As the city shut down in mid-March, dozens of community leaders hopped on a Zoom call to discuss the inevitable. Millions of workers nationwide would be affected by the coronavirus, and members of Jobs with Justice San Francisco, a worker’s rights coalition, wanted to help. They realized the city’s undocumented residents – estimated at some […]
Finding moments of grace and gold in the midst of a pandemic
At the beginning, I had days where I felt I could not go on, with the worry and hearing about my family in Chicago.
The diary of a Mission District couple’s struggle to stay afloat during a pandemic
The pandemic has its own timetable. Connie and Ricardo understand they must adapt to it.
Food Bank lines filled with stories of life and death
The food lines snake down the street and around the corner, spilling over from one block to the next in San Francisco.
Dialing for dollars: Undocumented immigrants struggle with swamped phone system to obtain California COVID-19 funds
Otero said that one of the hardest requirements to prove is how immigrants were affected by COVID-19.
When the Pandemic Gets Personal
Hugo shares about the moment when the pandemic became real to him—when his uncle got sick.
Repairing the Lines of Communication
When San Francisco closed up on March 17, 2020, Gonzalez discovered that his services were more essential than ever to the Mission District’s immigrant community.
Isolating with COVID-19 traumatizes even the asymptomatic
Regina still gets teary when she recalls the moment she learned that her household—four adults and five children—had been exposed to Covid-19.
