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  2020-04-30

  Living in an Epidemic: What Did Abigail Do?

  A blog post from the Massachusetts Historical Society blog The Beehive, this post studies how Abigail Adams responded to the 1776 smallpox epidemic. Looking through primary sources in Adams' own words, the author studies how Abigail Adams responded to an epidemic in her own time period.
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  2020

  Witness to History

  This webpage invites audiences to include their perspectives of the Covid-19 pandemic. Individuals can write a few sentences about their experiences and help build a database of responses. Functioning as a digital journal, the Massachusetts Historical Society collects how Boston residents respond to certain prompts pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  2020-04

  #ArtsMatter

  This memo was released in the beginning of the stay at home orders in Massachusetts (April 2020). As a response to the state-wide quarantine, MASSCreative released this statement explaining ways they will continue to support the cultural communities. This message is important as it is from the start of the Covid-19 responses in the state.
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  2020-04-23

  Executive Office of Health and Human Services Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) FAQ

  The Executive Office of Health and Human Services Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants published an FAQ about immigrant and refugee rights in Massachusetts during the COVID pandemic. Some answers given include: the closing of the border to refugees and how to seek citizenship during this time.
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  2020-07-23

  EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus

  The Executive Office for Immigration Review shutdown in-person hearings during the height of the pandemic. Some courts reopened for detained immigrants in the middle of the summer, but hearings in non-detained cases at courts without an announced date are postponed through, and including, August 7, 2020. ICE, however, has not stopped detaining more immigrants during the pandemic. So as numbers in detention centers grew, these new detainees couldn't challenge the courts.
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  2020-06-01

  COVID-19 RESOURCE GUIDE FOR BOSTON'S IMMIGRANTS

  The Immigrant Advancement office at the Boston Mayor's office posted a resource guide for Boston immigrants. Immigrant communities have been hit hard by the pandemic as many of those in the community are essential workers who have continued to work throughout the pandemic. The guide includes resources for those in need of food, childcare, medical care, and immigration help.
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  2020-07-09

  Jon Mitchell Tweets about arts and culture institutions reopening

  Mayor Jon Mitchell of New Bedford joins arts and culture institutions from across New Bedford at the New Bedford Whaling Museum to announce that museums, arts and culture organizations will reopen on July 9 as part of Phase 3.
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  2020

  Threads of Connection Virtual Quilt

  Virtual project from the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston that is an extension of their Art Lab installation Threads of Connection. The project prompts people of all ages to create a quilt square of their own and email it to the ICA in order to continue building a vast digital quilt. This activity combines two things that museums have sought to do during social distancing; give people activities while at home and engage with them on social media. in doing so, it keeps museums relevant and engaging even if people cannot physically access their collections.
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  2020-07-08

  Massachusetts Art Museums Are Reopening

  News article published by WBUR in Boston that discusses the reopening plans of several art museums in the Greater Boston-area and the rest of Massachusetts. The article goes into detail about the opening plans of the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. As museums move away from closures, institutions are trying to spread knowledge of their openings as well as the safety procedures they're employing. As the pandemic continues, safe museums offer an escape from time spent indoors if one has the privilege of doing so.
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  2020

  Virtual Harbor Market

  Webpage from the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston that functions as an online version of the museum's summer harbor market. The page links to stores of BIPOC artisans and artists in the Boston area. Museums are more than just sites of learning, their spaces are often multi-functional and host many events throughout the year. Given the pandemic, museums have had to employ digital methods in order to take important programs/events and recreate them on their websites.
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  2020-06-08

  Sign Outside Boston Public Library Asks Parents to Read to their Children

  This is a photograph of a sign in the window of the Boston Public Library. The sign asks parents to read to their children because the library will be closed due to Covid-19. This sign illustrates both how vital the BPL is to may children in Boston as well as how many parents were required to take over the role of providing reading material following closures of schools and libraries.
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  2020-06-08

  Marquee Outside Studio 210 Asks Readers to Stay Safe and Healthy

  This is a photograph of the marquee outside Studio 210 in Boston. The sign asks the readers to stay safe and healthy, illustrating how some businesses in Boston responded to closings and quarantine.
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  2020

  Modified Hours at Symphony Cleaners

  This is a photograph of a sign hung in the window of the Symphony Cleaners. The sign details how the hours of business for the cleaners have been changed and that they are only accepting pickups and drop offs for businesses such as hotels. The sign refers to the virus as a "little bug"
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  2020

  Public Health Advertisement

  This is a photograph of a local advertisement/information regarding public health in Boston during Covid-19. This sign offers advice and information for dealing with Covid-19 and advises people to stay home. This information is especially important to save because Boston had so many cases of Covid-19.
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  2020-04

  Boston Thanks Essential Workers

  This is a photograph of a sign in the Greater Boston area thanking essential workers for their service. This sign illustrates one of the ways in which Boston has responded to Covid-19
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  2020-03-10

  Sampson County Executive Order

  This is a copy of the executive order given by Governor Roy Cooper which declared a state of emergency for the state of North Carolina due to Covid-19 as well as Sampson County's compliance with that declaration.
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  2020-05-20

  A weird dream!

  I think the pandemic just gave us a lot of time to do things we missed, and I know a lot of people have been having bizarre dreams/nightmares so I thought it would be interesting to one day look back on this period of time through my imagination.