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2020-04
Tweets from Inside a Prison 4/19-4/25/2020 by Railroaded Underground
These images follow the Tweets of an incarcerated person from April 19th through April 25th, 2020. In them they discuss their feelings of anger and depression, worries about mental health from being in lockdown 23 hours per day, overcrowding, begins defenseless, politics, elections, self medicating, like others on prison wine called "pruno", how they are not supposed to wear masks at all times but the guards are not, and that though it was declared by prison authorities would not transfer inmates due to concerns over spreading covid that has not been the reality. -
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Tweets from Inside a Prison 4/12-4/18/2020 by Railroaded Underground
These tweets are from an incarcerated person using a contraband cell phone to let the world know about the conditions inside the prison. This week he is talking about choosing between a shower and exposure because their showers are communal with over fifty people. He also mentions the prison employee that brought him his meals and lead him around has tested positive and that the first inmate is positive and has been sent to solitary confinement for quarantine. He mentions a lack of soap, receiving fruit snacks with his lunch because they contain vitamin C, injustice, #clemancynow, and inmates at other facilities being retaliated against for speaking out. -
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Tweets from Inside a Prison 4/5-4/11/2020 by Railroaded Underground
These images show Tweets from a prison inmate using a contraband cell phone for the week of April 5th through April 11th, 20202. He talks about waiting in a cage for covid to get him, the poor are the ones imprisoned and now they are at higher risk of getting covid, he sees depression and hope, talks about how old the facility is and the black mold he can see growing outside his cell. -
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Choctaw Nation Paper
My dad sent me this paper from his tribe. I was worried that the tribe had been affected like some other tribes. But the papers really just had basic information about Covid-19 and hand-washing. It was a relief to see. -
2020-04
Life In Isolation: The Coronavirus... Andreas Ivanovich
A virtual exhibition by the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science -
2020-04
Sweet Basil Vinaigrette Recipe
I found this recipe on a Facebook group for people sharing quarantine recipes. This recipe really showcases how many people were having to learn how to make things due to food shortages and an inability to go to the grocery store. This recipe is for a salad dressing which, under normal circumstances, folks might not be anticipating having to make themselves. -
2020-04
Survival Bread Recipes
I found this recipe on a Facebook group for people sharing their quarantine recipes. I thought this recipe was important to share because not only did so many people become really interested in baking bread during quarantine, but these recipes call for the sort of bare-bones ingredients that many might have attended to during some of the flour shortages. -
2020-04
Boston Thanks Essential Workers
This is a photograph of a sign in the Greater Boston area thanking essential workers for their service. This sign illustrates one of the ways in which Boston has responded to Covid-19 -
2020-04
"My faith and beliefs are unchanged..."
"My faith and beliefs are unchanged like I still believe in God." "Um... I don't go to church normally so I'm not sure." "Unchanged." "I have no idea as I don't go to church." -
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"Uh... I mean kinda not in a huge sense you know..."
"Uh... I mean kinda not in a huge sense you know some things have changed of course but... I dunno reading the bible and such kinda expected these things like this to happen so its not really as much of a shock if that makes sense but its definitely we definitely do take some precautions though and definitely throw some stuff to the whirlwind." -
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“It is making my connection stronger to God..."
“It is making my connection stronger to God because this is a time like I need him the most and I know that he can give me hope.” “No, but we're doing Zoom meetings every Wednesdays for youth group and we do Bible study and a little game.” “Yes, they're doing a drive-thru where people can go through and pick up food if they need it.” -
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“I would say it's definitely a lot harder..."
“I would say it's definitely a lot harder to get in community because I feel like that's a big deal with any kind of faith and so with church it's all online now so I'm just watching it like from my home church with my family like in our house so that's kind of a bummer not being able to be in community every week and it's hard because it puts like I don't know more pressure…” -
2020-04
"Well it stops me from being able to go to church and pray to my god."
"Well it stops me from being able to go to church and pray to my god." "No, it strengthened my beliefs." "We we gather uh the priest does like a Zoom meeting for us so that we can still get together spiritually and pray to our God." "Well since we're not doing community service and feeding the homeless in our community..." -
2020-04
“I don't think it's really affected it much.”
