Getting Together with the Community Street Fair

We ended spring break with a Community Street Fair in an east end neighborhood refugees from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ethiopia. Last Friday was a blustery but beautiful day full of excitement for the children – a real fire engine; free bike repairs by community police officers; creative activities by Arts in the Alley and Richmond Peace Education Center ☮ – and health and safety information for the adults – by the Henrico Health Department and VIEW program, Safe Kids Virginia, and RideFinders, Central Virginia. The local high school ESL teacher came, too! Neighbors talked and laughed together while sharing sweet treats from one another’s countries.