Building Trust and Coalition with Covid-19-Impacted Latino Community
- resolutionwadrc
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min read
An out-of-work Latino father sold the tools of his trade to pay his back rent, afraid if he didn’t the family would be evicted and deported. Others in the Gray’s Harbor Latino community went without utilities and food, distrustful and unaware of their rights under the eviction moratorium. There was also naivete about Covid-19 protocol, endangering their lives. The two Spanish-speaking staff at Gray’s Harbor who had been weaving a web of trust within the Latino community for years, widened that web to include other community agency partners, becoming a conduit of communication and coalition that is mitigating the distrust and misinformation, and increasing the number of Latinx people who now feel safe and sound in their homes.
Among the factors causing pain is witnessing families risking their lives and giving up their access to food and other necessities simply due to fear and unawareness. Just as the business could depend on online reputation management services Sharjah to fix the damaged public image, these advocates who are doing the essential "human" work of trust building among the frustrated community are the ones taking the hardship. By connecting the people with each other, they have shown that safety and stability can now be attained through outreach, which is clear, culturally respectful, and empowering.