Umbhali owine imiklomelo kanye nommeli wamalungelo abantu onolwazi olunzulu lwamazwe ngamazwe nasekhaya, uMaria McFarland S.áU-nchez-Moren uye wahola i-Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) kusukela ngo-September 2017. Uqondise le nhlangano ngesikhathi soshintsho oluphawulekayo ngemva kokuhamba komsunguli wayo, u-Ethan Nadelmann.
McFarland umqondisi omkhulu we-Drug Policy Alliance, umemezele encwadini ayibhalele abasebenzi namuhla ukuthi uzokwehla esikhundleni sobuholi bale nhlangano ngoMashi 6 ukuze athathe isikhundla esisha. Ibhodi labaqondisi be-DPA lixoxa ngenkuthalo ngenqubo yokuhlonza umholi walo olandelayo futhi lizomemezela izinyathelo ezilandelayo emasontweni ezayo. Ngaleso sikhathi, uRichard Burns, onokuhlangenwe nakho okuvelele njengomqondisi ophethe wesikhathi eside kanye ne-ED yesikhashana ezilungiselelweni eziningi, okuhlanganisa kamuva nje e-Lambda Legal, uzongenela njenge-ED yesikhashana ye-DPA.
Inkolelo Eyinhloko
"Ngisaqhubeka nokubamba inkolelo ewumsuka yokuthi... ukuqeda impi yezidakamizwa kubalulekile ekubhekaneni nokungabi nabulungiswa okuningi kwezenhlalo engisebenze kukho kuwo wonke umsebenzi wami, e-United States nasemhlabeni jikelele," kusho uMcFarland encwadini. “I-DPA ilindele impumelelo enkulu… futhi ngizoqhubeka nokukukhuthaza, futhi ngisize nganoma iyiphi indlela engingayenza.”
Phakathi nokubusa kwakhe, i-DPA iye yandisa umsebenzi wayo wokwenza kube semthethweni ukuba nazo zonke izidakamizwa ukuze azisebenzisele yena siqu kanye nokuhlola izindlela zokulawula zezidakamizwa ngaphandle kwensangu. Iphumelele ukuthola uMthetho OKWENGEZIWE—umthetho ophelele wensangu owake wethulwa kuKhongolose—ngeKomidi Lezobulungiswa LeNdlu Yabamele Wase-US futhi yawina ukunwetshwa kokushintshisana ngesirinji eFlorida. Le nhlangano iphokophele phambili ngemikhankaso esebenza ngempumelelo yokugunyaza izindawo ezisetshenziswayo ezigadiwe (SCS) ezifundazweni eziningi ezweni lonke kanye nokwenza kube semthethweni insangu eNew York naseNew Mexico. Futhi ikhiphe i-Safety First, inkambo yokuqala yohlobo lwayo yokufundisa izidakamizwa esekelwe ekunciphiseni ukulimala entsheni, ngemva kokuyihlola ngempumelelo emadolobheni amabili amakhulu.
Ukubhekana Nezinselele Zakhe
Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo njengoba ehola i-DPA, uMcFarland wasinda kumdlavuza webele futhi wabhekana nezinye izinselele eziningi ekuphileni kwakhe siqu, ngesikhathi ekhulisa ingane encane. UMcFarland uchazele abasebenzi ukuthi le micimbi imenze waphinde wahlola izinto ezibalulekile kuye, nokwaholela ekutheni afune isikhundla esizomfanelekela kangcono ngalesi sikhathi. Ngo-April, uzojoyina Human Rights Buka njengomeluleki wezomthetho ophezulu egxile eMelika nase-United States.
Ibhodi labaqondisi be-DPA, ebelizazi izinhlelo zikaMcFarland, lizwakalise ukudabuka ngokushiya kwakhe ukujoyina i-Human Rights Watch kodwa ukubonga ngomsebenzi wakhe nokuthembela emandleni e-DPA.
“Kube yintokozo ukusebenza noMaria, ohole i-Drug Policy Alliance ngesibonelo esihle, ubuqotho, ubuhlakani, nokuzinikela kwezobulungiswa, kanye nemininingwane ebaluleke kakhulu yokuphatha inhlangano,” kusho u-Ira Glasser, owathi. wasebenza njengosihlalo webhodi isikhathi esiningi sikaMcFarland. “Lo msebenzi uwenze ngomusa omkhulu, yize enqobe izinkinga zempilo nezinye. Ngokuvamile, ngangiyozama kanzima ukumncenga ukuba ahlale, kodwa isimo sakhe sobuntu siqu sakuvimbela lokho.”
Ukulahlekelwa Kwethu kuyinzuzo Yabo
"The Inqubomgomo Yezidakamizwa ube nenhlanhla yokuhlomula ebuholini obuqinile buka-Maria iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili, ezuza impumelelo enkulu, ethuthukisa izinhlelo zayo zangaphakathi, futhi ecwenga izinto ezibaluleke kakhulu esikhathini esizayo,” kwengeza usihlalo webhodi wamanje u-Derek Hodel. “UMaria uzoshiya ngemuva inhlangano esebenza kahle, eyakheke kahle, enethimba labaphathi abaphezulu elikulungele ukusebenzisa amathuba amaningi atholakalayo endaweni yokushintshwa kwenqubomgomo yezidakamizwa.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “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.
