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Infant PPE, Kitonga Alexander, 2020

An infant born two months before the Safer at Home Order is fitted for a protective mask. The current conditions of social distancing could possibly…

Tags: African Americans, Children, Face Mask, Home & Family Life, North Side Neighborhood, Personal Protective Equipment, Photograph

Kitonga Alexander, Oral History with Mack Bates, April 22, 2020

The experience of COVID-19 has varied for individuals. Some have questioned the severity of the virus and if preventative methods are appropriate or…

Tags: African Americans, COVID-19 Patients, COVID-19 Testing, Home & Family Life, Interview, Oral History, Politics, Safer at Home, Self Care, Video, Virtual Discussion

Kitonga Alexander, Lashawna Tolliver Fights the Coronavirus--Oral History, April 26, 2020

Lashawna Tolliver of Milwaukee experienced the physical and mental strains associated with the Coronavirus. Her diagnosis struggles and journey of…

Tags: African Americans, COVID-19 Patients, East Side Neighborhood, Oral History, Race & Ethnicity, Recovery, Video, Zoom

Unity in the Community, Kitonga Alexander, 2020

A key element of social distancing involves the isolation from individuals outside of the household. This has been a difficult task for some…

Tags: African Americans, Baptist, Bronzeville Neighborhood, Ephesians Missionary Baptist Church, Photograph, Race & Ethnicity, Religion, Sign, Unity, Virtual Gathering

Empty Barbershops on Saturdays, Kitonga Alexander, 2020

Weekends, particularly on Saturdays are a significantly busy day for barbershops in the African American community of Milwaukee, similarly to African…

Tags: African Americans, Barbershops, Bronzeville Neighborhood, Business, Closed Spaces, East Side Neighborhood, Photograph, Race & Ethnicity

Kimberly Gibson, Racine Community Parade for Healthcare Workers, April 3, 2020

As way to show thanks to the healthcare workers in Racine, the community drove to the Ascension Hospital and created a parade of sorts.

Tags: Ascension All Saints Hospital, Gathering, Healthcare, Public Health & Hospitals, Racine WI, Thank You, Unity

Thank You Banner Painting, Kim Cosier and Josie Osborne, 2020

We are members of a collective called the Art Build Workers (artbuildworkers.com). Normally we work with groups of community volunteers to make art…

Tags: Art Build Workers, Sign, Thank You

Keziah (Kzee) M. Bland, Oral History Interview Paul E. Bland, May 16, 2020

This contribution is an Oral History interview between myself (Keziah Kzee M. Bland) and my father Reverend Paul E. Bland. This interview was…

Tags: Essential Workers, Interview, Oral History, Quarantine, Video

Kerry Larsen-Berryhill, Make Room for Vaccine Patients, January 25, 2021

As Ascension began ramping up for members of the general population to get the vaccine, preparations had to be made to accommodate large numbers of…

Tags: Ascension Healthcare, Email, Healthcare, Healthcare Workers, Public Health & Hospitals, Reopening, Vaccination

Kent Nuttycombe, Coronarock, March 17-19, 2020

My 10 year old son and myself wrote and recorded a song about living in these times of social isolation. We recorded it on my computer at home, in the…

Tags: Audio, Emotion, Home & Family Life, Music, Reflection, Riverwest Neighborhood