Title: Swarthmore Mutual Aid Google Spreadsheet

URL: http://bit.ly/SwatMutualAid

Description: This mutual aid spreadsheet contains general information and announcements related to developments in Swarthmore College's response to COVID-19. It also contains the names of students and/or faculty and friends who are seeking or offering aid for those with housing, storage, food security, transportantion, and miscellaneous needs.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: First-Generation and Low-Income (FLI) Student Council to Swarthmore COVID-19 Planning Group Email Draft

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1plwPmobT4SBdScXlEh4-01Za4u4StK1pJYrH9s64-No/edit

Description: This email draft from the Swarthmore FLI Council & SGO Diversity and Inclusion Committee directed towards the Swarthmore College's COVID-19 Planning Group urging the college to put First-Generation and Low-Income students, as well as campus staff, into consideration in their evacuation of campus. The email provides a framework of questions related to food, housing and travel, health and wellness, food, and employment that the planning group should be asking in their decosion-making process.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Swarthmore Mutual Teaching Form Website

URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlQjT2yjvJjoGzvmcCWpuwHhEQOwuhP7tWy0Y-4H-Ez_RUDQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0iXOd4ucP_0dSKolix13LT40SZ_TJZ6JwVs7dErSBPAn-EALRb1183q-k

Description: This Google form is intended for students and/or staff interested in reaching a group course or in participating in one. The questionaire asks those who want to teach a course about their intended course, their intended audience's level of experience with that topic, and the length of their course. For students interested in particiapting, the questionairre asks what the particiaptns would like to see be taught.

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Subject:   Mutual aid

Title: Swarthmore College Library COVID-19 Guide Website

URL: https://guides.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/friendly.php?s=unwind#s-lg-box-23298996

Description: This website acts as a COVID-19 resource guide that offers reading material, links to movie and music streaming sites, virtual tours of museums, and coloring pages. The resources are intended to aid with social distancing and offer activities during the quarantine.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Swarthmore College Transition to Online Teaching Facebook Meme

URL: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/89765224_2843487635728066_9166453279117279232_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=xfnXjhu3BzUAX_SOWpp&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=b4b4474479ed4b33f3d19b44056f8811&oe=5EA05FEB

Description: This meme made by Swarthmore students was made in reaction to President Valerie Smith's announcement that Swarthmore College would be tranisitioning to online teaching via Zoom. In this meme, students refer President Smith as "mom" and ask if they can have Swarthmore College classes on campus, to which President Smith responds no, saying that students can take Zoom classes "at home" instead.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Student Request for Tuition Reminbursement Facebook Post

URL: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/89966016_2931493473624993_2546909245681434624_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=yZDah1HeKpoAX_Sg3r8&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=c78d61d9cd824b47648bb9f9b2706148&oe=5E9E1723

Description: This meme made by a Swarthmore student asks for a tuition reimbursement given the closure of the college campus. This meme uses the image of Spotify playlist with song titles that spell out the request for reimbursement and directly addresses Valerie and Jim through the song titles.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Students Studying Abroad Return to U.S. Due to COVID-19 Outbreak and Travel Restrictions Article

URL: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2020/04/03/students-studying-abroad-return-to-u-s-due-to-covid-19-outbreak-and-travel-restrictions/

Description: This article by the college newspaper, The Phoenix, includes various testimonies from students studying abroad during the outbreak of the pandemic. The students detail their experiences receiving updated communication from Swarthmore College about the pandemic, their experiences with their respective site schools and programs, and the process of flying back home.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Student Housing Situation Amidst College’s Shift To Remote Learning Article

URL: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2020/04/23/student-housing-situation-amidst-colleges-shift-to-remote-learning/

Description: This article published by the college newspaper, The Phoenix, details the college's response to the pandemic and the various ways students were affected. In particular, the article addresses the many changes to Swarthmore's housing policy, which allowed only for a limited number of students to stay on campus. The article includes interviews with students denied housing and students allowed on campus, both of whom share the many issues students faced as a result, from losing hosuing on campus and off campus to being unable to return home because of border shut-downs.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Faculty Members Unsure About Zoom Privacy Issues Article

URL: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2020/04/28/faculty-members-unsure-about-zoom-privacy-issues/

Description: This article published by the college newspaper, The Phoenix, details faculty responses to "Zoombombing," wherein random individuals disrupt Zoom meetings, sometimes yelling racist slurs. The article quotes faculty who are taking measures to ensure the privacy and security of class meetings. According to the Chief Information Technology Officer, there have been no cases of Zoombombing at Swarthmore College during its transition to online learning.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Credit/No Credit Variations and Universal Pass: The Debate Over Grading Policies during COVID-19 Article

URL: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2020/05/02/credit-no-credit-variations-and-universal-pass-the-debate-over-grading-policies-during-covid-19/

