Recently, Shatou Street held a symposium for conscripted youth and parents in the spring of 2024 at the veterans' service station, and a retired "old squad leader" served as a "soldier lecturer" to teach his eventful years in the army, giving a profound patriotic education lesson to the conscripted youth and inheriting the red gene. This is a true portrayal of Shatou Street to promote the role of retired servicemen and lead retired servicemen to polish their true colors.
A few days ago, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Veterans Affairs issued a notice on the work deployment of "ideological and political work falling on the station," stressing that ideological and political work is the lifeline of all work, and that grassroots service stations are closest to retired servicemen, and they must fulfill the main responsibility of ideological and political work. The deeper the knowledge, the more the practice. Shatou Street insists on putting ideological and political construction in the first place, and runs through the whole process of service station work in terms of ideological education, typical guidance, assistance and care, and role play of retired soldiers, so as to promote the quality and efficiency of ideological and political work among retired servicemen.
Adapt measures to local conditions and build a solid ideological position
Shatou Street regards the leadership of party building as the overall control of ideological and political work, actively carries out the construction of demonstration sites for veterans' service stations, comprehensively builds a strong ideological and political "position fortress", and opens up the "last mile" of ideological and political education for veterans.
On the one hand, according to local conditions, the joint party branch of the street armed forces department and the service station for retired servicemen has been established to meet the full-process service needs of school-age youths from registration and enlistment, tracking services for active servicemen to the resettlement of retired soldiers, and comprehensively improving the level of service guarantee for the whole chain from enlistment to retirement. On the other hand, a number of "military" positions such as "veterans' home", "old squad leader's studio" and "psychological counseling room" have been set up in the veterans' service station to ensure that veterans have a position for education, a place for activities, a channel for appeals, and a platform for solving difficulties. At the same time, we will strengthen the construction of the political and cultural environment of the service station, and open up political and cultural display boards such as the "Veteran Honor Wall", "Ten Heroic Models" and "Retired Servicemen's Volunteer Service Column", so that retired servicemen can receive ideological and political education in a subtle way. Through the construction of a "multi-functional" service station for veterans, Shatou Street has given full play to the role of the organizational position, enhanced the cohesion of the veterans, and made the ideological and political work of the veterans fully covered, innovated and developed, and achieved remarkable results.
Build a "heart-to-heart bridge" according to people's conditions
Shatou Street is a red hot land, over the years there have emerged a large number of aspiring young people who have made contributions to the country, after retirement is still the main force of social construction, the street has more than 2,000 retired soldiers, so that the retired soldiers warm their hearts and stabilize their hearts is the top priority. In this regard, Shatou Street has a comprehensive understanding of the ideological dynamics and spiritual needs of retired soldiers in the jurisdiction, cares about affirmation in politics, cares about care in life, uses typical guidance to "shape the heart", and uses support and assistance to "warm the heart", so as to achieve "concentricity" in ideology and politics.
A model is a banner, and a model is a monument. Shatou Street has always paid attention to the cultivation of typical trees, continued to select trees, publicized advanced models of retired soldiers, and led the "positive atmosphere" with "positive energy". In recent years, the street veterans Red Star Volunteer Service Team was awarded the "Shenzhen Excellent Red Star Volunteer Service Team", 1 restaurant founded by retired soldiers was awarded the "Shenzhen Red Star Fortress Household", 2 people were awarded the "Futian District Veterans Outstanding Red Star Volunteer Service Captain", 10 people were awarded the "Futian District Veterans Outstanding Red Star Volunteer Service Team", 2 people were awarded the "Futian District Most Beautiful Veterans", 5 people were awarded the "Futian District Outstanding Militia". A banner for forging ahead.
If the selection of trees is the torch that leads the way, then care and help is the great energy that makes the torch burn. Shatou Street will help and care for the difficulties of the veterans throughout the overall work, through the party members pair assistance, Red Star Fortress households, Red Star Volunteer Service Team, care fund and other channels, closely pay attention to the living conditions, ideological conditions, and family conditions of the veterans, so as to carry out refined pairing assistance activities according to people's policies, and send care to everyone. The first is to make full use of caring enterprises, social organizations and individuals and other caring resources, build a multi-party combination of care mechanism, successively apply for 60,000 yuan of care and assistance for 4 difficult veterans, and coordinate caring enterprises to donate love materials to the families of difficult veterans. The second is to combine the "August 1st", the Spring Festival and other occasions, visit and comfort the veterans in difficulty, solve the problem of veterans' "urgency, difficulty and longing" with heart and affection, since the establishment of the service station, help one unemployed family to solve employment, and organize donations of more than 200,000 yuan to three difficult veterans. A series of heart-warming measures allow veterans to truly feel the care and warmth of the organization and society, and build a heart-to-heart bridge and heart-warming bridge with veterans.
Adapt measures to the time and motivate them to take responsibility
Retired servicemen are an important force in socialist modernization. Shatou Street focuses on the role of veterans, encourages veterans to actively participate in rural revitalization, social governance, volunteer service and other work, and shows new achievements in the new era.
The first is to strengthen the construction of the team and give play to the role of "leading geese". On the one hand, we will build a high-quality team of "military secretaries", select "good generals" to enter the two community committees, play a leading role in rural revitalization, and promote rural revitalization. Up to now, among the 12 communities in the street, 3 retired servicemen have served as secretaries of the community party committee, 5 retired servicemen have served as deputy secretaries of the community party committees, and all the secretaries of the community party committees have been appointed as service station chiefs. On the other hand, we should establish a team of ideological and political work instructors, and recruit a group of inspiring retired servicemen, such as outstanding retired servicemen, Red Star volunteer service captains and team members, "the most beautiful retired soldiers", "military branch secretaries", and "Red Star Fortress Households", as ideological and political instructors, give full play to the role of retired servicemen as bridges and links, and do a good job in policy publicity, ideological guidance, and assistance in difficulties. At present, a "talent pool" of more than 30 people has been formed.
The second is to rely on the red position and play the role of a "new force". Relying on the "Old Squad Leader Studio", "Red Star Fortress Household", "Red Star Volunteer Service Team" and other red positions, effectively promote the self-management, self-service and self-education of retired soldiers, and guide retired soldiers in the jurisdiction to strengthen their ideals and beliefs and always maintain their true qualities. In terms of maintaining social stability, Shatou Street takes information collection, large-scale visits, and difficulty assistance as the main line, mediates large and small contradictions, solves difficult and miscellaneous matters, and puts ideological and political education in place. In 2023, the old squad leader's studio will receive 89 visits, including 3 key and difficult personnel, which has effectively and effectively maintained stability and unity. In terms of grassroots governance, the Red Star Volunteer Service Team of retired soldiers in Shatou Street has been a pioneer in various fields such as epidemic prevention and control, public welfare dedication, social security, and environmental protection. Since its establishment, the service team has carried out a total of 958 activities, with more than 10,000 participants and an average volunteer time of 375 hours.
Forge ahead to open a new game, concentrate and start again. Shatou Street takes ideological and political work as the starting point, deeply excavates, refines, and summarizes the characteristics, key points, and difficulties of the ideological and political work of retired servicemen under the new situation, integrates ideological and political work into all aspects of the work and links of veterans' affairs, and makes ideological and political work "gather people's hearts", "warm people's hearts", and "enter the hearts of the people", truly implement "ideological and political work on the station", and provide more experience and practices that can be replicated and promoted for the creation of a "Shenzhen model". (Correspondent: Huang Jiatong)