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 Af hverju eru næringarsnauð matvæli í forgrunni við íþróttaiðkun barna okkar? Berglind Lilja Guðlaugsdóttir Skoðun Jarðakaup í nýjum tilgangi Halla Hrund Logadóttir Skoðun Hvað þolir þú mikið högg? Sandra B. Franks Skoðun Eldri borgarar fá lítið út úr kjarasamningunum Kári Jónasson Skoðun Austurgata 10 - blm. í góðri trú blekktir? - Ærumeiðandi dylgjur leigjanda Árni Stefán Árnason Skoðun Vannýtt tækifæri Kristín Fríða Ólafsdóttir Skoðun Hvítþvottur á fótboltavellinum – leikur Íslands við Ísrael í undankeppni EM 2024 Hrönn G. Guðmundsdóttir Skoðun Alþjóðadagur félagsráðgjafar Steinunn Bergmann Skoðun Opið bréf til Heru Bjarkar Anna Tómasdóttir,Margrét Manda Jónsdóttir,Marta Jóns Hjördísardóttir Skoðun „Við áttum aldrei möguleika“ Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson Skoðun Skoðun Skoðun Hvað þolir þú mikið högg? Sandra B. Franks skrifar Skoðun Vannýtt tækifæri Kristín Fríða Ólafsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Alþjóðadagur félagsráðgjafar Steinunn Bergmann skrifar Skoðun Af hverju eru næringarsnauð matvæli í forgrunni við íþróttaiðkun barna okkar? Berglind Lilja Guðlaugsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Að skoða meira inn í sumar ástæður misnotkunar Matthildur Björnsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Fundur NAMMCO í vikunni Micah Garen skrifar Skoðun Hvítþvottur á fótboltavellinum – leikur Íslands við Ísrael í undankeppni EM 2024 Hrönn G. Guðmundsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Leiðin að bílprófinu Þuríður B. Ægisdóttir skrifar Skoðun Draumalandið Luxemburg og íslenskir jafnaðarmenn - þriðji hluti Ólafur Sveinsson skrifar Skoðun Austurgata 10 - blm. í góðri trú blekktir? - Ærumeiðandi dylgjur leigjanda Árni Stefán Árnason skrifar Skoðun V. Sköpunarsaga þjóðsögu –Guðmundarmálið skyndilega skellt á borð Hafþór S. Ciesielski skrifar Skoðun Forsendur krafna um íslenskukunnáttu Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson skrifar Skoðun Eldri borgarar fá lítið út úr kjarasamningunum Kári Jónasson skrifar Skoðun Hræðsla er hjálplegur þjónn, en hræðilegt yfirvald Jón Þór Ólafsson skrifar Skoðun „Kvótasetning grásleppu snýst um að tryggja arðsemi“? Örn Pálsson skrifar Skoðun Hvað tökum við með okkur? Magnús Bergmann skrifar Skoðun Þreytandi grænþvottur Birgitta Stefánsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Ráðherra sem fer þvert á vilja Alþingis Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir,Eyjólfur Ármannsson,Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson,Inga Sæland,Jakob Frímann Magnússon,Tómas A. Tómasson skrifar Skoðun Hvað á ég að gera? Rannveig Hafsteinsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Jarðakaup í nýjum tilgangi Halla Hrund Logadóttir skrifar Skoðun Íslenskur matur Bjarni Jónsson skrifar Skoðun „Við áttum aldrei möguleika“ Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Lán úr óláni Ísleifur Arnórsson skrifar Skoðun Síðasta kynslóðin! Sigurvin Lárus Jónsson skrifar Skoðun Að læra íslensku til að finnast þú vera hluti af samfélaginu Valerio Gargiulo skrifar Skoðun Virði lýðræðis Sigríður Hrund Pétursdóttir skrifar Skoðun Ójöfnuður - andhverfa lýðræðis Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson skrifar Skoðun Mars er mánuður árvekni um ristilkrabbamein Agnes Smáradóttir,Sigurdís Haraldsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Norræna módelið og framtíð lýðræðis Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson skrifar Skoðun Frelsi og fjárhagslegt öryggi ungbarnafjölskyldna Vilhjálmur Árnason 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.
Af hverju eru næringarsnauð matvæli í forgrunni við íþróttaiðkun barna okkar? Berglind Lilja Guðlaugsdóttir Skoðun
Austurgata 10 - blm. í góðri trú blekktir? - Ærumeiðandi dylgjur leigjanda Árni Stefán Árnason Skoðun
Hvítþvottur á fótboltavellinum – leikur Íslands við Ísrael í undankeppni EM 2024 Hrönn G. Guðmundsdóttir Skoðun
Opið bréf til Heru Bjarkar Anna Tómasdóttir,Margrét Manda Jónsdóttir,Marta Jóns Hjördísardóttir Skoðun
Skoðun Af hverju eru næringarsnauð matvæli í forgrunni við íþróttaiðkun barna okkar? Berglind Lilja Guðlaugsdóttir skrifar
Skoðun Hvítþvottur á fótboltavellinum – leikur Íslands við Ísrael í undankeppni EM 2024 Hrönn G. Guðmundsdóttir skrifar
Skoðun Austurgata 10 - blm. í góðri trú blekktir? - Ærumeiðandi dylgjur leigjanda Árni Stefán Árnason skrifar
Skoðun V. Sköpunarsaga þjóðsögu –Guðmundarmálið skyndilega skellt á borð Hafþór S. Ciesielski skrifar
Skoðun Ráðherra sem fer þvert á vilja Alþingis Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir,Eyjólfur Ármannsson,Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson,Inga Sæland,Jakob Frímann Magnússon,Tómas A. Tómasson skrifar
Af hverju eru næringarsnauð matvæli í forgrunni við íþróttaiðkun barna okkar? Berglind Lilja Guðlaugsdóttir Skoðun
Austurgata 10 - blm. í góðri trú blekktir? - Ærumeiðandi dylgjur leigjanda Árni Stefán Árnason Skoðun
Hvítþvottur á fótboltavellinum – leikur Íslands við Ísrael í undankeppni EM 2024 Hrönn G. Guðmundsdóttir Skoðun
Opið bréf til Heru Bjarkar Anna Tómasdóttir,Margrét Manda Jónsdóttir,Marta Jóns Hjördísardóttir Skoðun