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 Athugið. Vísir hvetur lesendur til að skiptast á skoðunum. Allar athugasemdir eru á ábyrgð þeirra er þær rita. Lesendur skulu halda sig við málefnalega og hófstillta umræðu og áskilur Vísir sér rétt til að fjarlægja ummæli og/eða umræðu sem fer út fyrir þau mörk. Vísir mun loka á aðgang þeirra sem tjá sig ekki undir eigin nafni eða gerast ítrekað brotlegir við ofangreindar umgengnisreglur. Mest lesið Gildin sem sigldu forsetaembættinu í höfn Hugrún Sigurjónsdóttir Skoðun Kosningar eru alltaf „taktík” Guðjón Heiðar Pálsson Skoðun Gegnumlýsing - þankabrot frambjóðanda að loknu forsetakjöri Arnar Þór Jónsson Skoðun Að skreyta sig með stolnum fjöðrum Sema Erla Serdaroglu Skoðun Halla, ekki Kata Sævar Þór Jónsson Skoðun Hatur og fyrirlitning Einar Scheving Skoðun Halldór 01.06.2024 Halldór Getur reiði valdið veikindum? Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir Skoðun Svona getum komið í veg fyrir að Katrín vinni Björn B. Björnsson Skoðun Ráðherrar hafa áhyggjur af valdbeitingu Tómas Ingvason Skoðun Skoðun Skoðun Verður þér að góðu? Álfhildur Leifsdóttir,Hólmfríður Jennýjar Árnadóttir, ,Hólmfríður Sigþórsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Kosningar eru alltaf „taktík” Guðjón Heiðar Pálsson skrifar Skoðun Gildin sem sigldu forsetaembættinu í höfn Hugrún Sigurjónsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Gegnumlýsing - þankabrot frambjóðanda að loknu forsetakjöri Arnar Þór Jónsson skrifar Skoðun Halla, ekki Kata Sævar Þór Jónsson skrifar Skoðun Getur reiði valdið veikindum? Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Ráðherrar hafa áhyggjur af valdbeitingu Tómas Ingvason skrifar Skoðun Taktísk skilyrðing umræðunnar skrifar Skoðun Sameinumst um forvarnir gegn átröskun Karen Daðadóttir,Guðrún Erla Hilmarsdóttir,Elva Björk Bjarnadóttir skrifar Skoðun Ég kýs Michael Jordan (Höllu Hrund Logadóttur) Óskar Arnarson skrifar Skoðun Ástæður til að kjósa Jón Gnarr Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson skrifar Skoðun Viddi, Bósi Ljósár og Baldur Þórhalls Heimir Hannesson skrifar Skoðun Gerum það! Stefán Hilmarsson skrifar Skoðun Bónaður brjóstkassi og barnaafmæli Þorbjörg Marínósdóttir skrifar Skoðun Gleðilegan kosningadag kæru landsmenn Snorri Ásmundsson skrifar Skoðun Hæfasti einstaklingurinn Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Verðmætin og sköpunarkraftur sá sem í mannauð okkar býr Pétur Már Halldórsson skrifar Skoðun Hvort vilt þú Höllu Tómasdóttur eða Katrínu? Björn Björnsson skrifar Skoðun Svona velur þú þér forseta í dag Kolbeinn Karl Kristinsson skrifar Skoðun Takk, Katrín Guðrún Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Hatur og fyrirlitning Einar Scheving skrifar Skoðun Samherjar Hafþór Reynisson skrifar Skoðun Að hitta hetjuna sína Gréta Kristín Ómarsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Einstakt tækifæri Þóra Valný Yngvadóttir skrifar Skoðun Um afrekskonuna Katrínu Tómas Ísleifsson skrifar Skoðun Land míns föður, land minnar móður, landið mitt Jón Gnarr skrifar Skoðun Óskað eftir forseta sem færir ungu fólki völd Valgerður Eyja Eyþórsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Með ósk um velgengni, Halla Hrund Viðar Hreinsson skrifar Skoðun Ég styð Höllu Hrund Logadóttur Þórólfur Árnason skrifar Skoðun Arnar Þór Jónsson Meyvant Þórólfsson 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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