#whatcom county

My hometown is Bellingham! Are you from Whatcom County? Which town?

Yes, J and I are from the most beautiful county in the PNW :D - not that I'm biased or anything. We're from Blaine! We're nowhere remotely as far north now (admittedly most places aren't as far north as the literal border with Canada haha); he was born and lived his entire life in Whatcom County until he graduated from Western, while my family had bounced around various low-rent homes in Oregon until my dad got a job in Bellingham when I was in elementary school, and we moved up to Birch Bay.

We'd been living in eastern Oregon for a couple of years, and I've never forgotten the drive into Whatcom County. It was September, and eastern Oregon was very dried-out by the end of summer as well as hot and rocky, and it was such an experience to see it give way to more and more plants and life and water as we cut northwest across Washington, but it was really as we crossed into Whatcom County and drove under the canopies of red-gold maple trees that I was just stunned. I'd lived in western Oregon and everything, but driving towards Bellingham and then further north after years on the east side was still more beautiful than anything I'd really seen.

via @foodjustice2c on Instagram, Tues March 25, 2025

This morning Match 25, 2025 farmworker leader and organizer Alfredo Juarez, better known as Lelo, was detained violently by ICE. He was on his way to drop off his partner at her workplace, and ICE agents broke his car window when he tried to exercise his rights. We feel this is a targeted attack on farmworker leadership, and we must not allow this to continue.

Lelo's leadership and activism have been viral in protecting farmworkers and immigrants rights and well-being. He has been serving our communities since he was 12 years old and continued to be a guiding light.

We are demanding that our friends contact the Attorney General, Governor and our elected leaders for them to take action and help in the release of Lelo.

We must not allow any more attacks on workers. As unions, community organizations, student groups and people who have decency, we demand that ICE stays out of Washington and let workers be at peace. Immigrants are not the enemy, we are part of the worker movement towards justice which includes fair wages, healthcare, education, housing and solidarity.

Join us in person TODAY March 25 at Ferndale Detention Center in solidarity! Contact Liz Darrow at 360-220-9065 for more information.

Call Ferndale Detention Center 360-380-2270

Call WA Attorney Generals Office: 360-753-6200

Amazing sunrise all around this morning no matter what way one looked. Photos taken just outside of Lynden, WA.

Make sure to look at each photo!