Herndon Day Labor closed. Now What?
Well, what are we gonna do now that the city of Herndon has failed the least of these?
Well, the answer came to me in the form of a Razoo blog post.
So, now Arlington is stepping it up in support of immigrants…. what if the started to look for ways to support this Arlington County Resolution? What if we backed (or even manned?) a day labor site in Arlington County? Is this too crazy an idea?
What if we befriended some of these day laborers that are so rejected by this capital of a country made up of all “huddled masses yearning to breath free?”
I’m thinking of talking to one of our sister communities (its an outreach to Hispanic folks down the street) the possible need: Casa Chirilagua
Anybody interested in this as a possible relief as the weather and the work start to freeze out the common folks, the forgotten folks… even the condemned folks…
??? Anyone?
Hi Israel,
Thanks for your post, and for supporting our immigrant neighbors.
There’s a great day labor site on Four Mile Run in Shirlington. It is a very well-organized site, but I’m sure they’d appreciate any support you could offer.
Warm regards,
Rebecca
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Israel -
Thanks for this post… I lived in Herndon for a few years and I was there when the day labor site opened… I know it has been under hot debate but didn’t realize it was so close to shutting down… so sad…
I wish that my neighbors who were fighting so hard against the site could have spent some time there getting to know the men and their stories…. things seem to change so much when you have faces and stories to attach to all the ideas you are debating…
I think I’ll swing by the 4 mile site and see what is happening in this area…
Thanks for keeping me up to date,
em