Boka riri kutungamirira International Institute for Runyararo kuburikidza neKushanya (IIPT) Harrisburg Peace Promenade iri kushanda kudzoreredza ndangariro yeOld 8th Ward nevanhu vayo vane chiumbwa chakaiswa pedyo neState Capitol yePennsylvania. Kuparurwa kwechikamu chekutanga chechivako ichi, The Orator's Pedestal, kwaive kupemberera kwemaawa maviri, kuchitungamirwa nemurwiri wenzvimbo iyi Lenwood Sloan, ari kutungamira chirongwa ichi. Yaiva nehurukuro, nziyo uye mitambo neHarrisburg Past Players, boka rinomiririra nhamba kubva munhoroondo yemunharaunda. Chikumbaridzo ichi chine vanhu vana vane mukurumbira muAfrica-America: William Howard Day, Thomas Morris Chester, Jacob T. Compton naFrancis Ellen Walker Harper. Vakaungana vakatenderedza pedestal yakanyorwa 100 mhuri dzeVatema dzakadzingwa nekuputswa. Iyo Orators Pedestal ichashanda semucherechedzo weGPS wenharaunda yakambokosheswa ikozvino yanyangarika, pikicha yeOld 8th Ward, uye ruremekedzo rwechikamu chemuchinjiko wevagari vayo.
Nhasi, hapana chasara cheOld 8th Ward, nharaunda inonyanya kuAfrica-America uye yevatorwa vakakomberedza Pennsylvania State Capitol Building muHarrisburg. Uku kwaiva kunyungudika kwechitendero uye kwemarudzi eHarrisburg, ichimiririra zvikamu zviviri kubva muzana zvevagari veHarrisburg. Dzimba dzakatsvikinyidzana dzaigara mazana evatorwa, zvikurukuru vokuGermany, vaIrish Catholic, uye vaJudha vokuRussia. Zvikamu makumi mana kubva muzana zvevagari ve1600 munharaunda iyi vaive vaAfrica America, vazhinji vavo vaimbove varanda. Yakacheneswa mukutanga 1900's kuita nzvimbo yekuwedzera kweCapitol yaive ngozi yeGuta Rakanaka Movement, bato pakupera kwezana-zana rekugadzirisa maguta eAmerica (yakataura zvakare muzvirongwa zvekuvandudzwa kwemaguta hafu yezana ramakore gare gare. )
“Kuungana Pamharadzano” kunoumbazve nzvimbo nenguva. Nzvimbo ... yeOld 8th Ward ... Nguva ... apo 15th Amendment yakava mutemo wemubatanidzwa unopa kuvhota kwevarume vemuAfrica vekuAmerica. Sekureva kwenhoroondo dzepepanhau reHarrisburg, vanhu vaidirana mumigwagwa muOld 8th Ward vachifara zvavo apo vagari vakaungana kuti vaverengere vanhu. Kuverenga kwacho kwakateverwa neminyengetero nerumbidzo. Chiyereso chechikadzi chimiro, Francis Harper, mudetembi, orator uye suffragette akabata kopi yechi15 chigadziriso. Sevazhinji vePennsylvania Anti-slavery advocates, aiitawo kutsigira kodzero yevakadzi yekuvhota asi zvaizotora mamwe makore makumi mashanu 19th Amendment isati yava mutemo.
Monument ine vanhu vana vane mukurumbira muAfrica-America . varatidziri uye kunyora zana mhuri dzevatema dzakadzingwa nekuputswa. Sculpture naBecky Ault. Nhoroondo ye ART Research Enterprises, Inc.
"Paunonyanya kunzwa, unowedzera kusuruvara," Lt. Gavhuna John Fetterman akadaro panguva yekutaura kwake. "Asi zvese zvaunogona kuita kupemberera uye kukurudzira kuedza kurangarira." Fetterman iri kusimudzira chimwe chezviitwa zvechiumbwa ichi “Look Up Look Out,” nhevedzano yezvimisikidzo muzvivako zvemahofisi ehurumende gumi nembiri. Fetterman arikukurudzira vashandi nevashanyi kuti vafungidzire Old 12th vachishandisa nyaya nemifananidzo kubva panguva iyoyo pamapaneru ekududzira akabatana neQR macode kune zvakadzama zvirimo.
Kune mamwe ma activation, STEAM curricula kuvandudza, mwedzi wega wega veruzhinji kubatanidzwa pamwe nekuchinjana mafomati kuita kwevapenyu venhoroondo vatambi vachitamba vanhu vana vanomiririrwa mucherechedzo mukuita / "ruzivo" ratidziro yemaitiro, bhuku uye nyanzvi inogadzira kubuda mukati menguva ( kubva muna 1870-1920) zvichiteverwa ne “unza zvinhu zvemhuri yako utaure nevatikitivha venhoroondo yedu.”
"Chirongwa ichi ndechekuchenjerera, pamusoro pekuchenjerera pamusoro peropa, dikita nemisodzi zvakatora kuti zvinhu izvi zvifambire mberi," akadaro Sloan. “Uye ndezvekukoshesa vhoti. "Tiri kuremekedza Old 8th, tiri kurangarira kupasiswa kwe15th Amendment yeBumbiro reMitemo reAmerica makore 150 apfuura uye kupasiswa kwe19th Amendment makore zana apfuura kuti vanhu vemuAfrica nevakadzi vemuAfrica vavhote zvakateerana," Sloan akadaro achigutsurira musoro. ndokupfekedza ngowani yake yepamusoro.
Iyo Orator's Pedestal ndicho chidimbu chekutanga chechiyeuchidzo kuendeswa. Inomiririra inenge gumi muzana yemutengo wehupenyu-hukuru hwakazara monument ($10) uye kutsvaga mari kuri kuenderera mberi. "Tinoda kuti izvi zvinge zvavepo panosvika Gunyana 400,000," akadaro Sloan. "Tinovimba kuti zvichasimbisa kona iyo zviuru zvevanhu zvinoyambuka zuva rega rega, uye isu tinovimba vanhu vanodzidza kukosha kwevhoti."
Iri igore rechitatu reIIPT Harrisburg Peace Promenade. Makore maviri ekutanga, boka rakatarisa pazvivakwa zvemudhorobha reHarrisburg pedyo neRwizi rweSusquehanna rwakanga rwaparara. Varatidziri vakatsaurirazve zviyeuchidzo zvisere, vakapemberera chinangwa chavo chepakutanga nevatariri vatsva, vakazvipira kunzvimbo nendangariro dzayo, vanhu neramangwana ravo.
