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

譯者: C Cheng 審譯者: Helen Chang

Good evening.

晚上好。

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

我有幸在哈林兒童區工作。

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

它是個由非裔美國人領導的組織，

開創了從出生到就業的 綜合地方服務領域。

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

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

「綜合」這個詞對我們 所做的事而言至關重要。

You know, most interventions focus on one piece

大部分的干預措施只專注於

of a complicated, giant puzzle.

複雜巨大拼圖中的一塊。

But that's not enough to solve the puzzle.

但是這並不足以解決問題。

You don't solve education without understanding the home context

要解決教育的問題

就必須了解年輕學生的 家庭背景、家庭環境，

or the home environment of our young scholar.

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

以及更廣泛的背景， 如健康、營養，及刑事司法。

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

對我們而言，改變的單位 不是個別的孩子，

it's the entire neighborhood.

而是整個社區。

You have to do multiple things at the same time.

你必須同時進行多項工作。

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

我們可以用 20 年的數據 來證明這一方法行之有效。

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

我們的寶貝學院已有 7000 名畢業生，

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

我們的學校消除了黑人學生 與白人學生之間的成就差距。

We've reduced obesity rates in our health programs

通過我們的健康計劃， 我們降低了肥胖率，

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

還有將近 1000 名學生就讀大學。

We weave together a net of services so tightly,

我們編織非常緊密的服務網絡，

so that no one will fall through the cracks.

這樣就不會漏掉任何一個人。

And we've inspired global practitioners.

我們啟發了全球從業人員。

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

已經有超過 500 個美國社區

and 70-plus countries

和 70 多個國家的來訪者

come and visit us to learn our model.

前來學習我們的模式。

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

要知道，全球性和世界性的問題

are not neatly siloed into buckets.

並不是能夠整整齊齊地分門別類。

So therefore the solutions must be comprehensive,

所以解決方案必須是綜合、全面的。

they must be holistic.

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

現在我們正處於全球疫情之中。

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

新冠肺炎揭示了 我們向來了解的真相。

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

我們當中最貧窮的人 付出了生命和生計的最高代價，

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

這每天都在非裔美國人社區中上演。

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

我們死於新冠肺炎的 可能性要比白人高 3.6 倍。

than our white counterparts.

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

我們看到該健康差異呈現在紐約市，

our nation's epicenter.

我國的疫情震央。

And to compound the impact of the health disparities,

使健康差異的衝擊進一步惡化的是

there's significant economic devastation,

對經濟的嚴重破壞。

where one in four of our families in Harlem

在哈林有四分之一的家庭

report food insecurity,

匯報了食物短缺，

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

57％ 的家庭匯報了損失收入或失業。

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

為了更好地了解哈林兒童區的工作，

I want to share a story with you,

我想與你們分享一個故事，

about a second-grade scholar named Sean.

關於一個名叫肖恩的 二年級學生的故事。

Sean is a beautiful Black boy

肖恩是一個帥氣的黑人男孩，

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

他的微笑會照亮他所在的任何房間。

And when quarantine began in March,

當隔離檢疫在三月份開始時，

we noticed that Sean wasn't attending virtual school.

我們注意到肖恩沒遠距上學。

And after some investigation,

經過一番調查，

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

我們得知肖恩的媽媽 因新冠肺炎而住院，

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

因此他和外婆、弟弟妹妹待在家裡，

who was his only viable support system,

他們是他僅有可依靠的親人，

since Sean's father is incarcerated.

因為肖恩的爸爸在監獄服刑。

Grandma was struggling.

外婆苦苦掙扎。

There wasn't much food in the household,

家裡沒多少食物，

limited diapers,

尿布也很有限，

and Sean didn't even have a computer.

肖恩甚至沒有電腦。

When mom was released from the hospital,

當媽媽出院後，

their challenges deepened,

他們的挑戰變得更加艱鉅，

because they could no longer stay with grandma,

因為他們不能再和外婆住在一起了，

due to her preexisting health conditions.

這是由於她已有的健康問題。

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

所以肖恩、幼小的弟弟妹妹 和媽媽不得不住進收容所。

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

肖恩的境遇在哈林兒童區很典型。

We know Sean and millions like him all across the country

我們知道肖恩和全國各地 像他一樣的數百萬人

deserve to have everything that this world has to offer,

值得擁有這個世界所能提供的一切，

without inequality robbing them of that opportunity.

