15 10 1657 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Write a memory, journal entry, essay, list, poem, or story below. You can attach a file below if you'd prefer. If I went to tell my past self that I would not be able to leave and see my friends every day at school or at dance, I would not believe myself. Coronavirus did not seem like a problem in the beginning. The first thing the pandemic impacted in my life was my school trip to Italy during April break. Everyone was confused as to why we had to reschedule the thousands of dollar trip that had been planned for over a year. A few weeks later the horrors of COVID-19 became much more apparent. Before we knew it, the virus blew up in the United States. Questions and rumors that school would be cancelled for a week started to arise. People either didn’t seem to think that the virus was a big deal. Then hand sanitizer waas everywhere, washing your hands more than normal causing your hands to become so dry. March 13, 2020, just what was supposed to be a normal Friday. Quizzes and tests scheduled for the following week, talks of prom and events being planned. That morning I had a friend tell me that there was supposed to be no school the next week, that would count as spring break. How dare the state take away spring break that tons of people had vacations planned for? Sitting in English class, what I didn’t know would be my last in school class for my junior year, the class is all excited like what is happening will be fun and a vacation. What was supposed to last one week of no school went to two weeks of online school to the end of April to the rest of the academic year. The new normal of logging onto class on your computer, classmates now being your siblings. Luckily in my house there are lots of activities to keep my family occupied, for the most part. Though the coronavirus has hurt so many globally and is such a negative part of our new life, my family has been able to grow closer. Being quarantined and having our annual Saturday game nights, lots of cooking and baking and outdoor sport activities. My family is lucky and I know that not everyone has such opportunities, and being home is unsafe. This pandemic is something that will never be forgotten. Taking thousands of lives away each day, impacting each citizen around the world in a different way. Location Where was this item created? Westerly Language What language is it in? English Description What is it about? How the pandemic changed a student's life Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A New Way to Live Creator Who created this item? anonymous Date When was this item created? April 30, 2020 Distance education Families Friendship Government shutdowns Westerly Young adults https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/09fb0200f463d036ddda48de64d4cbc5.JPG 7f1dd053a72e6ac12529d987aa979583 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Samuel W. Adams Date When was this created? 4/25/2020 Location Where was this item created? Providence, RI-Elmwood Neighborhood, South Side of Providence Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Date Night for Parents During COVID-19 Description What is it all about? In order to have a "date night" without their teenagers present, Sam Adams (46) turned their Westfalia campervan into a restaurant for his wife, Erica (34), complete with a three-course dinner and wine! The kids stayed in the house while Sam and Erica enjoyed some much needed couple time. Couples Eating & drinking Families Providence Restaurants https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/1805944f740d6072513346923fe9542d.jpg b23e959f52effdc3ff036f7e3982c1d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Mask Up RI Description What is it all about? Mask Up RI is an initiative to promote the importance of masking up during this Covid-19 pandemic. Showcasing Rhode Island citizens wearing masks and doing their duty for the health of others and themselves. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Bob Nolan Date When was this created? 4/28/20 Location Where was this item created? Providence, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Mask Selfie Description What is it all about? Selfie portrait of Bob Nolan, Controller of Providence Public Library, wearing a mask while working during Covid-19. Face coverings Masks Portraits https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/117e5ce14c4c3a632dd68f788fe83bc0.jpeg f0837c0a8df7d5a71a6d370df66549a1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Mask Up RI Description What is it all about? Mask Up RI is an initiative to promote the importance of masking up during this Covid-19 pandemic. Showcasing Rhode Island citizens wearing masks and doing their duty for the health of others and themselves. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Benita Chang de Santiago Date When was this created? 4/28/20 Location Where was this item created? Providence, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Mask portrait Description What is it all about? This is a portrait of Benita Chang de Santiago and her husband Eugenio Santiago wearing masks that show off their love of the New England Patriots. Face coverings Masks New England Patriots Portraits https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/57e62e0998096c2ed04fb38610aa4786.jpg e58abac0ad634f7f1560b95072e6e262 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Benita Santiago Date When was this created? 4/28/20 Location Where was this item created? Providence, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Shopping for necessities on Broad Street, Providence Description What is it all about? Headed home after shopping for necessities in South Providence. You can see we're wearing masks and gloves. Masks PPE Providence Shopping Streets https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/b216970147905eae23c3abfd3cb82a28.jpg 07c9cf3a5b4d34647074889b9db953c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Darrel Sutton Date When was this created? 