Umbhali ophumelele amabhaso kunye nommeli wamalungelo oluntu onamava abanzi amazwe kunye nasekhaya, uMaria McFarland S.áU-nchez-Moren ukhokele i-Alliance Policy Alliance (DPA) ukusukela ngeyoMsintsi ngo-2017. Wongamele lo mbutho ngexesha lotshintsho olubalulekileyo emva kokumka komseki wawo, u-Ethan Nadelmann.
McFarland umlawuli olawulayo weDrug Policy Alliance, ubhengeze ileta ebhalele abasebenzi namhlanje ukuba uzokuyeka isikhundla sakhe kubunkokheli balo mbutho nge-6 ka-Matshi ukuze athathe isikhundla esitsha. Ibhodi yabalawuli be-DPA ixoxa ngenkqubo yokuchonga inkokeli yayo elandelayo kwaye iya kubhengeza amanyathelo alandelayo kwiiveki ezizayo. Okwangoku, uRichard Burns, onamava aphezulu njengomlawuli olawulayo wexesha elide kunye ne-ED yethutyana kwiindawo ezininzi, kubandakanya kutshanje eLambda Legal, uza kungenelela njengo-ED wethutyana we-DPA.
Inkolelo engundoqo
“Ndiyaqhubeka nokubamba inkolelo engundoqo yokuba… ukuphelisa umlo kwiziyobisi kubalulekile ekujonganeni nokungabikho kokusesikweni okuninzi ebendikusebenze kulo lonke ikhondo lomsebenzi, eMelika nasehlabathini jikelele,” utshilo uMcFarland kule leta. "I-DPA ikulungele ukuba nempumelelo engathethekiyo… kwaye ndiza kuqhubeka ndikuvuyisa, ndincedisa nangayiphi na indlela."
Ngethuba lokuhlala kwakhe, i-DPA iye yandisa umsebenzi wayo ekwenziweni kwelizwe ukuba libe lilungelo kuzo zonke iziyobisi ukuze zisetyenziswe buqu kunye nokuhlola iimodeli zolawulo lweziyobisi ezingezizo intsangu. Yaphumelela ekufumaneni UMTHETHO NGOKUGQITHISILEYO-owona mthetho ubanzi wentsangu owakhe waziswa kwiCongress- ngeNdlu yeeNdlu yaseMelika yaseMelika kwaye yaphumelela ukwanda kokutshintshiselana ngesirinji eFlorida. Umbutho uqhubele phambili ngemikhankaso esebenzayo yokugunyazisa indawo ezisetyenziselwa ukusetyenziswa (i-SCS) kwiindawo ezininzi kwilizwe liphela kunye nokugunyazisa intsangu eNew York naseNew Mexico. Kwaye ikhuphe uKhuseleko kuQala, uhlobo lokuqala lwengozi yokunciphisa iziyobisi esekwe kwikharityhulam kulutsha, emva kokuyilinganisa ngempumelelo kwizixeko ezibini ezikhulu.
Ukujongana nemiceli mngeni yakhe
Ukanti kwangaxeshanye wayekhokela i-DPA, uMcFarland wasinda kumhlaza wamabele kwaye wajongana neminye imiceli mngeni emininzi kubomi bakhe bobuqu, lonke elixa wayekhulisa umntwana omncinci. UMcFarland ucacisele abasebenzi ukuba ezi ziganeko zenze ukuba aqwalasele kwakhona ezona zinto ziphambili kuye, nezamkhokelela ekubeni afune isikhundla esiza kulunga kuye ngeli xesha. Ngo-Epreli, uya kujoyina Amalungelo abantu Bukela njengomcebisi ophezulu kwezomthetho egxile eMelika naseMelika.
Ibhodi yabalawuli be-DPA, ebisazi izicwangciso zikaMcFarland, ivakalise usizi ngokushiya kwakhe eyokujoyina i-Human Rights Watch kodwa enombulelo ngomsebenzi wakhe nokuzithemba ngamandla e-DPA.
"Kube luvuyo ukusebenza noMaria, okhokele uManyano loMgaqo-nkqubo weziyobisi ngomzekelo omhle, ukuthembeka, ubukrelekrele, kunye nokuzinikela kwezobulungisa, kunye neenkcukacha ezibalulekileyo zokulawula umbutho," utshilo u-Ira Glasser, Usebenze njengosihlalo webhodi kuninzi lwexesha lokuhlala kukaMcFarland. Usebenze lo msebenzi ngobabalo olukhulu, nangona eboyisa impilo kunye neminye imiceli mngeni. Ngokwesiqhelo, bendizama ukumcenga ukuba ahlale, kodwa ngenxa yesigqibo sakhe esinqwenelekayo sathintela oko. ”
Ukuphulukana kwethu kukuzuza kwabo
"Le Umanyano loMgaqo-nkqubo weziyobisi Ndibe nethamsanqa lokuxhamla kubunkokheli obomeleleyo bukaMaria ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini, ndiphumelele kakhulu, ndiphucula iinkqubo zangaphakathi, kwaye ndicokisa izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kwikamva, "wongeze usihlalo webhodi wangoku uDerek Hodel. "UMaria uzakushiya ngasemva umbutho osebenzayo, owakhiwe kakuhle, neqela labaphathi abalaseleyo abemi kakuhle ukuba babambe amathuba amaninzi afumanekayo kwindawo yohlaziyo lomgaqo-nkqubo weziyobisi."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “I continue to hold the core belief that… ending the war on drugs is critical to addressing many of the social injustices on which I have worked throughout my career, both in the United States and globally,” said McFarland in the letter.
- “It has been a joy to work with Maria, who has led the Drug Policy Alliance with exemplary grit, integrity, intelligence, and dedication to justice, as well as to the critically important details of managing the organization,” said Ira Glasser, who served as board chair for most of McFarland's tenure.
- McFarland the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, announced in a letter to staff today that she will be stepping down from the leadership of the organization on March 6 to assume a new position.
