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 Hjúkrunarheimili í Þorlákshöfn Gestur Þór Kristjánsson,Sigurbjörg Jenný Jónsdóttir,Grétar Ingi Erlendsson,Erla Sif Markúsdóttir Skoðun Hálfrar aldar svívirða Stefán Pálsson Skoðun Við erum búin að missa tökin Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir Skoðun Óvenjulegt fólk Helgi Brynjarsson Skoðun Hver greiðir fyrir breytingarnar? Svanfríður G. Bergvinsdóttir Skoðun Hrekkjavaka á Landakoti Kristófer Ingi Svavarsson Skoðun Stöndum vörð um Héraðsvötnin! 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Svanfríður G. Bergvinsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Um Liverpool, Diogo Jota, áföll og sorgina – hugleiðingar sálfræðings Andri Hrafn Sigurðsson skrifar Skoðun Stöndum vörð um Héraðsvötnin! Rakel Hinriksdóttir skrifar Skoðun Við erum búin að missa tökin Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Hjúkrunarheimili í Þorlákshöfn Gestur Þór Kristjánsson,Sigurbjörg Jenný Jónsdóttir,Grétar Ingi Erlendsson,Erla Sif Markúsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Stöðug uppbygging orkuinnviða Adrian Pike,Bjarni Þórður Bjarnason,Tómas Már Sigurðsson skrifar Skoðun Rýr húsnæðispakki Magnea Gná Jóhannsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Hrekkjavaka á Landakoti Kristófer Ingi Svavarsson skrifar Skoðun Óvenjulegt fólk Helgi Brynjarsson skrifar Skoðun Hálfrar aldar svívirða Stefán Pálsson skrifar Skoðun $€tjum í$lensku á (mat) $€ðilinn! Ólafur Guðsteinn Kristjánsson skrifar Skoðun Minna tal, meiri uppbygging Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Tvöföld mismunun kvenna í hópi innflytjenda Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir,Steinunn Bragadóttir skrifar Skoðun Ný nálgun – sama markmið: Heimili fyrir fólkið í borginni Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir skrifar Skoðun Geymt en ekki gleymt Ástþór Ólafsson skrifar Skoðun Tækni og ungmenni: Hvar liggur ábyrgðin og hvað getum við gert? Stefán Þorri Helgason skrifar Skoðun Hvað gerir brjóstakrabbamein að ólæknandi brjóstakrabbameini? Helga Tryggvadóttir,Ólöf Kristjana Bjarnadóttir skrifar Skoðun „Lánin hækka – framtíðin minnkar“ Sveinn Óskar Sigurðsson skrifar Skoðun Hey Pawels í harðindunum Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson skrifar Skoðun Land rutt fyrir þúsundir íbúða í Úlfarsárdal Ragnar Þór Ingólfsson skrifar Skoðun Dýrmæt þjóðfélagsgerð Eva Björk Valdimarsdóttir skrifar Skoðun Hver er þessi Davíð Oddsson? Daði Freyr Ólafsson skrifar Skoðun Hugsanlega löglegt, en siðlaust og grimmt — af hundsráni í GOGG Kristinn Ka. Nína Sigríðarson 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.
Hjúkrunarheimili í Þorlákshöfn Gestur Þór Kristjánsson,Sigurbjörg Jenný Jónsdóttir,Grétar Ingi Erlendsson,Erla Sif Markúsdóttir Skoðun
Um Liverpool, Diogo Jota, áföll og sorgina – hugleiðingar sálfræðings Andri Hrafn Sigurðsson Skoðun
Martin bakari flýgur heim með látum frá leikvelli auðmanna í Vatnsmýrinni Daði Rafnsson,Haukur Magnússon,Kristján Vigfússon,Margrét Manda Jónsdóttir Skoðun
Skoðun Martin bakari flýgur heim með látum frá leikvelli auðmanna í Vatnsmýrinni Daði Rafnsson,Haukur Magnússon,Kristján Vigfússon,Margrét Manda Jónsdóttir skrifar
Skoðun Um Liverpool, Diogo Jota, áföll og sorgina – hugleiðingar sálfræðings Andri Hrafn Sigurðsson skrifar
Skoðun Hjúkrunarheimili í Þorlákshöfn Gestur Þór Kristjánsson,Sigurbjörg Jenný Jónsdóttir,Grétar Ingi Erlendsson,Erla Sif Markúsdóttir skrifar
Skoðun Stöðug uppbygging orkuinnviða Adrian Pike,Bjarni Þórður Bjarnason,Tómas Már Sigurðsson skrifar
Skoðun Tvöföld mismunun kvenna í hópi innflytjenda Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir,Steinunn Bragadóttir skrifar
Skoðun Tækni og ungmenni: Hvar liggur ábyrgðin og hvað getum við gert? Stefán Þorri Helgason skrifar
Skoðun Hvað gerir brjóstakrabbamein að ólæknandi brjóstakrabbameini? Helga Tryggvadóttir,Ólöf Kristjana Bjarnadóttir skrifar
Skoðun Hugsanlega löglegt, en siðlaust og grimmt — af hundsráni í GOGG Kristinn Ka. Nína Sigríðarson skrifar
Hjúkrunarheimili í Þorlákshöfn Gestur Þór Kristjánsson,Sigurbjörg Jenný Jónsdóttir,Grétar Ingi Erlendsson,Erla Sif Markúsdóttir Skoðun
Um Liverpool, Diogo Jota, áföll og sorgina – hugleiðingar sálfræðings Andri Hrafn Sigurðsson Skoðun
Martin bakari flýgur heim með látum frá leikvelli auðmanna í Vatnsmýrinni Daði Rafnsson,Haukur Magnússon,Kristján Vigfússon,Margrét Manda Jónsdóttir Skoðun