Congratulations Andrea!
Aug 7, 2007 5:39 - 5 Comments
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Congratulations to Rockville Central contributor Andrea Jarrell, whose moving essay, “Neighbors Can Be the Strangers Next Door,” appears in today’s Washington Post, where she asks: “[I]f someone is drowning and calls out for help, you save them. But what if they jump in of their own accord with rocks in their pockets? Do you try to save them anyway or just let them slip under quietly?”
Way to go!
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I also wondered what happened with them. They kept to themselves in a neighborhood where most make an effort to be neighborly. The invitations to tonight’s block party aren’t quite as persuasive as a personal invitation. Let’s do our part to knock on someone’s door as we step out. Even if the people don’t come down, the contact is likely to be appreciated and may even dissolve some “pocket rocks.”
Great point Herb!
one challenge: defining that line between community and privacy. another challenge:trying to reach out with the fear that your hand may be smacked?>
fact: we’re glad that you are our neighbor.
ed
Ed, you’ve put your finger on the dilemmas exactly. So glad to be neighbors too.
Before the current Mayor and Council “reorganized” the Department of Community Services in a secret motion on April 3, 2006 without any public hearing, Community Services received the evictions notices from the Sheriff. Staff would meet with the families to make sure they received all available services and that the family had a plan. This no longer occurs and we can see the results.