他們不應該因為不平等 而失去應有的機會。

All the result of racism

所有由種族主義、

and historical and systemic underinvestment

歷史性及系統性的 投資不足所造成的後果

are now compounded by COVID-19.

現在正因新冠肺炎而進一步加劇。

Our comprehensive model

我們成效卓越的綜合模式

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

使哈林兒童區在這場 與新冠肺炎的戰鬥中處於獨特的位置。

The success that we have on the ground in Harlem

我們在哈林所取得的成功

makes it imperative,

使得我們責無旁貸地與全國分享所知。

and it is our responsibility to share what we know works

with the country.

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

我們為社區制定了因應新冠肺炎的 綜合救濟與恢復措施。

for our community,

that was surfaced from our community,

它由社區浮現，

focused on five primary areas of need,

聚焦於五個主要需求領域，

and already servicing families like Sean's.

已在為與肖恩 家境相似的家庭提供服務。

They are the following.

措施如下。

One, emergency relief funds.

一、緊急救助資金。

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

我們知道我們這些家庭 現在需要有現金在手裡。

Two, protecting our most vulnerable.

二、保護我們當中最脆弱的人。

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

我們知道家庭需要獲得必需品和信息，

So that is food, that's masks,

即食物、口罩、

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

資源管理清單和公衛行動。

Three, bridging the digital divide.

三、消除數位鴻溝。

We believe that internet is a fundamental right.

我們認為互聯網是基本的權利。

So we need to ensure our families have connectivity,

因此需要確保家庭能夠連上網絡，

and also all school-age children in a household

並且確保每個家庭中所有學齡兒童

have the proper learning devices.

擁有適合的學習設備。

Four, zero learning loss.

四、學習零損失。

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

我們知道，這代學生正面臨著

of losing an entire year of their education.

失去一整年教育的風險。

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

我們需要確保提供高質量的遠距教學，

in addition to having safe reentry planned for school reentry.

和為學校復課而制定的安全返校計劃。

And five, mitigating the mental health crisis.

五、緩解心理健康危機。

There's a generation at risk of having PTSD,

這代人有罹患創傷後壓力症的危險，

due to the massive amounts of toxic stress.

這是由大量的不良壓力造成的。

We need to ensure that our families have access to telehealth

我們需要確保家庭能用視訊醫療，

and other virtual supports.

以及其他的遠距支持。

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

我們在美國的六個城市 擁有六個非常出色的合作夥伴，

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

他們正在將我們的模式 用於自己的社區環境。

They are Oakland, Minneapolis,

這些城市是奧克蘭、明尼亞波利斯、

Chicago, Detroit, Newark and Atlanta.

芝加哥、底特律、紐華克及亞特蘭大。

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

除此之外，我們還有 三個全國性的合作夥伴。

who will be sharing our model and sharing our strategies

他們將通過網絡系統 來分享我們的模式和策略，

through their network,

in addition to amplifying our impact by policy advocacy.

並通過政策的倡導 來擴大我們的影響。

We will have impact on three levels.

我們將在三個層面上產生影響。

Individual impact on the ground in Harlem,

在哈林地區的個人影響

across a number of outcomes in education,

遍及教育、健康、經濟上的眾多成果，

in health, in economics,

reaching 30,000 people.

觸及三萬人。

There's community-level impact across six cities,

在社區層面上的影響遍及六個城市。

again through our amazing partners,

通過我們出色的合作夥伴，

that will reach an additional 70,000 people.

這個層面的影響將涉及到額外七萬人。

And then national impact,

然後是國家級的影響，

not only through policy advocacy,

不僅通過政策的倡導，

but through capacity building at scale.

還有大規模的功能建設。

Our answer to COVID-19,

我們因應新冠肺炎

the despair and inequities plaguing our communities,

和一直困擾我們社區的 絕望與不平等的對策

is targeting neighborhoods with comprehensive services.

是提供以社區為目標的全面綜合服務。

We have certainly not lost hope.

我們當然沒有失去希望。

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

在這場戰爭的前沿， 我們邀請您加入我們。

Thank you.

謝謝。