This Project Grant award of $147,371 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support a project titled "RESILIENCE AND CARE IN BLACK COMMUNITIES: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS." The project aims to collaborate with East St. Louis residents to build an archive of experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic through two components: oral histories with elder stalwarts and first responders, and archive content creation events for families. Rooted in community-based research principles, the project centers the East St. Louis community as knowledge producers, moving beyond just data and numbers to document the community's resilience, care, and aspirations in the aftermath of the pandemic. The award has an anticipated completion date of August 31, 2025.
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