Description: This article published by the college newspaper, The Phoenix, follows the debate about the Spring semester's grading policy. As the article details, some students were strongly in favor of a Universal Pass system and argued it was the most equitable solution to grading during the pandemic. Other students opposed this policy in favor of a Credit/No Credit with the option to uncover grades, as they argued that grades were a necessary component of applying to graduate school. The article also includes testimonies from professors and their views toward the different grading policies.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Letter of Support for Universal Pass from Members of the 2019-2020 Swarthmore Resident Assistant Program Article

URL: https://swarthmorevoices.com/content-1/2020/4/2/letter-of-support-for-universal-pass-from-members-of-the-2019-2020-swarthmore-resident-assistant-program?fbclid=IwAR0CobWB5EB_XAKpY1gxaYerLnFVIOnY7q9l-U6YBg9n6Hua-PsmU6Y2DTg

Description: This statement from the Resident Assistants published in the student newspaper, Voices, demands that the Swarthmore Adminsitration implement a Universal Pass system for the Spring 2020 semester. The statement outlines that due to extenuating circumstances brought about by COVID-19, students are struggling with housing, finances, and food insecurity that makes it difficult for students to prioritze coursework.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from Laurahwagner

URL: https://twitter.com/Laurahwagner/status/1249087737698942978

Description: This tweet from student, Laura Wagner, expresses the student's wish to prepare for the honors exam in Swarthmore McCabe library.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from Laurahwagner

URL: https://twitter.com/Laurahwagner/status/1251308867931299845

Description: This tweet from Swarthmore sudent, Laura Wagner, comments on the campus reaction to the faculty's vote to go by a Credit/No Credit grading policy over Universal Pass. In the thread, the student comments that the students should have presented the Universal Pass grading system before the faculty voted.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from LeSharples

URL: https://twitter.com/LeSharples/status/1238215719197827073

Description: This tweet from the LeSharpes parody account, posted after students were mandated to evacuate campus, includes an invitation to dinner at Sharples that references COVID-19 in the menu, the reference in question being the dish being served: "disease."

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Tweet from TheLangCenter

URL: https://twitter.com/TheLangCenter/status/1244686147739160582

Description: This tweet from the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility includes a screenshot of the Lang Center staff working via Zoom to implement plans to help students online with summer grants and internships. The tweet asks that students contact the Lang Center with any questions.

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Subject:   College Student Advocacy

Title: Tweet from Union_Hospital

URL: https://twitter.com/Union_Hospital/status/1249685191716634624

Description: This tweet by the Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital thanks the New Philadelphia Quaker Club for deliverying $2,500 worth of gift cards from restaurants to hospital staff caregivers working during the pandemic. The tweet includes images of the Quaker Club envelopes holding the gift cards.

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Subject:   Quakers -- Social conditions

Title: Tweet from quakerworker

URL: https://twitter.com/quakerworker/status/1258848875563175936

Description: This tweet from quakerworker comments on the treatment of workers during the crisis, particularly on the unequal pay cuts between workers and managers. The Twitter user writes that the way Quaker organizations treat workers will reflect their values, and tags the American Friends Service Committee and FCNL in the tweet.

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Subject:   Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends

Title: Tweet from swatlibrary

URL: https://twitter.com/swatlibrary/status/1238630600967241729

Description: This COVID-19 tweet update from the Swarthmore College Library account announces the closure of library facilities to all faculty, students, and community members with the exception of library staff.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from swatlibrary

URL: https://twitter.com/swatlibrary/status/1245051834420600833

Description: This tweet from the Swarthmore College Libraries announces the virtual celebration of Quarantine Halloween. A live reading of Edgar Allen Poe poems and stories and a screening of the Edgar Allen Poe: Buried Alive are scheduled for the celebration. The virtual are to be streamed via Instagram and Facebook respectively. The tweet includes a Halloween GIF.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1248051053687451649

Description: This tweet from an anonymous Swarthmore student expresses skepticism over Student Government Organization (SGO) election campaigns promising COVID-19 relief to students.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1249525977677529095

Description: This tweet from Swarthmore student, Anatole, comments on certain students' demand that Swarthmore reimburse students for tuition costs. In particular, the student expresses frustration that students demanding reimbursement are treating Swarthmore's endowment as a liquid asset.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1251286376437424129

Description: This tweet from an anonymous Swarthmore student comments on the college's decision to pass a Cedit/No Credit grading policy with no opportunity for students to uncover grades. The student expresses that while Credit/No Credit is not perfect like a Universal Pass policy, it is more equitable than other schools' grading policies during the pandemic.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Despite the distance, we can still care for each other during coronavirus Article

URL: https://www.afsc.org/blogs/news-and-commentary/despite-distance-we-can-still-care-each-other-during-coronavirus

Description: This commentary piece published on the American Friends Service Committee website discusses the importance of supporting one another during the pandemic. The author, Mary Zerkel, emphasizes social distancing for the collective well-being as well as forms of mutual aid in the form of food and supply distribution. The piece also includes links to mutual aid and data resources as well as other article pieces connecting social justice to the pandemic.

