Yolembedwa pa Marichi 20, 2024
1: 10 madzulo
Woyimira nthawi yayitali akupitilizabe kuyika ndalama mu Legal Aid
Mu 1973, atatuluka kumene kusukulu ya zamalamulo, Sylvester Brooks adalowa nawo Legal Aid ngati Loya Wogwira Ntchito. Amakumbukira bwino tsiku lake loyamba. "Ndinadutsa pakhomo, mpaka pa tebulo lakutsogolo, ndipo palibe amene amandiyembekezera," Sylvester akuseka. “Ndidakhala m’chipinda chodikirira ndi makasitomala, ndikuwayang’ana akubwera ndi kupita. Ogwira ntchitowo ankafuna kudziwa choti achite ndi ine. Pambuyo pake ndinazindikira kuti anali antchito aluso kwambiri, ndipo odzipereka kotheratu ku mishoni. ”
Zaka zoposa 50 kuchokera pamene ntchito yake inayamba ndi Legal Aid, Sylvester ndi mkazi wake Semanthie amakhalabe omuthandizira okhazikika, kupereka zopereka pogwiritsa ntchito IRA yake.
Akufotokoza kuti munthu akafika zaka 73, IRS imafuna kuti atengeko pang'ono kugawa kuchokera ku akaunti yawo ya IRA.
Mu 2023, adaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito ndalamazo kuti agawane anthu oyenerera (QCD) kupita ku Legal Aid - njira yomwe ndalama zanu za IRA zimapita ku bungwe lopanda phindu. Zoperekazo sizilipidwa msonkho, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zopambana kwa Legal Aid ndi banja la Brooks.
“Ndidasankha kupereka ku Legal Aid chifukwa ndikupitilizabe kukhulupirira mishoni. Ndipo chifukwa ino ndi nthawi yomwe ufulu wa nzika zopeza ndalama zochepa, makamaka anthu amtundu wanji uli m’ndende,” adatero Sylvester.
Sylvester akulimbikitsa ena kuti athandizire ntchito ya Legal Aid. Kupereka kwa IRA ndikosavuta kuchita - simuyenera kukhala bilionea ngati MacKenzie Scott kuti mubweze (kutengera mphatso yayikulu kwambiri yomwe Legal Aid idalandirapo - mphatso ya $ 2.5 miliyoni mu 2023).
“Ndikayang’ana m’mbuyo zaka zambiri zimene ndakhala m’malamulo, ndimakumbutsidwa mawu a wolemba nyimbo akuti: ‘Tinali kusuntha mapiri, tisanadziŵe kuti tingathe.’ Komabe, zovuta zidakalipo, "adatero Sylvester. "Choncho, ndikukupemphani kuti musunthire mapiri awa - mapiri a chisalungamo, mapiri a kusagwirizana, mapiri a umphawi ndi kutaya mtima. Ndipo mu mzimu umenewo, ndikulimbikitsa aliyense wa inu kuthandizira Legal Aid ndi cholinga chake chokhala ndi chiyembekezo ndi kuimira mwachangu kwa anthu onse.”
Sylvester, yemwe wakhala woimira zamalamulo kwa nthawi yaitali, ankadziwa kuti akufuna kukhala loya. “Ndinkakhulupirira kuti ndikakhala loya, ndingathandize kusintha kwakukulu,” anatero Sylvester.
Zoonadi, panthawi yonse yomwe amagwira ntchito ndi Legal Aid, ntchito yake ndi UAW Legal Services, ntchito yake yodzipereka, komanso thandizo la ndalama la mabungwe osintha kusintha, Sylvester akupitirizabe kukhala mphamvu yabwino yosinthira.
Mukufuna kufufuza njira zosiyanasiyana zothandizira Legal Aid, monga kupereka kudzera mu IRA yanu kapena thumba lolangizidwa ndi donor? Lumikizanani ndi Legal Aid pa 216.861.5217.
Yosindikizidwa koyambirira mu nyuzipepala ya Legal Aid ya "Poetic Justice", Voliyumu 21, Nkhani 1 mu Winter/Spring 2024. Onani nkhani yonse pa ulalo uwu: “Chilungamo Chandakatulo” Voliyumu 21, Gawo 1.