Pa Lolemba, Januwale 18, Kuposa 200 odzipereka kuchokera 75 mabanja adasonkhana ku Y kuti anyamule mabokosi azondithandizira a City Meals pa Wheels kuti akapereke kwa okalamba omwe anali ku New Yorkers.
“Mwambo wathu umaphunzitsa kufunika kosamalira ena,” adatero Rabbi Ari Perten, mtsogoleri wa Y's Norman E. Alexander Center for Jewish Life. "Rabbi Akiba adanena momveka bwino kuti kukonda mnzako monga udzikonda wekha ndiye mlendo wamkulu wa Chiyuda. Kubweretsa magulu athu osiyanasiyana kuti azisamalirana pakati pa zovuta za COVID-19 ndi zamphamvu komanso zopindulitsa, ndi zogwirizana ndi mfundo zachiyuda.”
Y Mkulu wa Programme Martin Yafe anawonjezera kuti "imodzi mwamawu amphamvu kwambiri omwe amapezeka pamwambo wachiyuda ndihineni, Chihebri chotanthauza ‘ndili pano.’ M’kati mwa vuto la thanzi ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu limene linapundula dziko lathu., a Y of Washington Heights ndi Inwood adaganiza zolemekeza cholowa cha Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ndipo, ndi liwu limodzi lokweza, fuula, ‘Hineni, ine pano!' Kuposa 200 odzipereka ochokera m'mapulogalamu a Y adabwera ku bwalo lakuseri kwa Y ndipo, pamene akutsatira mosamalitsa kusamvana, adasonkhanitsa masauzande a phukusi lazakudya kuti athandizire City Meals on Wheels’ kuyesetsa kuthana ndi njala ku New York City.
Zinali zochititsa chidwi kwambiri. Ophunzira omaliza sukulu ndi antchito, sukulu za nazale ndi mabanja amsasa, achibale akuluakulu apakati, otenga nawo gawo kuchokera ku Center for Jewish Life . . . anthu ochokera kumapulogalamu osiyanasiyana othandizira anthu ammudzi, kupanga anthu, ndikukhala gulu limodzihineni pa nthawi. Pamene tikuganizira mawuhineni ndi dera, Ndikufuna kuthokoza UJA-Federation of New York chifukwa chothandizira zochitika za Tsiku la MLK mumzinda wonse komanso kufotokoza tanthauzo la mawuwa. "
“Mu Januwale yonse, pa nsanja zambiri za Y, tinafufuza mtengo wachilungamo,” anawonjezera Rabbi Perten. "Kutha kukhala ndi chochitika chomwe titha kuchita nawo gulu lathu pantchito zachilungamo ndikofunikira, posonyeza kuti chilungamo chimagwira ntchito. Kuchititsa chochitika pa Tsiku la MLK kunali kwamphamvu pamene ikupitirizabe khama la Y posamalira anthu ammudzi ndikupereka mwayi wopezeka m'dera lathu lonse. "
Pamene mabanja a ana 5 ndi achikulire adathandizira kusonkhanitsa zokometsera payekha, mabanja omwe ali ndi ana pansi 5 adapanga makhadi palimodzi pa Zoom, ndipo adaphunzira za kufunikira kochepetsa kudzipatula kwa okalamba kuchokera ku Y's Center for Adults Living Well.
Onani nkhani zaY's MLK Tsiku Lodzipereka pa ABC7 Eyewitness News.
