[act-ma] 8/04The People’s Response to COVID: “Truth to Power: Abolish Neoliberal Privatization, Racial Capitalism, Colonialism”

[Charlie Welch]

This is an example from Chicago about what is necessary to respond to 
the Pandemic.

It at 8:30 PM EDT.


https://www.facebook.com/The-Peoples-Response-Network-to-Covid-19-100425635366279/ 
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peoplescovid19response at gmail.com <mailto:peoplescovid19response at gmail.com>

Emergency National Meeting: Required Registration: Zoom Link Below

The People’s Response to COVID: “Truth to Power: Abolish Neoliberal 
Privatization, Racial Capitalism, Colonialism”

Wednesday, August 4 @ 8:30 Eastern 7:30 pm Central Time

Barbara Norman, Ph.D., Former Chicago Deputy Health Commissioner, Past 
President APHA Black Caucus of Health Workers 
<https://www.apha.org/apha-communities/caucuses/black-caucus-of-health-workers>

Dulce Garduño, Chicago Public School (CPS) Parent, Pilsen Allian 
<https://www.facebook.com/thepilsenalliance/>ce Board Member, Former 
Local School Council (LSC) 
<https://www.ctulocal1.org/movement/tools/lsc/> Member

Wilma Pittman, CPS Grandparent, LSC Member 
<https://www.ctulocal1.org/movement/tools/lsc/>

Raoul Contreras, Ph.D., Mi Villita Neighbors 
<https://www.facebook.com/mi.villita.90>, Chicago

Tony Johnston, Chicago & Cook County College Teachers Union - Local 1600 
<https://www.ccctu.org/>

Paul Siegel, Northside Action for Justice 
<https://www.facebook.com/northsideactionforjustice/>

Loren Taylor, Co-Founder of AwokeNet.com 
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Kathy Powers, People’s Tribune 
<http://www.peoplestribune.org/home/index.html>

City of Chicago 25^th  Ward Alderman (Councilman) Byron Sigcho-Lopez 
<https://www.facebook.com/SigchoFor25/> (Invited)

Dr. Howard Ehrman, People’s Response Network (PRN) 
<https://www.facebook.com/The-Peoples-Response-Network-to-Covid-19-100425635366279/>

Demands:

1. New, Local & State Public Health Department Jobs, prioritizing 
African American, Latino, Native Americans

2. No Evictions, No Foreclosures

3. No Utility Shut-offs

4. Contact tracing & financial, housing, food, family support for all 
positive cases who most quarantine or isolate x 2 weeks

5. ALL Workers Must be offered COVID Vaccine in the workplace, on all 
shifts, BEFORE requiring shots to keep our jobs

6. Improve, Expand Online Learning for ALL public school, college, 
university students

7. All incarcerated people must be offered COVID vaccine immediately

8. Door to Door Vaccine Brigades, 7 days a week, prioritizing African 
American, Latino, Native American communities

9. Everyone inside anywhere must wear a mask, social distance 6 feet, & 
limit how many people based on square feet

10. ALL indoor workplaces, schools, colleges, prisons must have 6 fresh 
air room changes per hour & HEPA Air Filters

Schools Must be Safe Before We Send Our Children Back

Without ALL these Schools, Colleges, Universities will be too DANGEROUS 
to open:

1. All students must have the option to learn online-Expanded & 
Improved, until all schools are safe

2. All students under 12 years old learn online until vaccines are 
available for them to go back to school safely

3. A full-time nurse in every school

4. Open Schools for Vaccines 7 days/week for everyone

5. HEPA filters & 6 fresh air room changes in every room of every school

6. Six-foot social distance in every room for students, staff & teachers

7. Contact tracing & financial, housing, food, family support for all 
positive cases who most quarantine or isolate x 2 weeks

8. Only fully vaccinated students, staff, teachers & volunteers can be 
in schools

Zoom Link: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 @ 7 PM Central Time, Register 
Required in advance for this meeting:

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information about joining the meeting


Howard Ehrman MD, MPH
University of Illinois Chicago
Assistant Professor
College of Medicine
Mi Villita Community Organization
https://www.facebook.com/mi.villita.90