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  2021-08-24

  Every story matters – Burgers with the Brothers 2021

  Burgers with the Brothers is a tradition at St. Mary’s University. Once a year the students and the Marianist brothers get together to build community and enjoy some delicious burgers made by the brothers and students. For 2021 authorities made it possible after a year without it and made students and brothers able to make memories once again. The Marianist Leadership Program made also a contribution to Burgers with the Brothers. MLP is an organization of servant leaders that are willing to help wherever help is needed. As a student doing service with the Marianist Leadership Program, I am happy with how the event took place. As students, we were able to connect with the brothers and other students while using facemasks and gloves to serve the burgers, give out chips and water bottles. I am thankful to live experiences like this one because even if it is not like it used to be, it helps St. Mary’s Spirit be alive and be in continuous connection with the university. Burgers with the Brothers is a very special event for students and brothers to connect and have a little bit of fun on campus. Because it is a tradition is very important for older generations and younger generations to feel the community and experience the Marianist environment.
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  2020-08-04

  U.S. History Classroom

  When I came home from my last deployment in December 2019, I began to look for teaching jobs- I was for the first time preparing for the teaching job market. Suddenly, when Covid-19 hit the streets, most business and shops closed their doors and were only open for carry-out. In May 2020, I was worried because most school corporations announced that they would presume classes virtually or through a mix of hybrid days that would consists of both synchronous and asynchronous learning for the first portion of the school year. I thought that this would be a learning curve for me if I ended up getting a position. By August 2020, I got a position as an 11th-grade high school teacher in my hometown. Before the bell rang on 03 August 2020, I put the rubber gloves on that the school’s office gave me and sprayed each desk down with bleach. The tight latex gloves did not fit my hand properly but worked for its purpose. The disinfectant left an aroma in the air, similar to a hospital. Brinnnnng, the bell sounded, and the students began marching into the building as I watched them from my window. My forehead began to bead up with sweet (I was nervous for my first day). Then, I put on my mask and stood outside my door. As I waited at the door, I remembered the old days when I was a student at that same school, I was now a teacher. Back then, the hallways were filled with my peers, there were lots of hugging and other high schoolers interaction going on. Everywhere I turned, my peers were smiling and excited to share summer stories. In a blink of eyes, when I looked at the hallways, my peers were no longer there. Neither was the high schooler me. Now, I look through the hallways and it is filled with faceless students. The unnatural phenomena brought forth by Covid-19. The wearing of a mask in the U.S. society is unnatural. The students tried to stay six feet away and tried not make physical contact with anyone. The masks covered their faces, and many wore gloves to open their lockers. As I greeted my students entering my class first period, they seemed happy to be in school in-person since all surrounding corporations had announced they would have online instruction. As they seated, they soon realized that each desk was coated in residues from the cleaning products. I then went to the front of my class and tried to write my name on the board. The marker streaked the board. The cleaning products from wiping each room down from the cleaning staff had left a clear coating that made it impossible to write on. This was a common theme for each class that entered my room. By the end of the day, the room was filled with body and cleaning supplies odors. The coating on the board ruined my marker. My hands shriveled from the gloves, and my ears were red and irritated from the mask. I thought to myself, “this is the new norm now. I must get used to it, so students do not feel overwhelmed.”
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  2021-03-16

  #JOTPYPhoto from Katy Kole de Peralta

  PPE vending machines at the PHX airport
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  2021-01-17

  5 Positive Things That Help Me Deal with the Culture of COVID-19

  This documents are important to me because they show what I do to help me deal with the pandemic. They are also important to me because reveal a unique perspective and way of interpreting events that I believe will be valuable for the archive. Description of Images: An abandoned glove and mask in a parking lot. Such sights became as common as other forms of litter. A shield hat to protect against Corona. I never dreamed these existed. This tag shows store associates that this item (which was returned to the store) is officially sanitized and can be put back on the sales floor. This is not a tag shoppers were supposed to see, but it must have been missed.
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  2020-12-15

  Ma's Donuts and More a small business during the pandemic

  Ma’s Donuts owner Valdemar Leite exemplifies that running a business during COVID has presented new issues and frustrations with an invoice of past and present prices of gloves. Valdemar explained during a video interview that this image proves factories and other business are struggling to conduct their business with limited staff. These companies may even raise their prices in order to compensate with the current state of COVID however this greatly effects small business. The changes of price and product that manufactories afford can limit menus and unlike other business such as restaurants who can adjust their menus more frequently so that it is more profitable to them. A current solution to this issue that Ma’s Donuts is hoping to impose according to owner Valdemar Leite is new electronic menu boards that will make it easier for them to establish daily differences in their menu.
• 2020-10-06

