“Action is the best way to help”: reform for restaurants in COVID-19. An interview with Serena Suh
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Photo by Serena Suh
Do you know someone that has been affected by closures within the food industry? A chef that has been laid off? The owner of an area restaurant that has to close her doors? Your favorite waitress from Café Patachou?
Do you wonder what this time has been like for him/her and how you could help?
In this episode of the Handle with Care Podcast, Serena Suh shares her story of COVID-19 upheaval within the restaurant industry. How did it feel to have everything change so quickly? What is it like to try to get by, even in stable times, on slim margins? How can you help people that are living in uncertainty?
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Serena Suh
Here are three take-aways from my conversation with Serena:
Serena said that “Action is the best way to help people right now.” Do you love your favorite local restaurant that has had to close? Do you have a friend that has been impacted by the lay-offs? Take time to call your representative and say that you care about specific legislation that provides funds and reform to the restaurant industry. I know that I have called my representatives multiple times over the last few weeks. After all, that is what they are there for in a representative democracy. And you can read more in Serena’s article, which I have linked in the show notes. Taking time to educate yourself about the inequities in the system is its own form of empathy and care.
Reach out to those that have been affected. Serena said how much a call or a text meant.
Send money. I appreciate that Serena was really up front about how helpful money has been. Don’t know how to spend your relief payment from the government? How about sending some of it to the waitress or chef you know that has been laid off?
Image by Serena Suh
Image by Serena Suh