Today is the day to make your voice heard Alondra Veronica V. Silva Muñoz skrifar 14. maí 2022 11:31 I know no one told you that you should have applied to dagmamma when your baby was born. You didn’t know that the city subsided the dagforeldrar system partially. You jump through the hoops trying to find your way around the system, I know. Most of the time, you don’t know how to make an appointment for a doctor. You didn’t know how to apply for a spot for your baby in leikskoli. Maybe you don’t have a car and need to use the transportation system for long distances, and you think there is room for improvement. I know that when your children finally made it to school, you struggled to understand what was happening at all times. Everything is much harder when you are not from here. I know all about that. All of these issues are in one way or another, affected by politics and more particularly by the local government, which is elected democratically. If you have been living in Iceland for 3 years or more, regardless of where you are from, you are entitled to vote for who you want to be representing you where the decisions are made. This is what democracy is about, the residents of a city and members of each community have specific needs and they should be represented at the table where the resources are allocated and the future is shaped. You live in this city and you are a valued member of the community. Your voice is important and should be heard, not only because you are paying taxes or because you are costing more or less financial resources to the taxpayers. You are contributing to our society, just like everyone else. Reykjavik is an intercultural city that values diversity because that is what drives change and moves us forward. Your voice should be heard and will be heard through your vote. I never thought that I would take part in party politics in my life. I always have had opinions and ideas on how to improve the system, and I had never guessed that I would become an active member of a political party in Iceland, being from Chile. I did. I found a group of people that shares common values and ways of thinking with me and four years ago I decided to join. Today, I hold seat 13 in the list for Samfylkingin, the Social Democratic Alliance and I hope I can take part in the City Council as a Vice City Councilor at some point in the next 4 years. I want to represent people that have similar struggles as mine. We are part of a society that was not designed to understand our needs. We need to conduct surveys and listen to all the population, especially those who have not been heard before. We were not born here, but our home is here. Our families and our future is here and we want the best for us and our communities. We are just like everyone else, but we have different needs. I want to hear from you and contribute to finding solutions to those problems. I encourage you to consider Samfylkingin, the Social Democratic Alliance for your vote for the Reykjavik City Council. You will find representatives that look like you, that understand your struggles and want to advocate for you. The main issues of Samfylkingi’s policy are: 1) Housing for all, 2) Improvement of public transportation by developing Borgarlína, and 3) A better city for our children, building more leikskólar and ungbarnaleikskólar to bridge the gap between parental leave and the beginning of leikskóli. All of these are issues that impact households where one or more are non-Icelanders, especially women. My professional career (and my husbands’, to a lesser extent) was affected by this gap, for example, so I understand very well what improvements need to be made and I want to push for them. You can find information about the policies here. Today is the last day to vote. Polling stations will be open and information on where to vote can be found here. See you at the polling place. X + S. The author of this article is a woman from Chile, a resident of Reykjavik and holds seat 13 in the list for City Council of Samfylkingin, the Social Democratic Alliance. Viltu birta grein á Vísi? Sendu okkur póst. Senda grein Skoðun: Kosningar 2022 Reykjavík Samfylkingin Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2022 Mest lesið Sjálfstæðismenn boða víst skattalækkanir á þá efnamestu Haukur V. Alfreðsson Skoðun Viltu borga 200 þús á mánuði eða 600 þús á mánuði af íbúðinni? Hildur Þórðardóttir Skoðun Fellur helsti stuðningsmaður menningarmála af þingi? Magnús Logi Kristinsson Skoðun ESB kærir sig ekkert um Ísland í jólagjöf Ole Anton Bieltvedt Skoðun Vímuefnið VONÍUM Haraldur Ingi Haraldsson Skoðun Almageddon? Eyþór Kristleifsson Skoðun Betri Strætó 2025 og (svo) Borgarlína Dagur B. Eggertsson Skoðun Svartir föstudagar í boði íslenskra stjórnvalda Haukur Guðmundsson Skoðun Afvegaleidd umræða um áskoranir heilbrigðiskerfisins Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir Skoðun Það sem ekki má fjalla um fyrir kosningar til Alþingis Árni Jensson Skoðun Skoðun Skoðun Kjósum rétt(indi) fyrir fatlað fólk! Unnur Helga Óttarsdóttir,Anna Lára Steindal skrifar Skoðun Frelsi er allra, ekki fárra útvaldra Jón Óskar Sólnes skrifar Skoðun Menntun og tækifæri: Hvað veljum við fyrir Ísland? Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir: skrifar Skoðun Eyðimerkurganga kosningabaráttunnar? Viðar Hreinsson skrifar Skoðun Krónan eða evran? Kostir og gallar Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson skrifar Skoðun Kjóstu meiri árangur Bryndís Haraldsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Hvaða hlekkur ert þú í keðjunni? Ellý Tómasdóttir skrifar Skoðun Laxeldið verður ekki stöðvað Kristinn H. Gunnarsson skrifar Skoðun Þroskamerki þjóðar Tómas Torfason skrifar Skoðun Afvegaleidd umræða um áskoranir heilbrigðiskerfisins Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Var stytting náms til stúdentsprófs í þágu ungmenna? Sigurður E. Sigurjónsson skrifar Skoðun Það sem ekki má fjalla um fyrir kosningar til Alþingis Árni Jensson skrifar Skoðun Launafólk sýndi ábyrgð – Hvað með bankana og fjármagnseigendur? Finnbjörn A. Hermannsson skrifar Skoðun Sjálfstæðar konur? Sonja Ýr Þorbergsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Fullveldinu er fórnað með aðild að Evrópusambandinu Anton Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Endurhugsum dæmið, endurnýtum textíl Guðbjörg Rut Pálmadóttir skrifar Skoðun Betri Strætó 2025 og (svo) Borgarlína Dagur B. Eggertsson skrifar Skoðun Um kosningar, gulrætur og verðbólgu Jean-Rémi Chareyre skrifar Skoðun Gæti aukin einkavæðing og skólaval í grunnskólakerfinu bætt námsárangur og aukið jafnrétti? Jón Páll Haraldsson,Linda Heiðarsdóttir,Ómar Örn Magnússon skrifar Skoðun Fellur helsti stuðningsmaður menningarmála af þingi? Magnús Logi Kristinsson skrifar Skoðun Sjálfstæðismenn boða víst skattalækkanir á þá efnamestu Haukur V. Alfreðsson skrifar Skoðun Vímuefnið VONÍUM Haraldur Ingi Haraldsson skrifar Skoðun Viltu borga 200 þús á mánuði eða 600 þús á mánuði af íbúðinni? Hildur Þórðardóttir skrifar Skoðun Þegar náttúruvinir hitta frambjóðendur. Hjálpartæki kjósandans Stefán Jón Hafstein skrifar Skoðun Svartir föstudagar í boði íslenskra stjórnvalda Haukur Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Eitt heimili, ein fjölskylda og ein heilsa Pétur Heimisson skrifar Skoðun BRCA Elín Íris Fanndal Jónasdóttir skrifar Skoðun ESB kærir sig ekkert um Ísland í jólagjöf Ole Anton Bieltvedt skrifar Skoðun Að kjósa með nútíma hugsunarhætti Ragnhildur Katla Jónsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Í upphafi skal endinn skoða.. Sigurður F. Sigurðarson skrifar Sjá meira
I know no one told you that you should have applied to dagmamma when your baby was born. You didn’t know that the city subsided the dagforeldrar system partially. You jump through the hoops trying to find your way around the system, I know. Most of the time, you don’t know how to make an appointment for a doctor. You didn’t know how to apply for a spot for your baby in leikskoli. Maybe you don’t have a car and need to use the transportation system for long distances, and you think there is room for improvement. I know that when your children finally made it to school, you struggled to understand what was happening at all times. Everything is much harder when you are not from here. I know all about that. All of these issues are in one way or another, affected by politics and more particularly by the local government, which is elected democratically. If you have been living in Iceland for 3 years or more, regardless of where you are from, you are entitled to vote for who you want to be representing you where the decisions are made. This is what democracy is about, the residents of a city and members of each community have specific needs and they should be represented at the table where the resources are allocated and the future is shaped. You live in this city and you are a valued member of the community. Your voice is important and should be heard, not only because you are paying taxes or because you are costing more or less financial resources to the taxpayers. You are contributing to our society, just like everyone else. Reykjavik is an intercultural city that values diversity because that is what drives change and moves us forward. Your voice should be heard and will be heard through your vote. I never thought that I would take part in party politics in my life. I always have had opinions and ideas on how to improve the system, and I had never guessed that I would become an active member of a political party in Iceland, being from Chile. I did. I found a group of people that shares common values and ways of thinking with me and four years ago I decided to join. Today, I hold seat 13 in the list for Samfylkingin, the Social Democratic Alliance and I hope I can take part in the City Council as a Vice City Councilor at some point in the next 4 years. I want to represent people that have similar struggles as mine. We are part of a society that was not designed to understand our needs. We need to conduct surveys and listen to all the population, especially those who have not been heard before. We were not born here, but our home is here. Our families and our future is here and we want the best for us and our communities. We are just like everyone else, but we have different needs. I want to hear from you and contribute to finding solutions to those problems. I encourage you to consider Samfylkingin, the Social Democratic Alliance for your vote for the Reykjavik City Council. You will find representatives that look like you, that understand your struggles and want to advocate for you. The main issues of Samfylkingi’s policy are: 1) Housing for all, 2) Improvement of public transportation by developing Borgarlína, and 3) A better city for our children, building more leikskólar and ungbarnaleikskólar to bridge the gap between parental leave and the beginning of leikskóli. All of these are issues that impact households where one or more are non-Icelanders, especially women. My professional career (and my husbands’, to a lesser extent) was affected by this gap, for example, so I understand very well what improvements need to be made and I want to push for them. You can find information about the policies here. Today is the last day to vote. Polling stations will be open and information on where to vote can be found here. See you at the polling place. X + S. The author of this article is a woman from Chile, a resident of Reykjavik and holds seat 13 in the list for City Council of Samfylkingin, the Social Democratic Alliance.
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