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  • LA's Photographers Can't Come Near You, But They'll Peep In Your Windows

    Mike Roe

    April 02, 2020 |

    LAist |

    Photojournalism |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    With COVID19 putting the majority of us in self-isolation or quarantine, LA-based photographers have found unique ways to capture this moment. Without coming into contact with individuals – which is often a fundamental part of their job – they use peoples’ windows to frame the photo, capturing the glare of the outside world as well.

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  • The latest shortage? Dogs and cats, as folks foster and adopt pets during quarantine

    Chris Erskine

    April 02, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To manage isolation and the lockdown provisions during the coronavirus, many people are turning to fostering or adopting a new pet. Rescue organizations are implementing social distancing protocols for these adoptions and transfers, as cats, dogs, and rabbits make their way to their new homes to comfort individuals and families during the pandemic.

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  • Alternative Mourning Rituals Offer Comfort And Closure During An Outbreak

    Ingrid Gercama Theresa Jones

    April 02, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Beni

    Because a body can transmit a virus for up to ten days after death, family members who lost a loved one suffer from the lack of contact. In the DRC, where Ebola hit hard, psychologists have devised new ways of mourning with aspects of traditional burials in order to properly and safely mourn a family member. The Bethesda Counseling Center uses alternative burial methods like group sessions that release feelings in verbal and written forms and creates living memorials by planting trees and flowers. Families testify to how the program helped them heal, and the program could be scaled and applied elsewhere.

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  • The coronavirus is straining government services. So these neighbors are stepping up to help

    Cindy Carcamo

    April 02, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mar Vista, California

    Anticipating an overwhelmed government, community members throughout southern California took the initiative to fill the gap and help their neighbors during the coronavirus outbreak. Mobilizing via websites, social media, and bilingual printed fliers, volunteers are helping "with grocery runs, meals, pharmacy pickups, check-in calls and other errands."

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  • One City Is Paying Restaurants to Make Meals for Homeless Shelters Audio icon

    Emma Coleman

    April 02, 2020 |

    Route Fifty |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Social distancing has negatively affected homeless shelters, because the volunteers who prepare the meals aren't considered essential employees. The city of Cambridge pledged to pay local restaurants to provide bagged or boxed meals for lunch and dinner at shelters for as long as social distancing guidelines remain in place. This also helps restaurants who are struggling without customers. The operation started in March of 2020 and has since distributed 1,800 meals to eight homeless shelters and meal programs. Other cities like Detroit and Portland are following their lead.

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  • 나누고 살리고 보듬고… 공공기관, 아름다운 ‘코로나 상생'

    박수진

    April 01, 2020 |

    문화일보 |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: South Korea

    공공기관들도 지역사회의 코로나19 위기 극복 행렬에 동참하고 있습니다. 해양환경공단은 화훼소비 촉진을 위한 '플라워 버킷 챌린지'를, 한국수력원자력은 기업은행과 협력해 대출기금을 조성하는 등 상생의 움직임들이 주목받고 있습니다.

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  • Oregon Launches Neighborhood Support For Foster Families Stuck At Home

    Allison Frost Courtney Sherwood

    April 01, 2020 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Foster families in Oregon are facing unique challenges during the stay at home order of COVID-19, so a new program called My Neighbor aims to alleviate some of their burdens by utilizing their local networks. The Department of Human Services partnered with nonprofit Every Child to create a program that connects Oregonians willing to help out in any way they can to foster families who are looking for support for things like getting groceries or cleaning supplies. They have already received requests from 260 families and foster children and filled 189 of them.

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  • Hospital chaplains find creative ways to offer compassion, despite coronavirus restrictions, so no one has to die alone

    Kate Thayer

    April 01, 2020 |

    Chicago Tribune |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Social distancing rules are proving to be especially difficult to maintain for people whose family member is dying of the virus. Chaplains in Chicago are finding ways to help families to be with their loved ones in times of illness and so that no patient has to die alone. Chaplains will talk to the patient on the phone, broadcast family members' voices over the rooms' intercoms, and hand nurses prayer cards to give to the patient when they enter the room. The chaplains also work to alleviate the stress of the healthcare workers by praying over specific concerns and wishes that the nurses have.

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  • Not going coronavirus outbreak alone: Some find quarantine buddies to lessen isolation

    Cindy Chang

    April 01, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To better manage the isolation of being quarantined during the coronavirus, people living in the same communities in neighborhoods of Los Angeles are making "quarantine buddies." Although this method of forming small groups to create impromptu families does still impose limitations, it is being called a coping mechanism and alleviates the psychological need for human contact.

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  • Honoring loved lost ones through Zoom during COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing orders

    Steve Chiotakis

    April 01, 2020 |

    KCRW |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    As social distancing is preventing community members to pay proper respects to those who passed, people are inventing new ways to connect with one another and celebrate both life and death. This piece features examples of such. One example is a family marking the passing of a matriarch by sending a mass email asking people to raise a glass in her memory. Another is a public online Seder hosted over Zoom.

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