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For years, University of Florida students and agricultural coalitions have been pressuring campus administrators with some success to insist that UF s main food vendor pay workers better and work toward offering more sustainable food options.
Now, with the vendor s contract coming up for review in the coming year, they are bringing even more pressure to bear.
A letter sent to UF administrators this week outlines several demands for the contract.
It was sent by the Food Justice League, a local activist organization, and the Agricultural Justice Project, a Gainesville-based nonprofit rooted in local communities nationwide. The letter featured 41 national and regional supportive signatures, including some members of the Gainesville and Alachua County commissions, the county s school board, the Alachua County Labor Coalition, UF faculty and graduate student union branches and a number of nearby farms.
In a 20-minute speech, Poe shared the city’s accomplishments and failures, with occasional cameos from city commissioners and local leaders. He discussed topics from homelessness to social justice.
WUFT News fact checked and added context to some of the statements the city included in the address:
(Mayor Lauren Poe:) In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, organizers worked cooperatively to work with city community members, including the Gainesville Police Department, to hold peaceful and powerful demonstrations, continuing Gainesville’s long-standing commitment to protecting our neighbors’ right to peacefully protest.
Fact check: Gainesville was one of about 30 U.S. cities that held a “March for Our Freedom” protest in May following Floyd’s death. Organizers urged the community to stay peaceful and use the event as an opportunity to spark awareness of police brutality. After the event, William John Connelly drove his car into protesters, according to police.
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UF students drop off saliva samples on the ground floor of the Broward/Newell garage, one of UF’s COVID-19 testing sites.
Halfway through the spring semester, questions such as Why are students cleared for campus before receiving their COVID-19 test results? remain largely unanswered.
University of Florida faculty members continue to raise concerns over UF’s COVID-19 testing protocols.
The concern consists of questions like: Why are students cleared for campus before receiving their COVID-19 test results? Why are some students cleared for campus even after being exposed to someone who has since tested positive for COVID-19?
So far, their questions remain largely unanswered.
Gainesville will take over control of a stretch of West University
The Florida Department of Transportation agreed to begin transferring responsibility of the road February 24, 2021 | 6:45am EST
Pedestrians walk down West University Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Signs down the road redirect traffic due to ongoing construction on the road, near UF campus and Midtown. Photo by Chasity Maynard | The Independent Florida Alligator
The Florida Department of Transportation will transfer control of the section of West University Avenue near UF campus to the city of Gainesville.
City and county officials met with FDOT representatives Monday at a meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization, a joint operation between G