Arlington County Board Member J. Walter Tejada was one of over 2,000 people who ran in the 4th Annual Arlington Police, Fire and Sheriff 9-11 Memorial 5k Run and placed 443rd at just under eight minutes.
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Success with SEEC
Arlington County Board Member J. Walter Tejada was cited in an article on the origins and success of the 'working model' of the Shirlington Employment and Education Center in Arlington, according to the Arlington Connection. "The idea for some kind of center came about in December 1998, said County Board Member J. Walter Tejada (D). Tejada, who was not on the board at the time, met with other members of Arlington's Latino community to discuss the issue of the laborers. Men had started gathering at the intersection of Shirlington Road and Four Mile Run Drive, about a block away from the current pavilion, and were being hired on by local contractors."
These days, "usually 60-80 men show up in the morning looking for work at the pavilion. They register for a lottery which decides, generally the order of who will get work that day."
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