rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/close-down-kus-campus?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-close-down-kus-campus' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> COVID-19 Pressure Campaign https://actionnetwork.org/groups/covid-19-pressure-campaign https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg To the KU student reading this: The United States is the only country in the world where COVID-19 is still raging in full force. There are numerous factors contributing to this trend - the refusal of the federal government to meaningfully aid working people, the empty virtue signaling of public figures, and the prioritization of productivity and accumulation of wealth over public health. Our institutions and our government have, in the typical American individualist manner, left us — college students and other vulnerable communities — to fend for ourselves during a global crisis while they collect profit. Our basic right to a safe and healthy environment must be provided by these institutions, and in turn we must build and support our communities in a global pandemic that threatens everyone around us. As members of our respective communities, we must collectively demand that our safety and financial security is guaranteed. This means that by signing this petition, we will sacrifice our individual interests for the greater good of the community by demanding that campus closes. This petition is our demand that Chancellor Girod and Provost Bichelmeyer be accountable for the health of the communities which are profoundly impacted by their decisions. We must fight for ourselves and the health and safety of our community because, clearly, no one else will. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/close-down-kus-campus