Letter from Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui regarding COVID-19 Student Supports and Resources List

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor ssiddiqui@cambridgema.gov Office: [phone removed] TTY/TTD: [phone removed] March 12, 2020 Based on the potential severity of COVID-19 outbreak in the student community, several local universities have made the difficult decision to close indefinitely to reduce possible virus exposure. While there are currently no known cases of COVID-19 in the Cambridge community, my office is committed to helping our residents and sharing information when available. Below is a list of resources specifically to support students who may be displaced due to campus closures in Cambridge. We will do our best to update this page as more resources become available. COVID-19 Student Support & Resource List Harvard Alums Able to Host or Store Belongings for Harvard College Students (focus is on low-income & first-generation students): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeV_k4aCXBb8GsDe9_zfrZhlmY4J2kAbmLcElRTAj6GslgfLQ/viewform?fbclid=I wAR0Mtvo5h1OuQJY-8kfvNjcMKggMdkD87ojVctdP6J2VsiJO-cQKjPxqjUE Housing, Storage and Flight Help: NEEDS & OFFERS (Boston ENC ‘Every Nation Campus’ Team of Aletheia Church in Cambridge): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sg2lm1ecel7JhugFOFz59Yy3tW22uYQjEtAK0JwVgLA/edit#gid=113766395 MIT Students Requesting Help from MIT Alums and MIT Community Members: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesgW-KrpRH8qYqmUs97OhrjXv04rCoSL0Q1klOCoHWHo9BIQ/viewform MIT Community (Alums, Grad Students, Post-Docs) Interested in Supporting MIT Students Affected by COVID-19: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmkT6BXXK3tXRuQsvoOQR5tpWQwul4S8amQFpYjrjkARLpPQ/viewform?fbcl id=IwAR3z33R1E1FIR44w1XpEtthBXLuBmmaXP4Y1Y5X-ynQyY0cetcImrkSQiE0 Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) Student Housing, Storage, and Volunteer Support (please fill out if you can house a student(s) in need, store students' belongings, or are able to volunteer at one of PBHA’s HSHS and Y2Y homeless shelters): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbbiKRh511AxXi2G1PGtaxrOSF_fhLoHCz9ndifcqUlxyxKA/viewform MIT Food Drive (organized by MIT students to collect donations of food that would otherwise be left behind by departing students and get to those in need): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4b2UVSqdwhkxZdMfYHdMAeWH_eHjPmQQ_zAqO4iuzKp_uQw/viewform? fbclid=IwAR1Q-ZgijIy_69YSf1gNzHTSDc02lyKoPS04yAyzhKYuYkIs_203626lku0 Tufts University Community: Mutual Aid for Students Affected by COVID-19: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZnww2E9qB8LfAr6SX__i1qUICM153H2rTxy2QpqS- k6LolQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR09kMlxR8UTJjykNtN7J5_NxWDcI8WPwrUPjWlojFO2hGDSitr9dGq3wN0 Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN) Housing Support: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hnnSR7iCnG8HqnhqM6ye5LT7ue_u8IIaK4fkFZRapYA/viewform?edit_requested=true Sincerely, Sumbul Siddiqui Mayor