“I don't think it's really affected it much.” “Our religious community isn't gathering. They stopped it immediately and I think they're trying to reach out to people through online communications. That's about it.” Mostly person-to-person. They've done one huge like worldwide broadcast in the last couple months.” -
2020-04
“Covid-19 has affected my faith by not allowing me to attend..."
“Covid-19 has affected my faith by not allowing me to attend the weekly mass I usually would. And I feel that it's a sign from God telling us we all need to expand our faith.” “No, we have not been but they have been holding live masses on social media and I've been watching those from home.” “Yeah, it's honestly sad not being able to be with the community and everyone has to watch it from home.” “My church has been helping anyone that needs help and is reaching out to them but as a Christian community as a whole I'm not sure.” -
2020-04
“I feel like for me it really hasn't affected it too much."
“I feel like for me it really hasn't affected it too much. I think it really just affected the way things go about because my religion is Christianity so before covid-19 we would meet on a weekly basis at a church and from there everybody gathers together so it's a really close room with a lot of people in it and since covid-19 and social distancing is in place we really can't meet so a lot of the operations in the church have gone more to a social platform they start uploading services every week on YouTube…” -
2020-04
“People have described it as these times are unprecedented."
“People have described it as these times are unprecedented. Nobody has had to endure or deal with or live through something like this of this magnitude in the past. I know that there's always been previous flus or outbreaks or epidemics here and there you know the black plague obviously was a big one the Spanish Flu the flu of 1918 was pretty bad and you know a lot of those were pretty treacherous for how many lives that they took and how much it affected communities that way so thankfully we haven't had to deal with that a whole lot with this one as of right now.” -
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"To make me grateful to have a spiritual basis to live my life from ..."
“To make me grateful to have a spiritual basis to live my life from which is what I call... I guess that would be related to my religious beliefs... I had a spiritual life prior to having a quote religious belief. My religious belief came about 20 years ago in the form of another vital spiritual awakening which led to the Baptist Church. That faith led me through 911 which strengthened my face and gave me confidence that God could take care of things in the world that seem to be catastrophic to me.” -
2020-04
“Personally, it has not affected my faith or my belief."
“Personally, it has not affected my faith or my belief. I've always had a very strong faith and I've always had strong faith because I'm a person who has pretty much knocked at death’s door more than once. I've been on life support so I look at covid-19 as another stumbling block and with my faith it's just something that I can crawl over like before.” -
2020-04
“I dunno. It's certainly helped me turn to reassuring scriptures..."
“I dunno. It's certainly helped me turn to reassuring scriptures to go back into how you connect with God and how God is with us all the time. So you're relying more on that providence of God that presence of God knowing that things are out of our control yet God is still there God is still in charge so I dunno know that's kind of what it's done for me.” -
2020-04
"I don't think that it has really affected it that much..."
"I don't think that it has really affected it that much um other than a positive way. I mean it always uh ur it made me feel strong in my faith and to uh trust that you know my higher power has a plan and that we will be able to get through this um through the practice of my beliefs." -
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“Affected? Umm... well I guess it's affected my faith or beliefs..."
“Affected? Umm... well I guess it's affected my faith or beliefs um because my religious practice has been affected so... I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and we have our biggest bi-yearly conference in May and April and that conference was canceled and it was done all remotely.” -
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"Uh... very little. It has done nothing but support..."
"Uh... very little. It has done nothing but support previously held faiths and encouraged me in personal growth." "Uh... the community is still gathering but not physcially. Uh... we moved everything online that is possible. As for participation within it, um the um everyone in charge has gone out of their way..." -
2020-04
“Covid-19 hasn't directly impacted my faith or belief system so far.”
“Covid-19 hasn't directly impacted my faith or belief system so far.” “I do not currently participate in a religious community.” “My… I don't have a current one however I have seen of churches gathering supplies for those in need and helping to take care of the elderly in their communities.” -
2020-04
“I think it has strengthened my faith actually."
