{"id":790,"date":"2024-05-16T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamerica.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=790"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:34:51","slug":"marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/so\/marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlyn Hoilette, oo ka timid Jamaica iyo SEIU 1199 xubin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waxaan ahay mid ka mid ah toddoba walaalo ah. Saddex naga mid ah ayaa ku nool Florida iyo afar ku nool New York. Laba ka mid ah walaalahay waxay ka shaqeeyaan gaadiidka magaalada New York, laba ka mid ah walaalahayna waa kalkaaliyeyaal, sidayda oo kale. Kayaga ugu da&#039;da weyn wuxuu ku dhow yahay inuu ka fariisto. Hooyaday waxa ay sheegtay in aanay ka shallayn; way ka fadhiisan kartaa oo waxay ku noolaan kartaa nolol wanaagsan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ku soo koray jasiiradda Jamaica, ma aanan helin fursadaha ay heli karaan dadka halkan jooga ee Ameerika. Waalidiinteena waxa ay nagu barbaariyeen in aan mar walba ku dadaalno sidii aan nafteena u wanaajin lahayn, muhiimada waxbarashaduna waxa ay ina soo gelin jirtay yaraantoodii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waxay ahayd eeddaday oo markii hore ka tagtay Jamaica. Waxay ahayd hormoodkii dhexdeenna. Kadib waxay u codsatay hooyaday iyo walaalaheed. Markii danbe waxaan soo haajiray anigoo dhalinyaro ah waxaanan ku noolaa Maraykanka in ka badan 30 sano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riyadaydii ayaan raacday. Waxay iga dhigtaa inaan ku faano sidii naag madow oo xoog badan. Kani waa sannadkii 25aad ee aan kalkaalisada diiwaangashan yahay. Xirfadlayaasha daryeelka caafimaadka ahaan, aniga iyo asxaabtayda waxaan ahayn geesiyaal safka hore ah intii uu socday musiibada. Waxaan ka shaqeeyay qaybta COVID xaalad adag. Haddaanan anaga kalkaaliyayaal ahayn, yaa u jiri lahaa inuu daryeelo dadka buka? Waxaan haysanay shaqo aan qabano, waana inaan qabano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waxaan la shaqeeyaa kalkaaliyayaal ka soo jeeda qowmiyado badan: jasiiradaha, Filibiin, Afrikaan Ameerikaan, iyo kalkaaliyeyaal Latinx ah. Waxaan ku midownay dammaanad gaar ah. Inta badan dalkan waxa aanu nimid anagoo dhalinyaro ah, waxa ay na sii xoojinaysaa in aan ogaano in aanu dhabaha u xaareyno jiilalka soo socda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waxa la ii koriyey in aan gaadho meesha ugu sarraysa, waxaanan ku koriyey carruurtayda qaab isku mid ah. Gabadhayda oo 28 jir ah waxay dhammaynaysaa shahaadada labaad. Wiilkayga 17-jirka ah wuxuu hadda helay deeq waxbarasho oo buuxda Jaamacadda Richmond, wuxuuna u guuri doonaa gobol kale dhawaan. Sababtoo ah waa 6&#039;3 &quot;, 195-pound nin Madow ah, aniga ayaa aniga u gaar ah isaga, sidaas darteed waxaan u mahadcelinayaa in jiilkiisa uu ka hadlo caddaalad-darrada. Sida aniga iyo carruurtayda, waxaan u rajeynayaa isla fursado isku mid ah muhaajiriinta ka yimid dalal iyo jasiirado kala duwan. 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Three of us live in Florida and four in New York. Two of my brothers work in transportation in New York City, and two of my sisters are nurses, like me. The oldest of us is about to retire. My mom says she has no regrets; she can retire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[16,15],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-stories","tag-first-generation","tag-naturalized-citizen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marlyn Hoilette, immigrant from Jamaica and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/so\/marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"so_SO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marlyn Hoilette, immigrant from Jamaica and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am one of seven siblings. 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