Description
This compilation zine of writing on COVID and community care is FREEE because OPIRG received funding to produce it! You can pay only the cost of shipping, or make an optional contribution to Sheer Spite when you buy it. You can also download it for free.
26 pages, full colour, half-letter (5.5 x 8.5), saddle-stitched/stapled
“It has been over four years since the declaration of the COVID- 19 pandemic. Despite considerable evidence of public health and safety measures to save lives, our governments and institutions have “returned to normal”, halted clear communications about the ongoing spread and impacts of COVID-19 and its long term impacts – particularly for those who are marginalized – and reversed life-saving public health measures.
As a result, the burden of advocating for safety measures has largely fallen on these very marginalized communities, particularly disability justice advocacy groups. Their recommendations for safety measures such as masking, ignored. vaccinating, and now even self-isolating, are increasingly being ignored.
In this zine, we hope to re-centre the voices of those most impacted by COVID. We want to interrogate our society’s abandonment of community care, and to look at how people have mobilized to care for each other in the face of government negligence.”
About OPIRG Toronto & OPIRG York
OPIRG Toronto and OPIRG York are intersectional grassroots volunteer-based groups with a mandate for action, education, and research on environmental and social justice issues. We seek to empower and educate students and community members by building relationships and networks for student and community activism. We provide a forum for learning and skill-sharing, and give people the tools and opportunity to work collaboratively for liberation for all.
We are an independent student funded organizations. We are not funded by or beholden to any administrative or governmental body. We are a member of a provincial network of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGS), with nine others in Ontario.