“I think it has strengthened my faith actually. I don't know what all this means and I don't necessarily believe it's God sent or anything like that but I definitely feel like it's god allowed like he's allowed this thing to happen for some reason and so whether it's to get our attention or to… I don't know. I don't know but I feel like there's almost like a forced stillness and I think in this forced stillness it'd be wise to take advantage of that time and really strengthen things.” -
2020-04
“Covid-19 hasn't affected my faith in a negative way..."
“Covid-19 hasn't affected my faith in a negative way but it does make you think about stories that we read in the Bible where God has sent us… you know I feel like maybe God is trying to send us a message for us to open our eyes with things going around in the world. It does wanna make me think.” -
2020-04
“It honestly hasn't affected it too much."
“It honestly hasn't affected it too much. Like, yeah, it sucks. It's not the best but it’s something that's been happening and I’ve just kinda been dealing with it. I don't think it's like this whole like major religious thing that it's kinda being put out to be. It's not like the reckoning or anything. So, I’ve kinda just been dealing with it the best way I can.” -
2020-04
“I think that the covid-19 pandemic has strengthened my faith..."
“I think that the covid-19 pandemic has strengthened my faith and my beliefs. I find myself looking to the Lord more and more each day as we wait for a solution. My personal practice has grown and has grown with my family as we have more time together to pray.” -
2020-04
"In a lot of different ways that I couldn't name exhaustively..."
“In a lot of different ways that I couldn't name exhaustively but one of the ways I can think of now is that it's strengthened my conviction about God's peace and how it allows you to transcend things beyond understanding. Like, there's a passage Philippians 4 through 7 that says rejoice in the lord always again I say rejoice and it talks about letting your gentleness be evident and not being anxious about anything but by prayer and petition and with gratitude you present your requests to God and God's peace which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” -
2020-04
"It hasn't really impacted it."
"It hasn't really impacted it. I mean the only really affect it has had on most religions is a lot of church has gone online um but that doesn't really affect the way I started to believe or have believed in anything." -
2020-04
“It hasn't affected my beliefs or faith."
“It hasn't affected my beliefs or faith. It's a strange time and I long to be with others but as far as my actual faith in God it hasn't changed it.” “They are not physically. We do watch weekly sermons and church service online but not physically are we able to get together.” “Unfortunately, we are not able to meet and so we haven't been able to participate in any one-on-one or group settings so it has affected us.” -
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“So I'm a Christian and I feel like it's affected my beliefs in positive and negative ways."
“So I'm a Christian and I feel like it's affected my beliefs in positive and negative ways. In the negative ways our churches isn’t able to meet publicly and I really rely on a lot of people for emotional support and it’s kinda like a nice at the end of the week you get to go to church and see all these people and it's really refreshing.” -
2020-04
“I'm not really sure if it's affected my faith or beliefs."
“I'm not really sure if it's affected my faith or beliefs. I've definitely been praying a lot more specifically for like family and just protection and things like that so I can't say it's negatively impacted but it’s probably made me use my faith a little bit more.” -
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“To be honest it hasn't affected my faith very much at all."
“To be honest it hasn't affected my faith very much at all. I was a spiritual guy going into covid-19 and I still am. So I still believe that God's will be done so this is just part of his bigger plan and I'm doing my best to accommodate that and live in the moment.” -
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"Um... I wouldn't say my beliefs or faith have been changed in any way."
"Um... I wouldn't say my beliefs or faith have been changed in any way. Um... the way that I practice my faith has been changed. So, instead of going to church every Sunday, we kinda watch online um but other than that I would say it's just as strong as before." -
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“You know when you first asked that question..."
“You know when you first asked that question or when you sent it to me to look at. I really had not even thought about the question because to me it didn't affect anything with my faith or my beliefs. Yeah, it's like from my perspective we're talking two different things. It would be like blaming my neighbor for something that someone else far away had done and I just can't do that. I can't put blame or change the way I believe about God or about mankind or people based off something someone else has done.” -
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“They have not affected them in any way.”
