Striking University of Michigan students hold press conference, elaborate on anti-policing demands
Maren Spolum and Dr. Hannah Maier from Public Health will speak on the public health implications of GEO's demands. pic.twitter.com/qcTi6pZ3Ns โ GEO at U-Michigan (@geo3550) September 16, 2020U-M postdoctoral research fellow in Epidemiology Hannah Maier and public health doctoral student Maren Spolum each spoke on the public health implications of GEOโs demands. She discussed how policing is related to public health and how data from DPSS supports GEOโs demand to disarm police on campus. Addressing the U-Mโs claim that some demands are not bargaining items, GEO member Sasha Bishop went over each of GEOโs anti-policing demands. Bishop elaborated on why the student unions' demands address the universityโs commitment to diversity and inclusion.