Friday, May 28, 2021

We Remember: A Community Covid Memorial

 lease join us on June 8th, 2021 at 6pm for “We Remember: A Community Covid Memorial” Dedication and Activation at Green-Wood Cemetery (5th Ave & 25th Street Entrance, Brooklyn, NY). Twenty NYC community groups are coming together to create a memorial honoring those lost to Covid-19. Join us on June 8 as we honor our dead through music and dance, create a shared space for reflection, and complete the memorial, which will remain up for the month of June.

 
Featuring performance and offerings by:

La Troupe Makandal,
Aeilushi Mistry
Winston "Jeggae" Hoppie,
Mazarte & the Villalobos Brothers, 
Judith Berkson, 
Monica Hope & Kelvyn Bell,
and Brooklyn Roots Lullaby Project.
 
FB event for dedication
https://fb.me/e/EM9YVvZY

With Gratitude,
 
Jenny from Great Small Works / Naming The Lost Memorials
 
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Naming the Lost Memorials  is a small team of volunteer artists, activists, and folklorists who have lost loved ones, neighbors, and co-workers to Covid-19. In response to the ever-accumulating numbers of deceased, we have been creating memorial sites in New York City to name and remember victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our work began in May 2020. Now we’ve passed the first anniversary since the first Covid deaths occurred in the United States and the pandemic continues to take lives daily. We know that grieving and mourning are far from finished, even as vaccination brings hope. Our intention is to continue the necessary process of mournfully and respectfully naming those lost to COVID. The virus continues to claim lives and we are continuing the work of creating memorial sites to name and honor the lost.  
Visit our website for helpful instructions and other examples of memorials that we and others have made:
 
https://namingthelost.com/memorials/

List of Community Partners Contributing to the Memorial--  
Hebrew Tabernacle 
Fort Tryon Jewish Center
Flushing Town Hall
Inside Change Arts: Bowery Resident Street Artists & The 5th Grade Formulators of the Bedford Village School 
Building Stories
Bronx Documentary Center
Mazarte Dance Company Inc.
Brooklyn Roots
Guyana Cultural Association of New York
Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA)
Makandal: Bridging the Past and the Future of Traditional Haitian Arts  Teachers and Writers Collaborative
Mixteca
Academy of Medical and Public Health Services
The Center For Family Life
JouvayFest
Collective Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders
Worker Justice Project
Caring Majority      

 
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Co-Produced/ Funded by Green-wood Foundation, Great Small Works, City Lore, Circus Amok, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program, CATCH (Center for Art, Tradition, and Cultural Heritage)