“They have not affected them in any way.” “Because I mean obviously we're going to have to go through tough times but that doesn't mean that you can stop believing in a higher power.” “Yes, via Zoom so I guess not in person obviously but they're still finding a way to connect.” “It's definitely made it tougher to connect with others in my religious community obviously because we don't have that face-to-face communication anymore but still trying to keep connected by checking in with members of my community and making sure that everyone is okay.” -
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“It hasn't really challenged my faith or my beliefs."
“It hasn't really challenged my faith or my beliefs. I think it's helped me lean on them more. It's definitely stretched it a little bit but in the sense of refocusing my faith in Jesus and just in this season allowing sometimes the difficult moments to refocus us and putting our focus on what we believe. So, it hasn't really changed it in a bad sense. It's actually strengthened it I believe.” -
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“I think it has brought it to light a little bit more than normal..."
“I think it has brought it to light a little bit more than normal just because there's some confusion and fear and I was thinking they don't... they always say there is no atheist in a foxhole. So, yeah, it brings it to light but I think it's nice that I've always had that routine or that in the background to just rely on anyway and now it just goes a little deeper.” -
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“I believe my faith has grown stronger because of it.”
“I believe my faith has grown stronger because of it.” “Yes, we’re still gathering. It is through the internet. Our small groups are through the internet as well.” Yeah, so, I belong to Saddleback Church and we’re in Orange County. We have something that's called the peace forum and we grow vegetables and fruit and also take donations. We are providing those to all of the needy in our community.” -
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“I feel that covid-19 has made my beliefs stronger..."
“I feel that covid-19 has made my beliefs stronger because we have to rely on faith and that God is in control and we're not.” “No, it's just all online like all the services are online. No.” “Yeah, so our church and another church close by are offering a food drive every Thursday night and people drive through our church parking lot to receive a box of food.” -
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"I would say... you know the church is a community..."
"I would say... you know the church is a community and so that's kinda one of the main things so it definitely affects my faith in the sense that I can't be a part of my faith community in person. Um... it has affected my faith in that I I work at church you know and so I can't really effectively lead that community as well as I normally would you know as when we can meet in person." -
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“So I would say my general theology and philosophy are not particularly affected..."
“So I would say my general theology and philosophy are not particularly affected one way or the other because I realize that these sorts of things happen in history and that they are part of earthly life. They are part of the kind of difficulties that afflict the human race…” -
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Life Changes
My life experience during this pandemic and how it has changed. Though many have had the opportunity to have access to resources I have not which has become a challenge! #CSUS #HIST15H -
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Corona & Cherry Blossoms, Washington DC
When Cherry Blossoms bloom in DC many visitors take in their beauty. At the same time, their is a tragic irony of the corona virus blooming across the region and the world. The cherries bring the joys of nature,, the virus brings the opposite. -
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Hunger games meme made for COVID-19
This meme shows how scared people were going out in public for things like grocery shopping, since it seemed like the virus was everywhere and out to get you. #CSUS #HIST15H -
2020-04
Little Animated Living Room
The only things keeping me sane this Q-teen has been delving into art, drawing, and practicing animation. I have been using animation as a way to make money as well, since I lost my job. It's not much in commission but it helps fill in blanks of income. I have been animating people's favorite places- that they can no longer go to- during the lockdowns so that they can feel less anxious about what is going on, even if it is for a second. -
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Morel Hunting
The photo features Sarah, age 8, spending the day hunting for morels with her family. When asked Sarah said, "we're outside so much more now. . . I didn't know we could find food." Her parents are taking this opportunity to not only prioritize spending more time together as a family, but to teach her the skills their parents taught them. They want to focus on educating her about a sustainable lifestyle in the event a situation like this, or worse, ever happens again. -
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Feeding the Locals
At night when I look outside my loungeroom window I can see lights dancing in the shadows. It gives the comfort of life going on, a party, a celebration. But of course that's not what is happening. It's just a guy trying to save his business by reinventing it for Isolife XOXO -
2020-04
Quarantine activities
meme showing that people were having bad impulse control with nothing to do in quarantine