407 Affiliates Sign Open Letter to Change the University of Michigan Mask Policy
A group of 407 faculty, staff, and students at the University of Michigan has sent an open letter to U-M President Santa Ono regarding health and safety concerns in connection to the mask policy. The group is asking to meet with the president to discuss a change that allows instructors to decide if their students should wear masks in class. “We have written an open letter addressed to President Santa Ono about our health and safety concerns,” Sovoya Davis said, a second-year doctoral student and first-year Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) at U-M. “We emailed this letter on Oct. 19, along with testimonials from community members. In addition to the open letter, there is currently a social media campaign. Anonymous testimonials of community members who have been impacted by UM’s current…