In the last week, faculty have started publicly fighting reopening; U. Southern California already changed course. Your school could next.
Change is possible. Use your voice now. It's health justice; it's fighting the pandemic; it's what tenure is for. https://forbes.com/sites/annaesakismith/2020/07/03/universities-reverse-campus-reopening-plans-amidst-covid-19-spike/#729a99f01ae9
Change is possible. Use your voice now. It's health justice; it's fighting the pandemic; it's what tenure is for. https://forbes.com/sites/annaesakismith/2020/07/03/universities-reverse-campus-reopening-plans-amidst-covid-19-spike/#729a99f01ae9
Need help structuring the argument? We've got you. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/30/there-is-no-safe-way-reopen-colleges-this-fall/
Need a template for how to write the letter? @AstroKatie has got you https://medium.com/@AstroKatie/bringing-college-students-back-to-classrooms-during-covid-19-is-a-mistake-ad3248213963?source=social.tw
If you have ever posted about #scicomm being a vital part of society: getting your administration to face basic, epidemiological facts is the most tangible, linear case of action-to-outcome you might ever get.
If you're a scientist on the sidelines: help us run the ball here
If you're a scientist on the sidelines: help us run the ball here
Universities are big and scary labyrinths full of punitive incentives and unclear power structures.
But underneath that they're also fragile, particularly now, with ad hoc, papier-mache governance. This might be the easiest you can ever land a direct hit by organizing and acting
But underneath that they're also fragile, particularly now, with ad hoc, papier-mache governance. This might be the easiest you can ever land a direct hit by organizing and acting