Jacqueline Patterson

Jacqueline (Jacqui) Patterson ita ce ta kafa The Shirley Chisholm Legacy Project kuma tsohon darektan shirin NAACP na Muhalli da Yanayi, wanda aka sadaukar don magance matsalolin muhalli da adalci na zamantakewa. Ayyukanta suna mai da hankali kan karfafa al'ummomin da aka ware, musamman mata baƙi, ta hanyar samar da albarkatu da kuma ba da shawara don canjin tsarin zuwa ga makomar mai ɗorewa da daidaito.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Jaqui Patterson ya girma a kusa da tashoshin wutar lantarki a kudancin Chicago. Mahaifiyarta ta koma Chicago ta hanyar Babban Shige da Fice kuma mahaifinta ya fito ne daga Jamaica. Kodayake ta san yara a cikin ajiyarta waɗanda ke da asma, mutanen da ke cikin cocinta waɗanda ke buƙatar masu numfashi, kuma mahaifinta ya mutu daga Fibrosis na huhu duk da cewa bai taɓa shan sigari ba, da farko ba ta haɗa tsakanin gurɓataccen iska a cikin unguwarta da waɗannan sakamakon kiwon lafiya ba. Mahaifiyarta ta mutu tana da shekaru 73 daga Ciwon daji na hanji, ɗan'uwanta yana da shekaru 56 daga ciwon kansa na bile, kuma abokai na yara sun mutu da wuri. Patterson ta yanke shawarar yin aiki don ƙoƙarin cire bayyanar guba daga unguwanni kamar wanda ta girma a ciki.

 Ayyuka 
Patterson ta fara aikinta tana da burin zama malamin ilimi na musamman. Koyaya, kwarewarta a cikin Peace Corps ta bayyana batutuwan tsarin da ke shafar ilimi da kiwon lafiya, wanda ke haifar da tsarin cirewa da mamayewa, misali Shell Oil yana gurɓata kayan aikin ruwa na al'umma a Jamaica. Wannan fahimtar game da hulɗar tsarin siyasa da tattalin arziki a cikin lalata haƙƙin ɗan adam ya kai ta ga bin hanyar aiki na Adalci na zamantakewa.

Bayan samun digiri na biyu, Patterson ta ɗauki matsayin mai kula da bincike a Jami'ar Johns Hopkins, ta shiga cikin binciken kiwon lafiyar jama'a da manufofi. Ta ci gaba da bayar da shawararta a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa ga Cibiyar Kula da Kasafin Kudi da Manufofin, tana mai da hankali kan batutuwan adalci na zamantakewa, kuma daga baya ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Mataimakin Shugaban Shirye-shiryen HIV / AIDS na IMA World Health, tana magance matsalolin kiwon lafiyar jama'a a cikin al'ummomin da aka ware. Halin adalci na zamantakewa ya kai ta ga zama Babban Mai Binciken Manufofin 'Yancin Mata na ActionAid, inda ta yi aiki don daidaiton jinsi na duniya. Wadannan abubuwan ne suka jagoranci Patterson don bincika hanyoyin da za a iya amfani da su wajen canza tsarin. 

 Kyaututtuka da karbuwa 

 2021 Heinz Award for the Environment 
 2023 Mata da Kyautar Jagorancin Tattalin Arziki 
 2024 Time Mata na Shekara  - Kyautar Duniya 

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