Sahara Aden swayed thiab pirouetted nyob rau hauv nws ci liab tsoos hnav ris tsho, enacting ib sab ntsuj plig seev cev ntawm nws Somali Bantu neeg.
Kev seev cev yog Somali, tab sis qhov chaw yog Milwaukee's Washington Park.
Tau mus ntau txhiab mais ntawm ib lub chaw neeg tawg rog Kenyan los tsim lub neej tshiab hauv Milwaukee, Sahara yog ib qho ntawm ob peb tus kws tshaj lij uas sawv cev rau lawv cov kab lis kev cai thiab tsim kev sib tham hauv zej zog ntawm Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Sib Tw tsis ntev los no thaum hmo ntuj. Peb Tiam Tshiab (ONG) center.
Kwv yees li 50 tus neeg nyob hauv thiab cov neeg tuaj xyuas tuaj koom qhov kev tshwm sim, kev sib koom tes ntawm Washington Park Partners (WPP) thiab ONG kom pom cov kab lis kev cai ntawm cov zej zog sib txawv ntawm cov zej zog.
Cov neeg hais lus Somali thiab Hmoob tau seev cev thiab hais txog lawv lub tebchaws keeb kwm ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim, uas tseem suav nrog kev nthuav qhia keeb kwm hauv nroog thiab kev seev cev hauv nroog.
Cov kev sib sau ua ke no ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev sib koom ua ke thiab pab cov tsev neeg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov tsev neeg los ntawm thawj tiam neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw, raws li Bob Dunn, ONG tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO.
"Nws yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm lub zej zog tsim kom muaj cov dej num no," Dunn hais. "Koj tsis tuaj yeem tau txais qhov ntawd hauv kev qhuab qhia."
Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb tshwj xeeb hauv zej zog ntau haiv neeg, Dunn ntxiv. Washington Park yeej ib txwm muaj ntau haiv neeg, raws li cov neeg nyob hauv zos thiab tus tswv lag luam Dave Boucher, uas tau qhia txog keeb kwm hauv zej zog.
Boucher tau hais tias "Peb tau ua kev seev cev ntawm kev sib xyaw cov kab lis kev cai thiab haiv neeg txhua xyoo," Boucher tau hais, ntxiv tias cov neeg nyob hauv Washington Park tej zaum yuav hais tau tsib lossis ntau hom lus.
Yam tsawg kawg peb yam lus no tau sawv cev ntawm Peb Lub Neej Tom Ntej, 3421 W. Lisbon Ave., uas muab kev qhia ntawv, kev txhawb nqa kev kawm, kev npaj ua haujlwm thiab lwm yam kev pabcuam rau cov menyuam yaus hauv cheeb tsam.
Sahara, ib tug junior ntawm St. Joan Antida High School thiab ib tus neeg koom tes thiab tuaj yeem pab dawb ntawm ONG, tau npaj cov tub ntxhais kawm seev cev thiab nthuav qhia keeb kwm luv luv ntawm cov neeg Somali Bantu.
Yug hauv Kenya rau cov niam txiv Somali, Sahara tau mus rau Tebchaws Meskas hauv xyoo 2003. Tam sim no tus kws tshaj lij hluav taws xob xav tau, nws tau lees paub rau Milwaukee School of Engineering thiab npaj yuav mus kawm tom qab kawm tiav high school xyoo tom ntej.
Sahara nthuav tawm los tsim kom muaj kev sib koom tes zoo dua hauv nws lub zej zog, uas yog "kev sib cais heev," nws hais.
Sahara tau sau tseg tias "Peb cov neeg tau tawg mus rau hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab tsis muaj kev sib raug zoo nrog ib leeg," "Peb keeb kwm thiab kab lis kev cai tsis tshua pom."
Cov menyuam yaus Somali feem ntau ntshai nrhiav kev kawm tshiab thiab kev sib raug zoo vim muaj teeb meem kab lis kev cai thiab lus, nws hais ntxiv.
Dunn tau hais tias "Cia li ntau tus tau siv lawv lub xyoo dhau los hauv cov neeg tawg rog, thiab qhov cuam tshuam ntawd muaj kev cuam tshuam loj," hais ntxiv tias ntau tus menyuam yaus hauv ONG tau ntsib kev kub ntxhov.
Cov dej num xws li kev nthuav qhia ntau haiv neeg pab cov menyuam yaus muaj kev sib koom siab ntawm zej zog. Kev tsim kev ntseeg siab yog qhov tseem ceeb tshwj xeeb rau cov menyuam yaus thawj tiam, raws li Dunn.
Sahara pom zoo. Nws hais tias, "'Lub ntuj yog qhov txwv,"Kuv hais rau menyuam yaus. "Tab sis kev ntshai tuaj yeem tshem [lawv] txoj hauv kev kom ua tau zoo."
Abdi Abu, 17, yog ib tug Somali Bantu uas tau mus rau Tebchaws Meskas hauv 2004. Abdi tuaj "saib kev coj noj coj ua."
Nws nyuaj rau kev hloov kho rau Milwaukee, Abdi tau hais, ntxiv tias nws tsis tau hais lus Askiv thaum nws tuaj txog thawj zaug. Tam sim no ib tug tub kawm ntawv ntawm Clara Mohammed Tsev Kawm Ntawv, Abdi tau txais kev pab los ntawm ONG nrog kev kawm thiab lus Askiv. Nws tau sau tseg tias kev pab hais lus tseem ceeb heev.
Abdi hais tias "Kuv tsev neeg hais lus Askiv ib nrab," "Kuv mus tsev thiab qhia lawv yam kuv tau kawm."
Tam sim no Abdi vam tias yuav mus kawm ntawv qib siab thiab "ua tiav yam zoo" nrog kev pab los ntawm ONG, ntxiv tias nws tab tom txiav txim siab mus koom Marquette University.
Lwm cov xwm txheej suav nrog kev nyeem paj huam los ntawm Chiv Keeb Renji thiab keeb kwm skit los ntawm Westside Academy cov tub ntxhais kawm qib xya Shawanda Blackmon, VeAndre Humphrey thiab Darius Grey.
Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.
