nyanga, iCTO ijonge phambili ekuphumeni kwethu kulo bhubhane njengabantu abomeleleyo, abazimisele ngakumbi nabamanyeneyo abanegalelo kwikhaya nakwindlu eyamkelweyo engenakuthelekiswa.
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