"There was just too much grey area for me to feel comfortable working in such close proximity and coming in physical contact with as many different people as I do on a daily basis to be able to do my job while simultaneously protecting my unborn child. There’s just no such thing as social distancing in a hair salon."
"I’m not one of the millions of people without a job. I’m not going to be evicted. I don’t worry about being murdered because I went for a run in the wrong place. I will be okay, and lots of people are not okay and won’t be."
"Not only is the Latinx immigrant community being impacted disproportionately in terms of infection rates and job loss, but immigrants are also being left out of the federal aid package."
"Looking away doesn’t make something disappear, though, no matter what powerful people might tell us."
"My job—as a journalist and as a mask maker is to find where the holes are and evaluate them."
"While we have time to think about the things that matter, let’s plan for a better future and make the decisions that will assure longevity for future generations."
"The act of putting one foot in front of the other is something like meditation..."
"In my mind there’s a big difference between 'essential' and 'convenient'."
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