“We had a phone tree,” Ruth continued. “If someone got arrested, the call went out: ‘Bird’s in the nest.’ And we’d scrape together bail money from our tips, our grocery money, the coins we hid in coffee cans.”
Maria raised her hand. “What do we do now? After the candle and the names?”
: Organizations like NAMI highlight that the community frequently encounters stereotyping, denial of opportunities, and high rates of hate crimes.