Boston University School of Public Health: "Remember Every One" — Memorializing the More Than 1 Million Lives Lost to COVID-19 in the US
Boston University School of Public Health featured an in-depth Q&A with Marked by COVID Co-Founder Christine Keeves (SPH'08) on the organization's Remember Every One campaign, the National COVID Memorial, and the push for a permanent COVID Memorial Day. The piece also highlights the organization's partnership with BU researcher Andrew Stokes and its work on California's HOPE trust accounts for children who lost parents to COVID.
"The Art of Grieving" Exhibition Featuring the National COVID Memorial at Harvard's Countway Library
Harvard's Countway Library hosted "The Art of Grieving," an exhibition featuring Marked by COVID and the National COVID Memorial as part of the Creativity in the Time of COVID-19 research collective's culminating nationwide tour. The show ran October 30 through December 13, 2024, and included art created during the pandemic alongside the memorial's augmented reality experience.
California HOPE for Children Trust Account Program: 2024 Report to the Legislature
The California HOPE Program released its legislatively mandated implementation report, detailing plans to provide trust accounts worth $4,500 to approximately 58,500 foster youth and children who lost caregivers to COVID-19. Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza served on the HOPE Advisory Workgroup and helped recruit youth for the program's Youth Panel of Experts.
99% Invisible: Don't Forget to Remember
The award-winning design podcast 99% Invisible dedicated a full episode to the challenge of memorializing COVID-19, featuring Marked by COVID and the ongoing effort to build a national memorial. The episode explores why the pandemic has been "narratively inconvenient" to memorialize and how Marked by COVID is working to change that.
Documentary: 2020 Chaos and Hope, Featuring Kristin Urquiza, Now Streaming on Peacock
Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza is featured in 2020 Chaos and Hope, a feature-length documentary exploring the pandemic, racial strife, political unrest, and economic disparity that defined the year 2020. The film premiered in theaters in Fall 2022 and began streaming on Peacock in October 2023.
Lessons from the COVID War: An Investigative Report
Marked by COVID co-founder Kristin Urquiza joined 9/11 Commissioner Philip Zelikow and 33 experts to publish the first comprehensive, nonpartisan examination of America's COVID response.
Grief Out Loud Podcast: Splintering Grief — DJ Arsene Versailles & Marked by COVID
The Dougy Center's Grief Out Loud podcast featured DJ Arsene Versailles, who lost his mother Florcie Yves Versailles to COVID-19 in May 2020, and his work with Marked by COVID to establish a COVID Memorial Day. The episode explores the layered grief of losing a Black parent during the pandemic and how that loss inspired advocacy.
Forbes: Inside the Movement to Build a National COVID Memorial
Forbes profiled Marked by COVID's campaign to establish a National COVID Memorial and a federally recognized memorial day, detailing the organization's scalable monument prototype, augmented reality component, and conversations with communities across the country about local installations. The feature placed the effort alongside America's most significant memorials, from the 9/11 Memorial to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Arizona Historical Society and Marked by COVID Host 2022 COVID Memorial Day Event
The Arizona Historical Society, Marked by COVID, and the COVID Memorial Quilt announced a public COVID-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day event at the Arizona Heritage Center in Tempe on March 7, 2022. The event featured speakers, art installations, and the debut of 24 panels of the COVID Memorial Quilt, which remained on display through August 2022.
Hidden Pain: Children Who Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID-19
A landmark 2021 report co-authored by Marked by COVID documenting the scale of COVID-19 caregiver loss among children — and a comprehensive policy blueprint for mental health support, economic relief, and federal action.
Marie Claire: Kristin Urquiza Wants Her Dad's Death to Mean Something
Marie Claire profiled Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza on the one-year anniversary of the organization's founding, exploring how she channeled grief into advocacy and built a national movement for COVID justice. The feature covers the organization's growth, its push for a nonpartisan pandemic commission, and its work to center the voices of bereaved families.
Rep. Stanton Leads House Effort to Establish COVID-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day
Representative Greg Stanton introduced a House Resolution to designate the first Monday in March as COVID-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Day, partnering directly with Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza and advocate Tara Krebbs to build congressional support. By the time of the announcement, more than 100 cities and dozens of states had already joined the effort.
Congressional Testimony: Kristin Urquiza Testifies Before House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Disinformation in the Media
Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza testified before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on how media disinformation contributed to her father's death and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. The hearing, "Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media," examined the role of cable news in spreading COVID-19 misinformation.
The Guardian: Kristin Urquiza Delivers Powerful DNC Address on Father's COVID Death
The Guardian covered Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza's speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, where she held the Trump administration accountable for her father's preventable COVID death. The address became one of the most widely cited moments of the convention across national and international media.
Op-Ed: Governor, My Father's Death Is on Your Hands
Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza published an op-ed in The Washington Post holding Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and President Trump accountable for the preventable COVID death of her father, Mark Anthony Urquiza. The piece helped catalyze a national conversation about leadership failures during the pandemic.