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Subject:   Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends

Title: Swarthmore Student Petition for Universal Pass Website

URL: https://www.change.org/p/swarthmore-college-administration-swarthmore-student-petition-for-universal-pass?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=4fb1e030-6957-11ea-b0b2-21bb60b2b912

Description: This petition made by Swarthmore students petition that the school administration adopt a Universal Pass system for all Spring 2020 courses. As the petition states, the Univeral Pass system would ensure that all students pass their courses in light of the threat of COVID-19, housing and food insecurity, and the many extenuating circumstances that would make it difficult for students to priotize their coursework.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus Article

URL: https://www.friendsjournal.org/coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR21SCOIzku1EWoLK1RJ_tG1s0Hb7rbi-NUxndEtwpuUTT68jJJnF2ndN_0

Description: This article published in the Friends Journal details the transition Friends meetings were making towards social distancing. From avoiding shaking hands to online worship, the author, Katie Breslin, cites the many changes being made in response to social distancing and the pandemic. The author also mentions the careful efforts made to keep paying administrators in the midst of these transitions. Tha rticle includes links to resources to online worship, COVID-19 prevention, and pastoral care.

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Subject:   Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends

Title: Student Emergency Fund Website

URL: https://www.givecampus.com/schools/SwarthmoreCollege/student-emergency-fund-2020#updates

Description: This website created by Swarthmore College includes links for anyone who wishes to donate to the college's emergency fund which gives financial assiatance to students who in need. The fund raiser is a response to the many expenses (housing, medical care, etc.) that students accrued due to the pandemic. The website includes an image of the Class of 1918 motto: "Not for ourselves, but for all."

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Spring 2020 Move-Out Request Google Form

URL: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/DoWSc9RAu8vfJV9k7&source=gmail&ust=1585778485897000&usg=AFQjCNFTCx6gM_Qbw1eo39bWfRQskJDi0w

Description: Since COVID-19 forced campus to shut down and students were not allowed back on campus, new move-out plans had to be arranged for students This Google form sent out by Swarthmore College contains move-out information and asks that students respond with their tentative move-out plans, particularly if they intend to return to campus to move out.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Information Website

URL: https://www.swarthmore.edu/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-information

Description: This website by Swarthmore College contains all updates and developments around the coronovairus, from updates on travel and study abroad to information regarding health and wellness. While the website contains general informations, it also houses all COVID-19 related community messages going back to January 28, 2020.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Virtual Programming Website

URL: https://www.swarthmore.edu/living-swarthmore/virtual-programming

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: COVID-19 News and Updates Stepping up to the Plate

URL: https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/stepping-to-plate

Description: This news update posted by Swarthmore College details the efforts of two alumni in providing free meals to community memebers. The two alumni, Rod '67 and Dorothy Woods Chronister '66, joined volunteers to organize and provide grab-and-go meal bags in their community park.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Swarthmore College Implements Test-Optional Policy Amid COVID-19 Webpage

URL: https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/swarthmore-college-implements-test-optional-policy-amid-covid-19

Description: This update from the Swarthmore Admissions Office announces that the college will waive the ACT and SAT requirement for student applicants until the 2020-2021 application cycle. As the announcement states, this change is in response to the disruption brought about by COVID-19.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Possible COVID-19 Case Webpage

URL: https://www.swarthmore.edu/student-health-and-wellness/possible-covid-19-case?fbclid=IwAR3KLfmj36qMEAnK4CLF7hczv7dvxeCifs8dvoGUfHjEEFr9NzQXRI05Jtk

Description: This update from the Swarthmore Student Health and Wellness Center shares the news that the family member of an employee is assumed to have COVID-19 and that both individuals are self-quarantining. The update includes links to information and other college updates on COVID-19.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Denver Quaker Offers Health-Care Workers a Home Away From Home Article

URL: https://www.westword.com/news/denver-quaker-group-opens-meeting-hall-to-health-care-workers-11674865

Description: In this article published by the Denver Westworld newspaper, the Mountain View Friends Meeting is described as having opened their vacant meeting hall as a free living space for health workers. Th article states that Mountain View Friends Meeting opened their hall as part of the Frontline Homes movement, which aimed to house health workers for a low to no cost at all. This movement hopes the friends and families of health workers at risk contracting COVID-19. According to the article, Mountain View Friends Meeting is not charging health workers for their stay at the meeting hall, but it is requiring that health-care workers shower and publicly record their symptoms.

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Subject:   Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends