The Washington Post: "Four Truths About Covid That Have Become Clouded Over Time"
The Washington Post quotes Marked by COVID Co-Founder Kristin Urquiza in this nationally-read piece examining how the realities of the pandemic are being minimized or rewritten six years later. Urquiza speaks to the ongoing effort to build a permanent national Covid memorial in Washington, D.C. and why remembrance matters as official acknowledgment of the pandemic's toll continues to fade.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.