If you are affiliated with the University of Vermont, then we ask you to take action this week. In the last several months, the UVM Administration has made several unilateral decisions that will, if not reversed, dangerously impact our future, including the Covid-19 health and safety of Vermont. Even Burlington's Mayor (https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2020/08/06/weinberger-questions-uvms-plan-to[...]aks ) has weighed in questioning the carelessness of the UVM in-person re-opening plans given that college campuses are ideal locations for coronavirus transmission.

Join us for a live debate this week.

Debate: THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020 AT 12 PM (noon)

The Future of UVM: A Debate about Cuts, Opening, and the University in a time of Crisis

Full event information: https://www.facebook.com/events/3489661817720321

The debate will be live streamed at the facebook at the event page and recorded.

If you are not on facebook, here is the zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82920714815

Meeting ID: 829 2071 4815
Passcode: 042041
+19292056099

As a preview of what is at stake, how we got here, and how we get out of this mess, read this article from VTDigger by a UVM professor participating in the debate.

"We argue that the administration's plans imperil public health, students' educations, and UVM's future. We focus on two arguments. One, the university's reopening plan fails to protect the interests of the community and students. Two, there are alternatives to aggressive reopening and regressive cuts."

Full article here: https://vtdigger.org/2020/08/09/nancy-welch-a-debate-challenge-to-uvm-admin/

Please share this announcement now with anyone you know who works at or attends UVM. We need united, collective action to protect our University and community.

For a just and safe educational future,

UVM United Against Cuts Coalition