Liberación Juice honors hunger strikers’ D.R.E.A.M. – Big Bite: Independent Weekly
I posted about Liberación Juice’s donation to the NC DREAM Team on the Indy’s food blog, Big Bite:
Zulayka Santiago created D.R.E.A.M. juice for local hunger strikers. Photo by Victoria Bouloubasis.
Liberación Juice honors hunger strikers’ D.R.E.A.M.
by Victoria Bouloubasis
Wednesday marked the ninth day of a hunger strike for three young women fighting for their dream: a right to higher education and a path to citizenship.
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The community has come out in droves to feed these girls in nurturing ways beyond food. Moved by the “valiant three” (as dubbed on their blog), Zulayka Santiago of Liberación Juice Station donated two gallons of fresh-made tonic to the girls last week.
“I put a lot of love into these,” Santiago told me. “I wanted to show solidarity.” She added wishes of strength and resilience.
She named one of those tonics “D.R.E.A.M.”, a nourishing combination of lemon balm, nettles, lemon verbena, lemongrass, orange blossom and agave nectar. In solidarity, Santiago served the inspired juice off her brightly colored bus at the Durham Farmers Market last Saturday.
This afternoon at the site, I noticed the girls still had an almost half-full glass gallon of their namesake tonic, left to be savored between their “meals” of Gatorade and Pedialyte.
“Zulayka’s juice really soothes my tummy,” one of the girls said.
Click here to read full post. Also check out Bob Geary’s coverage of the strike on the Indy Citzen blog.
