First, some background. For those members who weren't able to attend
the October chapter meeting, many of us signed a letter to Mr. & Mrs.
Anand of Annapolis, offering to escort them (and/or any of their
friends) to do their errands. Mrs. Anand had earlier been the victim
of verbal abuse as she went to the Annapolis Post Office a few days
after the attacks of September 11. A man at the post office banged
on the hood of her car and shouted at her, apparently because he
thought she was of Middle Eastern ancestry. This incident was
reported on the front page of The Capital on September 24.

A copy of the letter we delivered to Mrs. Anand's shop is posted here
at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WAPAnnapolis/files/Correspondence/

As we passed the letter around at our chapter meeting, it was
suggested that it might be a good idea to send a copy to the
editorial department of The Capital as a letter to the editor. I did
this (modifying the letter to remove Mrs. Anand's identity). I
haven't seen the letter published yet, however….

I received a call from a reporter on Thursday, asking for more
information about the Weston A. Price Foundation, and about our offer
to escort community members in response to recent reports of ethnic
and religious harassment. The reporter wasn't sure if there was
enough to make a story, but she told me to stay in touch about our
activities and the success of our offer to escort people.

On Saturday, October 20, a short item appeared in The
Capital's "Arundel Report" section B. I have to say that my comments
were not exactly what you see in the article, but close enough.
Anyway, at least some folks in the community will now know that they
are not alone, and that we as fellow neighbors do care about keeping
our community united.

Here's a link to the article (I had to re-type it because it wasn't
posted on the Capital's website):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WAPAnnapolis/files/In%20the%20News/

I have already received an email from a lady in Severna Park who has
volunteered to be an escort.