Mukufuna Thandizo Lalamulo? Zimayamba

#MyLegalAidStory: Bill Ferry


Idasinthidwa pa Epulo 21, 2023
9: 00 m'mawa


Bill Ferry ndi loya wodzipereka yemwe adadzipereka kugwiritsa ntchito luso lake kuti asinthe miyoyo ya anthu aku Ohio omwe sali otetezedwa. Chidwi chake chodzipereka ndi Legal Aid chinayamba pamene mnzake wakale wa m’kalasi wa Cleveland State University College of Law analimbikitsa Bill kudzipereka ndi Legal Aid, ndipo posakhalitsa anadzipeza kukhala woloŵetsedwa m’zonse ziŵiri. Zipatala Zaupangiri Wachidule ku Lorain ndi nkhani zaumwini kuchokera ku Tengani pulogalamu ya Nkhani.

Zokumana nazo zimenezi zinamuthandiza kuzindikira kufunika kofikira anthu a m’madera mwathu amene sapeza thandizo lalamulo mosavuta. Bill adatengera izi, akutumikira osati ku Lorain kokha komanso ku Oberlin Brief Advice Clinics, popeza mwana wake womaliza amapita ku Oberlin College. 

Ngakhale kwa Bill, kudzipereka ndi Legal Aid si njira yobwezera: ndi njira yogwiritsira ntchito mphamvu zomwe maloya ali nazo kuti asinthe. “Monga wophunzira wa zamalamulo, mmodzi wa aphunzitsi anga ananena kuti kukhala loya kumandipatsa mphamvu zambiri. Poyamba, sindinkadziwa tanthauzo la zimenezi, koma ndaphunzira kuti ndikalankhula m’khoti, Khotilo limakhulupirira zimene ndikunena; ndikalemba makalata kapena madandaulo, ndimakhudza ufulu wa anthu ndi udindo wawo; Ndikamacheza ndi anthu wamba, amayembekezera mayankho olondola komanso olondola. Monga oyimira milandu, tapatsidwadi mphamvu zazikulu—ndi udindo wofanana. "

Bill amamvetsetsa kulemera kwa udindo womwe umabwera ndi kukhala loya, ndipo amakhulupirira kuti maloya ali ndi udindo wopereka chithandizo chalamulo kwa omwe sangakwanitse. Amazindikira kuti mamiliyoni aku Ohio ayenera kutenga nawo mbali pamalamulo, komabe ambiri sangakwanitse kuyimilira pazinthu zomwe kuyimilira sikunatsimikizidwe. 

Malingaliro a Bill amachokera ku njira yake yosakhala yachikhalidwe yopita ku malamulo: adakhala zaka zingapo akugwira ntchito pakompyuta atamaliza maphunziro a kusekondale komanso kubanki pambuyo pa koleji, asanalandire digiri yake ya zamalamulo panthawi yamavuto akulu. Makhalidwe ake osiyanasiyana komanso maphunziro apamwamba pazachuma ndi sayansi yandale zamuthandiza bwino, kulola Bill kuti apange chizoloŵezi chopambana pamalamulo abizinesi ndi kukonza malo. 

Ngakhale ali wotanganidwa kwambiri, Bill akudziperekabe kudzipereka ndi Legal Aid chifukwa amamvetsetsa kusiyana kwakukulu komwe kungapangitse kuti pakhale moyo wamakasitomala munthawi yake. Amawona udindo wake ngati loya ngati kuthetsa nkhani zazamalamulo ndikuthandizira makasitomala kupeza mayankho omveka komanso otheka ku zovuta zawo zamalamulo.

Bill Ferry ndi loya wochita bwino yemwe wadzipereka kwambiri kudzipereka ndi Legal Aid kuti apereke thandizo lazamalamulo kwa anthu aku Ohio omwe sali otetezedwa. Amakhulupirira kuti maloya ali ndi udindo wogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo zabwino komanso kuthandiza omwe sangakwanitse kuyimilira. Kupyolera mukuchita nawo Legal Aid, Bill akupanga kusintha kwakukulu m'miyoyo yamakasitomala ake komanso mdera lake. 


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Kutuluka Mwachangu