5 needs that any COVID-19 response should meet | Kwame Owusu-Kesse

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Good evening.

晚上好。

It is such a blessing to work at the Harlem Children's Zone,

能在哈莱姆儿童社区组织工作 让我感到非常荣幸。

an African-American-led organization that has pioneered the field

这是一格个非裔美国人 领导的组织致力于开拓

of comprehensive place-based services, from cradle to career.

一种基于地方的服务， 从摇篮到职场的 “综合” 服务，

And that word, "comprehensive," is so key to what we do.

“综合”这个词 对于我们的工作至关重要。

You know, most interventions focus on one piece

大多数的干预措施都专注于

of a complicated, giant puzzle.

一个巨大且复杂的难题的某个方面，

But that's not enough to solve the puzzle.

但这并不足以解决问题。

You don't solve education without understanding the home context

你无法解决教育问题，若不清楚我们的

or the home environment of our young scholar.

年轻学生的家庭情况或所处环境。

Or the broader context of health, nutrition or criminal justice.

或者他们的健康、营养和 刑事司法等更广泛的情况。

The unit of change for us is not the individual child,

对于我们来说， 改变的单位不是单个孩子，

it's the entire neighborhood.

而是整个社区。

You have to do multiple things at the same time.

你需要在同一时间完成大量的事情，

And we have 20 years of data to prove that this works.

我们有 20 年的数据 可以证明这个是有成效的。

We've had 7,000 graduates of our baby college,

我们的宝贝学院已经有 7,000 位毕业生，

we've eliminated the Black-white achievement gap in our schools.

我们也已经消除了在我们学校里 黑人和白人间的成就差距。

We've reduced obesity rates in our health programs

通过健康计划，我们降低了肥胖率，

and have close to 1,000 students enrolled in college.

并有近 1,000 个学生被大学录取。

We weave together a net of services so tightly,

我们将一系列的服务紧紧结合在一起，

so that no one will fall through the cracks.

所以不会有人被遗漏。

And we've inspired global practitioners.

我们也启发了国际上的实践者。

We've had over 500-plus communities across the US

已经有 500 多个美国团体

and 70-plus countries

和超过 70 个国家的团体

come and visit us to learn our model.

来参观和学习我们的模式。

You see, the problems of the globe, and the problems of the world

可见全球的问题、世界的问题

are not neatly siloed into buckets.

并不是整齐地装入一个桶里的。

So therefore the solutions must be comprehensive,

所以解决问题的方法必须是全面的，

they must be holistic.

必须是整体的。

And now we're in the midst of a global pandemic.

现在我们处于全球疫情之中。

COVID-19 has revealed to us what we always knew to be true.

新冠肺炎向我们揭示了 我们一直以来都知道的事实。

The poorest among us pay the highest price with their lives and their livelihood.

我们中最贫困的人为他们的 生命和生活支付着最高昂的代价。

And that's playing out every day in the African American community,

这在非裔美国群体中每日都在上演，

where we're 3.6 times more likely to die of COVID

我们死于新冠疫情的概率

than our white counterparts.

是白人同胞的 3.6 倍。

We're seeing those health disparities on the ground in New York City,

我们看到这个健康差距发生在纽约，

our nation's epicenter.

我们国家的震中。

And to compound the impact of the health disparities,

加剧健康差距影响的是，

there's significant economic devastation,

严重的经济破坏导致

where one in four of our families in Harlem

四分之一在哈莱姆的家庭

report food insecurity,

反映了食品短缺危机，

and 57 percent report a loss of income or a loss of their job.

57% 的家庭失去了收入或工作。

But to better understand the work of the Harlem Children's Zone,

为了更好地理解哈莱姆儿童社区的工作，

I want to share a story with you,

我想跟你们分享一个故事，

about a second-grade scholar named Sean.

一个二年级的学生肖恩的故事。

Sean is a beautiful Black boy

肖恩是一个美好的黑人男孩，

whose smile would light up any room that he's in.

他的笑容会点亮他在的任何房间。

And when quarantine began in March,

当三月份的隔离开始，

we noticed that Sean wasn't attending virtual school.

我们发现肖恩并没有参加线上课程。

And after some investigation,

通过一番调查之后，

we've come to learn that Sean's mom was hospitalized due to COVID.

我们发现肖恩的妈妈 因为新冠肺炎住院了。

So he was at home with grandma and his baby sibling,

所以，他与他的祖母和兄弟在家，

who was his only viable support system,

因为他的父亲进了监狱，

since Sean's father is incarcerated.

所以他们成了肖恩 唯一能够依靠的支柱。

Grandma was struggling.

祖母步履维艰。

There wasn't much food in the household,

家里的食物不是很多，

limited diapers,

尿布有限，

and Sean didn't even have a computer.

肖恩也没有电脑。

When mom was released from the hospital,

当妈妈出院之后，

their challenges deepened,

他们的挑战加剧了，

because they could no longer stay with grandma,

因为基于她的健康状况，

due to her preexisting health conditions.

