COVID Creative Coalition

ATTENTION, “Hudson Valley” COVID-informed creatives! Join Celebrate845 on Tuesday, March 11 at 6PM EST on Zoom for a community meeting. No artistic experience required. Read on for intentions & access info!

Intention (by facilitator Amanda W): What would you like people to know about covid? And how could we use more creative mediums to deliver that information locally? Inspired by ACT UP’s Gran Fury and drawing on activism that seeks to provide health interventions when government agencies fail to message critical information comprehensively (or at all), let’s put our talents to use and help our communities. What could we create to better inform those around us and encourage more covid competency?

Because despite what many people want to believe in their urgency to get “back to normal,” we’re still in a pandemic. Yet, we’re watching the erasure of covid and long covid in real time with the current administration, and prior to that, a complete failure of the CDC to accurately share the risks and repercussions of repeat covid infections in any meaningful way. Let’s fill that gap. We can produce materials that educate our communities about the dangers of covid and encourage them to adopt more covid-competent behaviors. And we can do so in a way that ideally feels creatively edifying. Join us for an introductory meeting to discuss our potential first project and lay the groundwork for what will hopefully become an ongoing, multi-city effort.

Access info: fully virtual on Zoom. If you need suggestions on where to access free WiFi, let us know. No expectation to have video on. This will be a conversation with the intention of collectively co-building a working group. All ideas, ages & abilities welcomed. Zoom captions available.

Zoom link will be shared day-of at Celebrate845.com/links

And non-Hudson Valley folks are welcomed to attend, connect & get inspired, but we’ll be centering building our efforts in the HV. Maybe breakout rooms by locale!