A climate action group had money for home energy retrofits, but it needed a way to find participants who could benefit most from its services. The solution: partnerships.
Dancers in green, yellow, purple and orange dresses fluttered their skirts to the traditional Mexican Jarabe Tapatío, a courting dance once considered subversive to Spain’s colonial rule, at Ralph Sampson
White letters reading âNational TPS Alliance On Hunger Strike For #ResidencyNow #TPSJusticeâ cover bright blue banners and T-shirts, and foldable chairs and tents sprinkle the ground outside Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. â the scene is set for a movement determined to create change.
Local immigrants and Harrisonburg residents are heading to Washington, D.C., later this month to take part in a hunger strike in hopes that itâll lead to immigration reform and protection for immigrant populations.Â
Crimson Solano came to America from Honduras in 1998 through Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a program that allows migrants from countries facing widespread violence or natural disasters to live and work in the U.S. Since then, he said heâs been anxiously reapplying every 12 to 18 months and hoping the U.S. would extend the TPS program for Honduras.Â