他们不能再跟祖母待在一起。

So Sean, his baby sibling and his mom had to go to a shelter.

所以肖恩，他的弟弟 和他的妈妈不得不去避难所。

Sean's story is not atypical at the Harlem Children's Zone.

肖恩的故事在哈莱姆 儿童社区并不是典型。

We know Sean and millions like him all across the country

我们知道肖恩和全国数百万个 和他一样的孩子们

deserve to have everything that this world has to offer,

值得拥有这个世界 应该给予的一切东西，

without inequality robbing them of that opportunity.

没有不平等去剥夺他们的机会。

All the result of racism

所有种族歧视的不平等

and historical and systemic underinvestment

以及历史和系统的投资不足

are now compounded by COVID-19.

现在都被新冠肺炎加重了。

Our comprehensive model

我们的全面模式

uniquely positions the Harlem Children's Zone in the fight of COVID.

独特地定位了抗击新冠疫情的 哈莱姆儿童社区。

The success that we have on the ground in Harlem

我们在哈莱姆区的成功

makes it imperative,

使它成为当务之急，

and it is our responsibility to share what we know works

我们有责任与国家分享我们所知道的

with the country.

行之有效的方法。

We have developed a comprehensive COVID-19 relief and recovery response

我们为社区制定了新冠肺炎疫情防控

for our community,

和恢复的全面对策，

that was surfaced from our community,

这个对策源于我们的社区，

focused on five primary areas of need,

着重在五个主要的需求领域，

and already servicing families like Sean's.

并且已经服务像肖恩这样的家庭。

They are the following.

这些措施如下：

One, emergency relief funds.

第一，紧急救助基金。

We know that our families need cash in their hands right now.

我们知道我们的家庭 需要手上立马有现金。

Two, protecting our most vulnerable.

第二，保护最脆弱的群体。

We know our families need access to essential goods and information.

我们知道我们的家庭需要 获取必需品和信息。

So that is food, that's masks,

要有食物，口罩，

that's a curated resource list and public health campaigns.

精心策划的资源清单和公共卫生活动。

Three, bridging the digital divide.

第三，消除数字鸿沟。

We believe that internet is a fundamental right.

我们认为互联网是基础权利。

So we need to ensure our families have connectivity,

所以我们需要确保 我们的家庭能够联网，

and also all school-age children in a household

并且家中所有学龄儿童

have the proper learning devices.

有适当的学习设备。

Four, zero learning loss.

第四，学习零损耗。

We know that there's a generation of students at risk

我们清楚有一代的学生

of losing an entire year of their education.

有失去整个学年的风险。

We need to make sure that we are providing high-quality virtual programing,

除了安全返校的计划，我们需要确保

in addition to having safe reentry planned for school reentry.

提供高质量的虚拟课程，

And five, mitigating the mental health crisis.

第五，减轻心理健康危机。

There's a generation at risk of having PTSD,

这代人有患创伤后应激障碍的风险，

due to the massive amounts of toxic stress.

因为这些大量的有毒害的压力。

We need to ensure that our families have access to telehealth

我们需要确保我们的家庭 能够获得远程医疗服务

and other virtual supports.

和其他虚拟支持。

We have six amazing partners across six cities in the United States

我们在美国的六个城市 有六个很棒的合作伙伴

that are adopting our model for their own context in their community.

针对他们自己的社区情况 采纳我们的模式。

They are Oakland, Minneapolis,

它们是奥克兰，明尼阿波利斯，

Chicago, Detroit, Newark and Atlanta.

芝加哥，底特律，纽瓦克和亚特兰大。

In addition to those partners, we have three national partners,

除了这些伙伴之外， 我们还有三个国家伙伴，

who will be sharing our model and sharing our strategies

他们将会通过他们的网络分享

through their network,

我们的模式和策略，

in addition to amplifying our impact by policy advocacy.

以及通过政策宣传扩大我们的影响。

We will have impact on three levels.

我们将会在三个层面上产生影响。

Individual impact on the ground in Harlem,

对哈莱姆地区的个人影响，

across a number of outcomes in education,

覆盖了教育、

in health, in economics,

健康、经济方面的一系列产出，

reaching 30,000 people.

惠及了三万人。

There's community-level impact across six cities,

还有跨越六个城市社区层面的影响，

again through our amazing partners,

再一次通过我们了不起的伙伴，

that will reach an additional 70,000 people.

这将会惠及额外七万人。

And then national impact,

然后是国家层面的影响力，

not only through policy advocacy,

不仅通过政策倡导，

but through capacity building at scale.

但通过大规模的能力建设。

Our answer to COVID-19,

我们对新冠疫情，

the despair and inequities plaguing our communities,

以及一直困扰我们社区的 绝望和不平等的响应

is targeting neighborhoods with comprehensive services.

是为社区提供全面综合的服务。

We have certainly not lost hope.

我们当然没有失去希望。

And we invite you to join us on the front lines of this war.

在这场战争的前沿， 我们诚邀您的加入。

Thank you.

谢谢。