DIG 22.32 – 8/13/20"We’re being used as political tools. That’s the most heartbreaking part of everything."
THE HOPSCOTCH PLAN: BPS EDUCATORS BRACE FOR CHALLENGING SCHOOL YEAR
"The current timeline does not make us feel confident that everything that needs to be in place will be in place, for in-person learning."
THEY’RE DRAWING A MOVEMENT, SOMETIMES IN THE MOMENT
“The role of art is to continue to show that out of pain comes beauty.”
THE FIGHT AGAINST EVICTIONS ENDURES WITH LOOMING END TO MORATORIUM
70% of evictions are in communities where the majority are people of color; 37% of market-rate evictions occur in neighborhoods where the majority are Black
YOUTH ORGANIZERS EXPERIENCE TEAR GAS, SOLIDARITY ON FRONT LINES OF PROTESTS
"If you want to show us that you’re there for our protection, you should have been there beside us, not coming at the end to start antagonizing protesters."
ASIAN AMERICAN RESTAURANT WORKERS FACE UNEMPLOYMENT, RACISM, REOPENING CONCERNS
“The new thing that we’re seeing, as a result of the reopening and employers getting some money to bring workers back, is that employers are now asking workers to come back to work, often without many of the protections that would be necessary in place.”
CURATORS, CREATIVES AIM TO INDIVIDUALIZE ART IN THE NEW VIRTUAL AGE
“Going to galleries and museums is going to be very different, because people are not going to be willing to stand in a room with one hundred other people.”
IN PANDEMIC, “EVERY TOOL” AVAILABLE NOT ENOUGH FOR IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES
“People are still getting deported. It’s a pandemic, and they are tearing apart families for nothing.”
BOSTON STAGE ACTORS FACE SETBACKS BUT FIND INSPIRATION DURING PANDEMIC
“I’m concerned for the economic welfare and health of our artists, but I’m not afraid and not nervous about what creativity is actually taking place right now.”
GROCERY STORE WORKERS FACE FEARS, CORONAVIRUS, AND UNION BUSTING
“I’m constantly having the recommended six feet violated. All of my coworkers and I, we are absolutely drained by the end of the day, because we are constantly trying to protect ourselves and reinforce that space.”
