Building the National COVID Memorial. Honoring 1.2 million lives. Supporting survivors.
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![Augmented reality remembrance of Isabelle Papadimitriou, a Dallas respiratory therapist who died of Covid-19, reading "She was a hero." Submitted by her daughter Fiana Garza Tulip.]()
National COVID Memorial
Shaping collective memory through permanent memorialization of every person lost to COVID.
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![A smiling family of three — Lloyd, MacLemore, and her mother — posed together outdoors. MacLemore Porter is a HOPE Accounts beneficiary who lost her father Lloyd to Covid-19]()
Baby Bonds
Providing opportunities through economic security for vulnerable children.
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Remember Every One
Collecting remembrances for more than one million people in the US killed by COVID.
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![Kaitlyn Urenda Harrison kneels behind a heart-shaped floral wreath of red and orange roses, part of the Floral Heart Project by artist Kristina Libby. Kaitlyn lost her mother, Genevieve Martinez, a registered nurse, to Covid-19 in 2020.]()
COVID Memorial Day
Annual day of remembrance establishing COVID in the national commemorative calendar.
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![Volunteers paint red hearts on the National Covid Memorial Wall in London, where 250,000+ hand-painted hearts along the River Thames each represent a life lost to Covid-19 in the UK.]()
Memorial Matrix
Digital archive documenting grassroots COVID commemoration nationwide.
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![Healthcare worker administering a vaccine to a smiling woman, representing community public health and preventive care.]()
Public Health
Building resilience and advancing equity in communities most harmed by COVID.
The National COVID Memorial
“Infinitely expandable. Shockingly human.” -99% Invisible
Honoring 1.2 million lives requires commemoration at a scale impossible through traditional memorials. The National COVID Memorial’s locally-designed monuments serve as portals to the Marked by COVID Lens—an augmented reality experience built from personal photos and tributes contributed by bereaved families.
Published. Testified. Remembered.
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BOOKS
Marked by COVID co-founder Kristin urquiza teamed up with 9/11 Commissioner Philip Zelikow and 33 experts to lay the groundwork for a National COVID Commission.
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POLICY
We teamed up with the COVID Collaborative to raise awareness of the more than 300,000 children orphaned by COVID. We now work to advance Baby Bonds, small trust funds, for these children.
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EXPERT TESTIMONY
Marked by COVID co-founder Kristin Urquiza testified before Congress to draw attention to harmful disinformation in the media.