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 Hvort er ánægjulegra, kynlíf eða verslunarleiðangur? Gró Einarsdóttir Skoðun Af hverju vilja lyfjafyrirtæki ekki að lyfjahampur verði lögleiddur? Sigurður Hólmar Jóhannesson Skoðun Ég er ekki alki Þorgerður María Þorbjarnardóttir Skoðun „Þetta reddast“ og heilsan að húfi? Alexander Aron Guðjónsson,Ásta Logadóttir Skoðun Sannleikurinn um Evrópusambandið V: 26 þjóðir hafa hafnað eigin gjaldmiðli, líka Þýzkaland með sitt ofursterka Mark Ole Anton Bieltvedt Skoðun Mannréttindabrot á vinnumarkaði Helgi Brynjarsson Skoðun Nauðsyn námsgagna Álfhildur Leifsdóttir,Hólmfríður Jennýar Árnadóttir Skoðun Fást engin svör Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson Skoðun Eiga íbúðir að vera heimili fólks eða fjárfestingarkostur og munaðarvara? Magnea Marinósdóttir Skoðun Hvað á ég að gera í því? María Rut Hinriksdóttir Skoðun Skoðun Skoðun Beðið eftir orkumálaráðherra Eggert Valur Guðmundsson,Gunnar Aron Ólason skrifar Skoðun Ísland: Landið sem unga fólkið flýr Einar Jóhannes Guðnason skrifar Skoðun „Við verðum að fylgja lögum“ Hópur listafólks skrifar Skoðun Ég er ekki alki Þorgerður María Þorbjarnardóttir skrifar Skoðun Eiga íbúðir að vera heimili fólks eða fjárfestingarkostur og munaðarvara? Magnea Marinósdóttir skrifar Skoðun „Þetta reddast“ og heilsan að húfi? Alexander Aron Guðjónsson,Ásta Logadóttir skrifar Skoðun Nauðsyn námsgagna Álfhildur Leifsdóttir,Hólmfríður Jennýar Árnadóttir skrifar Skoðun Hvort er ánægjulegra, kynlíf eða verslunarleiðangur? Gró Einarsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Fást engin svör Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Sannleikurinn um Evrópusambandið V: 26 þjóðir hafa hafnað eigin gjaldmiðli, líka Þýzkaland með sitt ofursterka Mark Ole Anton Bieltvedt skrifar Skoðun Mannréttindabrot á vinnumarkaði Helgi Brynjarsson skrifar Skoðun Af hverju vilja lyfjafyrirtæki ekki að lyfjahampur verði lögleiddur? Sigurður Hólmar Jóhannesson skrifar Skoðun Hvað á ég að gera í því? María Rut Hinriksdóttir skrifar Skoðun Gætum við verið betri hvert við annað? Jakob Frímann Magnússon skrifar Skoðun Ríkisstjórnin seilist í sjóði erfiðisvinnufólks Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson skrifar Skoðun Þar sem náttúran tapar Hólmfríður Jennýjar Árnadóttir skrifar Skoðun Fjárfesting í háskólum Magnús Karl Magnússon skrifar Skoðun Orkunýlendan Ísland? Bjarni Jónsson skrifar Skoðun Ég vil ekki þennan veruleika Hólmfríður Ásta Hjaltadóttir skrifar Skoðun Grímulaus grænþvottur Dofri Hermannsson skrifar Skoðun Samrýmist það samfélagslegri ábyrgð ef fyrirtæki þitt er aðili að Viðskiptaráði? Andri Snær Magnason skrifar Skoðun Skortur á serótónín Gunnar Dan Wiium skrifar Skoðun Þegar sorgin bankar upp á Guðmunda G. Guðmundsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Látum þá hlæja því þeir tapa hvort sem er Gísli Hvanndal Jakobsson skrifar Skoðun Alzheimer - mennska og mildi Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Lýðheilsa bætt um 64 milljarða Sara Björg Sigurðardóttir skrifar Skoðun Er krónan að valda átökum á milli kynslóða? Guðmundur Ragnarsson skrifar Skoðun Varhugaverð þróun í leikskólamálum Finnbjörn A. Hermannsson,Guðrún Margrét Guðmundsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Bóf-ar(ion)? Gunnar Hólmsteinn Ársælsson skrifar Skoðun Þetta er ekki allt að koma með fjárlagafrumvarpinu Eyjólfur Ármannsson 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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