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GU Activists Go Hungry To Help Janitors
Hunger striker Diane Foglizzo says she wants better wages for janitors, "who make it possible for us to go to class."
(Preston Keres - The Washington Post)
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So have students at other universities. Stack said their peers at Swarthmore, Cornell, University of Wisconsin at Madison and American University, as well as some Georgetown students and alumni overseas, have gone on "solidarity fasts" to support the effort.
University officials, however, said they are concerned about the students. They've sent letters to the parents of the activists urging them to persuade their children to start eating.
It hasn't worked. "My mother told me the letter was outrageous and out of line," Foglizzo said.
When asked how long she plans to starve herself, she replied:
"Until we have a living wage."
Staff writers Maureen Fan and Susan Kinzie contributed to this report.
Hunger striker Diane Foglizzo says she wants better wages for janitors, "who make it possible for us to go to class."
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