Josephine Byrd

Josephine Byrd, wacce aka fi sani da Josie Byrd, ƙwararriyar mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan Afirka ce kuma tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar kula da jin daɗin jama'a . An sanya wa ginin ayyukan al'umma na Josephine Byrd da ke Woonsocket, Rhode Island suna saboda ita.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Byrd a cikin dangin masu hannun jari a karkarar South Carolina . Ta koma Woonsocket a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1960. Byrd da ɗan'uwanta sun halarci wata makaranta daban a kudu da kuma wata makaranta mai hade da fararen fata a Woonsocket. Byrd ta yi aiki a Kamfanin Takalma na Uniroyal har sai da aka rufe ta a shekarar 1969. Ta amfani da albashinta na sallama daga kamfanin, Byrd ta sami takardar shaidar kasuwanci. A lokacin, ba a ba wa Ba'amurke Baƙaƙe izinin yin aiki a matsayin sakatare saboda wariya. A shekarar 1974, AT Cross ta ɗauki Byrd aiki a matsayin magatakarda kafin a ɗaukaka shi zuwa sakatare sannan kuma, manajan kula da inganci. Ta yi aiki a kamfanin na tsawon shekaru 23. Byrd da iyalinta sun taimaka wajen kafa Cocin St. James a Woonsocket.  name=":1">  name=":2">  name=":0">

 Ƙungiyoyin fafutuka 
A shekarar 2015, Jaridar The Valley Breeze ta kira Byrd da "ɗaya daga cikin fitattun mutane a cikin ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin jama'a ta Woonsocket."  name=":2">"Remembering Martin Luther King Jr". The Valley Breeze Woonsocket North Smithfield. 2015. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-22. Da take magana a wani bikin girmama ayyukanta na kare haƙƙin jama'a, Byrd ta yi magana game da zanga-zangar neman gidaje masu adalci da jami'an birnin Baƙar fata a Woonsocket. Ta ce ta yi kira a Fadar Gwamnati da a yi bikin Ranar Martin Luther King a Rhode Island . Asinof, Richard (2023). "A true community hero is honored in Woonsocket". ConvergenceRI. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-22.

 Aiki a ayyukan zamantakewa 
A shekara ta 2000, ƙungiyar Community Care Alliance (wadda a da ake kira Family Resource Community Action) ta ɗauki Byrd aiki. "A Building Named in Honor of Josephine Byrd". Community Care Alliance. 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-22. A cewar <i id="mwMg">Woonsocket Call</i>, "A shekara ta 2003, Josie ta sami lambar yabo ta Paul Dempster saboda taimaka wa marasa gidaje—mafi girman lambar yabo da CCA ta bayar." A shekara ta 2023, ta sami lambar yabo ta godiya saboda shekarun da ta yi tana aiki.  A ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, 2023, an karrama ta a cikin wani kudirin Majalisar Wakilai ta Rhode Island wanda Christopher R. Blazejewski da Michael W. Chippendale suka ɗauki nauyinsa saboda "shekaru 20 na hidimar zamantakewa da kuma fafutukar kare haƙƙin 'yan ƙasa a birnin Woonsocket."  A ranar 27 ga Yuni, 2023, ƙungiyar Community Care Alliance ta sake wa ginin da Byrd ke aiki a CCA suna zuwa "Ginin Ayyukan Al'umma na Josephine Byrd". Tsohon ɗan majalisar wakilai, David Cicilline, ya halarci bikin sanya wa ginin suna. Asinof, Richard (2023). "A true community hero is honored in Woonsocket". ConvergenceRI. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-22. 

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