The pandemic has brought into sharp relief a number of stark realities that plague this nation. WE DEMAND:

• New federal leadership. Now. We can’t wait until November. Donald Trump should resign.

• Stop denying the right to vote and stop stymying efforts to make participation safe.

• Sound federal and state coronavirus policies based on the best scientific information available.

• Address profound inequality and inequity in access to healthcare and basic services.

• Launch a permanent public health workforce for contact tracing, testing and isolation support that then organizes to fight health disparities inflicted on communities of color.

• Release incarcerated people and detained immigrants, all at greater risk for COVID. Do not leave them to die. Stop deporting COVID-19 sufferers.

• Support international open-access non-profit development of medicines and vaccines that are free and available to all, rather than hidden behind Big Pharma patent monopolies.

• Stop the defunding of the World Health Organization. Fund all impoverished countries to have the health systems they need to stop pandemics where they start, before they spread.

• No in-person return to school without adequate funding and safety measures in place, and insure all families have the resources necessary for virtual learning.

• Provide ample monetary relief to the unemployed, sick, elderly, communities of color, and all people in need.

• Stop climate-change corporations from selling products in the U.S. if they are putting the world at risk for new zoonotic outbreaks due to deforestation