In normal times the powder-blue vehicle called Sistas Van serves survivors of sexual trauma and domestic violence.
, canned food, squash, coffee, crackers, adult and baby diapers,” said driver Denise Rodriguez, 26. “We handed out condoms — all essential stuff.”
One of them is Brooklyn Clayton, who moved home with family in New York after the coronavirus's economic fallout left her “housing- and food-insecure” where she lived in Philadelphia: “COVID-19 hit Philly in the same ways it hit Brooklyn,” she said. “My whole life, the community has always shown up for me regardless of whether I ask for it or not,” Williams-Hechavarria said. “Doing stuff like this helps me to feel really great about the communities that have always supported me.”
“The epidemic is hard,” Daraio said. “You’ve got to figure out where to eat every day and where to sleep. A lot of places aren’t taking people.”
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