Working with the YMS-Youth Media Symposium students to create a digital archive of the impact of Covid-19 on the citizens of Newark

The Youth Media Symposium presents The Pandemic Project: Newark Stories Unmasked

For 8 weeks this summer, 50 young people from the Youth Media Symposium and New-Ark Leaders of Health: Next Generation Community Leaders representing various schools and wards in the city of Newark, came together VIRTUALLY to document the impact of COVID-19 and Racism on their community’s leaders, institutions, parents, students, and residents. After conducting over 50 interviews and producing various forms of art and media, they are ready to share their website, The Pandemic Project: Newark Stories Unmasked with you.