  My Life During COVID-19

  In early March of two-thousand twenty, my husband and I had just begun a journey of going back to mass on a weekly basis. When the governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, mandated that all gatherings of more than five people had to be shut down, that included our local church, gyms, local restaurants, and more. This mandate closed local parks, schools, and many businesses for the remainder of the Spring season. Easter mass was also cancelled which personally impacted my family as it is a tradition to gather at our local church with extended family for the holiday. My husband and I were both considered essential employees at our places of employment during this time. We had to carry a letter to prove our being essential while we drove to and from work. Working in the front office of a physical therapy clinic, the patients arriving before treatment and exiting afterwards began to feel unsafe due to the fear we all felt leaving our homes. This fear also resonated with my two co-workers because one was a Type I diabetic and the other was six months pregnant. Throughout the month of April, I began working from home in order to decrease my hours so that my coworker with diabetes was able to keep his hours. My other coworker who was pregnant took a leave of absence for two full months before returning during phase two. Since the state began phase two and released restrictions, churches and gyms reopened with capacity limits to provide social distancing from one another. My sister, who works for a private preschool, was uncertain if classes would reopen in the fall. She was making daily Zoom calls with her small preschool students from March until summer break began in June. As the state slowly begins to open up, our lives have changed with the use of masks and hand sanitizer. The distancing that has been placed over society has increased concerns about leaving home. The world is holding onto hope for a sense of normalcy that will soon arise from the clutter of dirty masks and used gloves.
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  2020-04-13

  A Very Covid Birthday

  This year I turned 25, a quarter of a century. I definietly did not expect to celebrate as I did, but nonetheless this birthday in 2020 was one to remember. I through myself a party and luckily my mom and brother came to town to visit. We made dinner, I made my own cake, and we took pictures to celebrate, including some covid satire. I also got news on my 25th birthday that I landed my dream job and would have to move across the country during a pandemic, without many proper goodbyes. Bittersweet, but a birthday I will always cherish.
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  2020-05-07

  Living in Coronavirus Pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

  Describing a video about what is like in Saudi Arabia with Coronavirus Pandemic.
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  2020-05-08

  Interpreting a Pandemic

  I chose to focus on creating a collage that incorporates bits and pieces of different notable events that have taken place during this pandemic. This multi-media collage utilizes paper, gloves, masks, and cellophane in order to depict how this pandemic has changed our lives - from overpriced purell to lines at grocery stores and zoom meetings. I tried to incorporate many different pieces of history that anyone that lived through this era could relate to and I hope that came across!
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  2020-05-05

  Plague Doctor Mural Ballarat Bakery Hill

  A mural in Bakery Hill, Ballarat, drawing comparison with earlier pandemics
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  Photo taken 04/28/2020

  What do we chose to ignore?

  The image shows latex gloves discarded on the ground right outside of a neighborhood church during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeing this stopped me in my tracks and broke my heart. It shows how careless and selfish people can be, even during an international crisis. #REL101
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  2020-04-07

  Local Businesses Donate Gloves to Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA

  Children's Hospital New Orleans thanks Take 5 Oil Change and Driven Brands Charitable Foundation for donating 19 cases of gloves.
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  03/17/2020

  Handmade ‘glove’ using crocheted wrist band with recycled plastic bags.

  I didn’t want to waste gloves that Health workers might need. We were all getting inventive about protective gear.
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  2020-04-15

  Austin Zucchini-Fowler paints mural to honor healthcare workers along East Colfax in Denver

  Denver artist painted mural of a healthcare worker to show appreciation for medical workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  2020-03-22

  glove on street

  A discarded nitrile glove on the street
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  2020-04-16

  Social distancing sign on front lawn of a house

  A homemade sign posted on the front lawn of a house on Whittemore Rd. In Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The message “6 - FEET” is stenciled in the center with a face mask and glove on either side.
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  2020-04-04

  Covid-19 Landscape

  Latex gloves began showing up everywhere on walks.
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  2020-04-04

  Covid-19 Landscape

  Latex gloves starting appearing everywhere.
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  2020-04-01

  Ghost Town

  Today was the first day I have left my house since the stay at home order was placed in New York. I did not expect things to be this quiet. I live in a busy-ish town and there was nobody on the road on my way to the grocery store. We have picked today to run all of our errands so we can limit our time outside. People in the grocery stores are all wearing masks and gloves, and the vibe is very off. People are scared of getting too close, scared of touching things, scared to bring their children in the store. I have checked on my aunt who lives in the next town and is a recovering cancer survivor, and she is doing well and doesn't need anything from the store. As of right now, there is no end in sight to this stay at home order.
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  2020-03-23

  Letter from neighbors asking for donations of masks and gloves to local hospitals

  Everyone on our block received this note asking us to donate any PPE (personal protective equipment, an abbreviation I did not know before the epidemic) to local hospitals. The note exemplifies the shocking failure of national preparation in the US and the way that medical professionals are looking anywhere and everywhere for standard equipment. They are doing this in advance of the horrible days that we know are coming. Our community has had only a few cases, but that won’t last. That the richest nation in the world has no masks, is scrambling for hospital beds, and will soon see deaths of not only older and medically vulnerable but also masses of poor people because of our refusal to provide health care, housing and living wages to all is just horrific, embarrassing, and sickening. My husband makes beautiful hand made tables and chairs. He found a box of gloves and 4 masks. We’ll ask friends to hunt too. This is not how we prepare for a pandemic.
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  2020-03-19

  No masks or alcohol gel available

  Local pharmacy without masks or alcohol gel during first week of quarentine