By Rudy TakalaMay 7th, 2021, 10:25 am
Members of the
Washingtonian’s editorial staff staged a protest on Friday after the publication’s CEO penned an op-ed that many saw as threatening employees with measures that included stripping them of their benefits if they did not return to work in the office.
“Like many of my fellow small-business owners, I am excited about the prospect of returning to in-person work but am struggling with when and how to safely reopen our office,” CEO
Cathy Merrill wrote in a Thursday op-ed for
The Washington Post, before addressing her own employees directly. “But also like my peers, I am concerned about the unfortunately common office worker who wants to continue working at home and just go into the office on occasion.”
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The organization utilizes resources that would have gone to waste, addressing both healthcare and environmental concerns. (Photo courtesy of Sana Shah)
To address health inequities both locally in Los Angeles, as well as globally, Sana Shah founded the USC chapter of Blueprints for Pangaea in November with a mission to reallocate unused medical supplies from local hospitals to communities in need.
Blueprints for Pangaea is a national organization founded in 2013 and headquartered at the University of Michigan. The organization has expanded to eight universities across the United States, with the new USC chapter being the first on the West Coast.