4/21/20 Location Where was this item created? Home Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Art to Pass the Time Description What is it all about? Creating art is an easy way to lose myself for an hour or two. No online meetings, no emails, a break from the stress of working from home. This charcoal drawing is titled "Miles to Go" and is a combination shout out to Robert Frost and a comment on distance learning. Art Illustrations Social isolation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Write a memory, journal entry, essay, list, poem, or story below. You can attach a file below if you'd prefer. In times like these, you would think people would ban together. But I can’t seem to feel even further from everyone. A ripple effect From one business to the next From house to house. My neighbors one by one covered with masks Their doors closed with boards covering the windows. A yardstick between friendships and strangers. A yardstick between shopping carts. Long lines and wait times. Miles of yard sticks and masked neighbors outside of the local grocery. Revine like relationships. Big gaps of time without communication. Long hours of solitude. All passing while we stay hidden under masks and sheets. Long hours of rest. Long hours of restlessness. Hospital beds full of anxious messes. Hospitals running low on supplies. Groceries with empty shelves and stock rooms. I’m not sick with it. I’m sick with something else. Something that is so foreign but familiar. I’m sick. I keep myself on mute. Hidden in my room. Declining calls, keeping messages on unread for hours. All while I know what they’re thinking. Staring at my ceiling. No energy, nowhere to be. In times like these we turn to our habits. The ones we keep to ourselves. I see smoke in the sky. I see broken bottles on the sidewalk. I turned to mine, I drawing with my pen coloring the page red. They said they closed non essentials. What about those of us who’s essentials are offices giving us support?. I’m stuck in my house, in my bed, in my head. I create excuses, feeling sorry for me and everyone else. Sorry that there’s nothing we can do. Sorry I feel this way. Sorry I am speechless. Sorry that I feel more alone even if I’m not sick. Sorry that you may be sick. Sorry no one is safe. Sorry. I see the words on the screen. What is real? What is fake? What is a dream? There’s people I want to protect. But there’s nothing to do. There’s nothing I can do. There’s this girl. I want her safety more than anything. I cannot afford for her to get sick. This girl isn’t me. For I am not a girl. But she’s already infected. Infected with the voices that plague me too. Leaving me stuck in my bed. All while the world around me burns.. Can’t they see we’re sick? Can’t they see that these long hours aren’t doing us well? Did they forget that the ill in my head hurts just as bad as this physical sickness? Did they forget because they can’t see it? But they can see it. Can’t they? It’s right there on my wrists. For all to see. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I tried my hardest. But in the end I got sick. But it’s not like this extreme weight in my head isn’t infectious. Don’t we all feel like this? Am I alone in this? I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know I. Don’t Know. And that’s the worst part about it. Location Where was this item created? My house in Westerly; 02891 Language What language is it in? English Description What is it about? This is a poem I had to write for my English class, as I am a student. The topic was to create a poem on how we have been "turned inside out" by COVID-19. Here are my thoughts, concerns, and overall feelings while being quarantined. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Thoughts That Plague Me Creator Who created this item? Cyprus (Carly) Weaver Anxiety Creative writing Poetry Social distancing Social isolation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Write a memory, journal entry, essay, list, poem, or story below. You can attach a file below if you'd prefer. Six Feet says the virus as we are taken prisoner by our own homes. Six Feet away from our friends and Six Feet away from our neighbors. Six Feet this virus is lasting now but not forever. Six Feet a short enough distance to save our earth. Six Feet says the virus as it is quickly hurting us. Six Feet says the virus as companies and factories begin to shut down. Six Feet says the virus as the levels of pollution begin to fall. Six Feet says the virus as the size of our Eco footprint begins to shrink and get smaller. Six Feet says the virus as we slowly but surely start to create a vaccine. Six Feet says the virus as the death toll gets smaller and smaller. Six Feet says the virus as the vaccine is administered to people and patients all over the globe. Six Feet says the virus as things return to normal. Six Feet says the virus as people and patients begin to celebrate. Six Feet says the virus as companies and factories begin to reopen. Six Feet says the virus as the levels of pollution begin to rise back up again. Six Feet says the virus as our Eco footprint begins to grow again in size. Six Feet says the virus as it begins to fade away. Six Feet says the virus as it begins saying its final words: "Without me here to stay the earth will be gone one day but maybe just maybe one day everybody on this earth will learn to just power down for a little while because if they do maybe this earth will just live to see another day where I am gone and the earth will just be here to stay". Location Where was this item created? Westerly,RI Language What language is it in? English Description What is it about? With this epidemic currently going on some good things have happened but when its gone these things will be turned to dust but maybe if we do this stuff sometimes when the epidemic is over it will make for a better earth and those things won't be turned into dust. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Six Feet Creator Who created this item? Matthew Rockholz Creative writing Ecology Poetry Social distancing https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/db66e720d8898f178261b8e66acd5bce.JPG bfd37e0c624a9160ddfdb850f20f4249 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Shell Station/Sarah Zurier Date When was this created? 4/17/20 Location Where was this item created? Shell Station, 1525 Smith St, North Providence Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Gas receipt Description What is it all about? Gas costs just $2.039/gallon on April 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and price drops. And with all the groceries I bought from Peapod (Stop and Shop delivery) recently, I got a big discount. $1.339/gallon. Economics North Providence Shopping https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/b4bff861489329567b27ab41af794186.jpeg e5b57c404e501687b5144984f98d76d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Phoebe Bean Date When was this created? May 1, 2020 Location Where was this item created? Providence, R.I. 02906 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Visiting Grandmother Description What is it all about? Gretchen Dow Simpson, 80, on a “safe visit” with her grandson, 9. Children Families Older people Providence Social distancing