QUESTION
What was the process and advocacy like for trying to keep families from exiting the shelter?
0:36:10
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The translator explains that Angela Serda was given papers to sign without translation and then had to quickly leave the shelter apartment.
- Families facing shelter transfers reached out to community groups like the parent group at PS124 for support
- These community groups then advocated with council members' offices to try to stop the transfers
- There was no clear process or explanation given to families being transferred out of the shelters
Shahana Hanif
0:36:10
Could you share what that process and advocacy was like because I know that there was including wind involved in trying to decrease the number of families exiting that shelter.
0:36:22
What kind of advocacy did you have to do to try to stay, and why did you leave?
Angela Serda
0:36:39
When are you then your miss Mary, is in
Diana I. Ayala
0:37:36
wind.
UNKNOWN
0:37:49
So in Angela's case, it was about the same.
0:37:52
She was she had mentioned before that she was coming from doctor's appointment with her child.
0:37:58
They they just gave her this paper.
0:38:00
No translation whatsoever.
0:38:03
And she just they made her sign the paper.
0:38:07
Without explaining anything.
0:38:08
And then 15 minutes later, they were just in her room, in her apartment with the trash bags, telling her that she needed to get the stuff.
0:38:17
In terms of what they did.
0:38:18
She's just referring to the what they always do.
0:38:21
They just it's the community who comes in their in their defense.
0:38:27
And we have a grade, a group of parents that supports the community at PS124.
0:38:35
And that's who they reach out to.
0:38:37
And then from there, we just started reaching out to your office and miss Abalos office and whoever could provide any support to stop the transfer of these families.
