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Collected Item: “An Act of Kindness”

Give your story a title.

An Act of Kindness

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

TikTok video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Street photographer, Alex Stemplewski, decided to gift a mask and $100 to homeless people he encountered in San Francisco. This video shows Alex's generosity and the genuine gratitude of the recipients of this act of kindness. Many people in the video are masked reminding the viewer of the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

HST580, ASU, #sanfranciscobayarea, homeless, act of kindness, masks, photography, art

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Alex Stemplewski, @alex.stemp

Give this story a date.

2020-06-26
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