Listening in Place focuses on two responses to the COVID-19 emergency: the creation of a crowd-sourced Sound Archive to document our daily experiences during the pandemic, and a series of online Virtual Story Circles, where Vermonters can gather remotely to listen and share during these truly challenging times.

Vermont Folklife Center

#TheFrontStepsProject bring us together virtually despite being – and maybe feeling – isolated. 

We aim to highlight the faces of our community during a time when we might not see them in passing at the grocery store, coffee shop, on the train or at the gym. 

We may be temporarily separated, but we are always united.

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A Force Outside Myself:

Citizens Over 60 Speak

by McSweeney’s Editors

In the past few weeks, the voices and even the lives of American elders have been marginalized, scapegoated, written off. Most recently, certain politicians have presented a false and horrifying choice — either we protect citizens over 60 or we save the economy.

We thought it was time to hear elder voices. They are living this anxious, troubled moment like no one else. Every day we will add more stories to this mosaic — some tragic, some wistful, some full of levity and hope. They will be at the top of this page every morning.

A Journal of the Plague Year: an Archive of CoVid19

Join us in documenting our uncertain moment. We are acting not just as historians, but as chroniclers, recorders, memoirists, as image collectors. We invite you to share your experience and impressions of how CoVid19 has affected our lives, from the mundane to the extraordinary, including the ways things haven’t changed at all. Share your story in text, images, video, tweets, texts, Facebook posts, Instagram or Snapchat memes, and screenshots of the news and emails–anything that speaks to paradoxes of the moment. Imagine, as we are, what future historian might need to write about and understand this historical moment.

Has someone close to you died from covid-19? Share your story with The Washington Post.

The Washington Post is reporting on the lives of Americans who have died from covid-19, gathering details from family and friends of the victims and analyzing health agency data. Your story can help inform the public about who is dying from the disease and why, as scientists and health researchers race to understand the pandemic.

Click here to add your voice.