âPeople sometimes come for a look around and they are shaming us. They are looking at us and laughing. It is discrimination,â says Margaret, who is proud to be a Traveller, but bridles at the discrimination endured.
âWhen we go to shops people walk away. We were in a [SPORTS]team once and one girl said, âTravellers,â and she made a face,â she told The Irish Times, who spoke to her with the permission of parents.
Her eight- year-old brother Tommy would love to live in a house, too. Often, he says, he watches rats running around the halting site. He asks if this reporter works for the council.
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U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has announced the winners of this year’s New Jersey Fourth Congressional District Congressional App Challenge, part of a nationwide competition for middle school and high school students to showcase their software app-developing skills and teamwork.
The winning app (application), CollabraCart, was designed by Communications High School students Erin Hardiman of Spring Lake, Melody Lin of Freehold and Jacob Rosegarten of Morganville, according to a press release from Smith’s office.
“I am pleased to congratulate all the winning students at Communications High School,” Smith was quoted as saying in the press release. “The winning app, CollabraCart, is very timely in the COVID era in which we find ourselves. It can match people who are struggling to purchase groceries with individuals who are seeking to donate their time and/or money to help them.