FacesOfCOVID Digital Memorial Project
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In March of 2020, I launched FacesOfCOVID on Twitter with three specific goals in mind:
1. Lift up the names, faces, and stories behind the numbing statistics to preserve the dignity to those we've lost to the pandemic and show compassion and empathy to the families who mourn.
2. Provide a measure of accountability for our failures in national leadership by challenging efforts to rewrite the history of the pandemic, promote misinformation, or downplay the extent of the losses. We cannot allow history to be rewritten.
3. Uplift local journalism at a time when it is being hollowed out, by providing a platform with expansive reach to share the important work of community-level reporters who are doing their best to tell these stories under challenging circumstances.
This effort has now grown to nearly 70,000 followers. Now it's time to bring our storytelling to the next level.
Beginning the week of September 9th, FacesOfCOVID will be releasing a series of digital storytelling videos to further uplift the lives of those who are gone, and allow us to begin to engage with the extent and scope of those losses.
WATCH Our first video , lifting up the names and faces of our firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics.
FacesOfCOVID is run by its volunteer founder, Alex Goldstein, and a handful of volunteers who have raised their hand to help along the way. Our goal is to raise enough funds in the coming weeks to produce at least six more pieces, and promote them on social platforms to ensure maximum exposure and visibility.
Every cent raised will go towards the production and sponsored content cost necessary to sustain this effort.
To learn more about FacesOfCOVID and our mission, you can watch, read, and learn more via recent coverage on MSNBC , The Boston Globe , ProPublica, and FastCompany.
1. Lift up the names, faces, and stories behind the numbing statistics to preserve the dignity to those we've lost to the pandemic and show compassion and empathy to the families who mourn.
2. Provide a measure of accountability for our failures in national leadership by challenging efforts to rewrite the history of the pandemic, promote misinformation, or downplay the extent of the losses. We cannot allow history to be rewritten.
3. Uplift local journalism at a time when it is being hollowed out, by providing a platform with expansive reach to share the important work of community-level reporters who are doing their best to tell these stories under challenging circumstances.
This effort has now grown to nearly 70,000 followers. Now it's time to bring our storytelling to the next level.
Beginning the week of September 9th, FacesOfCOVID will be releasing a series of digital storytelling videos to further uplift the lives of those who are gone, and allow us to begin to engage with the extent and scope of those losses.
WATCH Our first video , lifting up the names and faces of our firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics.
FacesOfCOVID is run by its volunteer founder, Alex Goldstein, and a handful of volunteers who have raised their hand to help along the way. Our goal is to raise enough funds in the coming weeks to produce at least six more pieces, and promote them on social platforms to ensure maximum exposure and visibility.
Every cent raised will go towards the production and sponsored content cost necessary to sustain this effort.
To learn more about FacesOfCOVID and our mission, you can watch, read, and learn more via recent coverage on MSNBC , The Boston Globe , ProPublica, and FastCompany.
Organizer
Alex Goldstein
Organizer
Waltham, MA
