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A COVID Memorial Mixtape Revisited

A COVID Memorial Mixtape Revisited

FromMovement Memos


A COVID Memorial Mixtape Revisited

FromMovement Memos

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Nov 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In place of our usual content, this week, we are revisiting A COVID Memorial Mixtape. The mixtape, which was released in October of 2020 by Ric Wilson, in collaboration with a number of grassroots organizers, was created as part of a month-long effort to memorialize people lost to COVID-19. It was also played through a loudspeaker outside the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in downtown Chicago. When the tape was created, we had lost over 200,000 people to COVID-19 in the United States. Now, we have lost over 750,000. Globally, more than 5 million people have died. So we're taking a pause this week, and revisiting some reflection, reverence and resistance around those losses. 
We’ll be back next week with a regular episode.  
You can find a transcript on our website.
Released:
Nov 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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