Stories

This collection of stories is for all impacted by COVID-19 and serves as an archive of the experiences shared. The stories collected in this project are always the work and property of the storyteller. See our Storyteller Bill of Rights for more information.


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  • Audio Story by

    Kakule
    COVID or Corona brought a lot of problems to the whole world because it was something we…
  • Written Story by

    Win Win Maw
    I am Win Win Maw, a dedicated individual who has called the United States home for more…
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    Torea Frey
    A mixed media art piece featuring torn paper with text fragments and smudged black…
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    Tonya Jones
    I’m a pragmatic person. I like to get to the root of why things are the way they…
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    Tom
    I had Covid twice I was more dead than alive pale gasp walk to grocery cooties consuming…
  • Written Story by

    Terry Waiganjo
    My pandemic experience was rough but super rewarding at the same time. The pandemic hit …
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    Sophia G-Halvorson
    Medicine Spirit, ethereal being as essential as oxygen, Your evil eye deflects the…
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    Simon Machozi
    This disease was a bad one because I can say it killed a lot of people, especially the…
  • Written Story by

    Sierra
    This is what it feels to be archived. Tucked away in the dusty basement in a filing…
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    Anonymous
    I am a nonbinary physician of color. I actually worked for the state governmental COVID…
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    Shariff Abdullahaziz
    As the days went by, the symptoms of Covid-19 started to take their toll on my body. The…
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    Seth
    My name is Seth, and amidst the chaos and uncertainty of a global pandemic, I experienced…
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    Lukulambo
    I had Corona, for those of you who do not understand what Corona is.
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    Anonymous
    Socrates said, “The secret to change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the…
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    Anonymous
    In March of 2020, Covid19 descended in our community much like any other communities in …
  • Written Story by

    Sage-Curry
    We have been learning to be strong little one As the wind and rain have found no pattern…
  • Written Story by

    Rebel Fayola Black
    I haven’t gotten COVID….yet. But it has changed my life, for worse AND for better. I…
  • Written Story by

    Rabia Jabarkhil
    The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 led to significant changes in the …
  • Written Story by

    Jack
    My journey with long COVID was an arduous one, filled with physical and emotional…
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    Oluwatosin Oginni
    The experiences and impacts of COVID-19 pandemic are ones that I will not forget very…
  • Written Story by

    Anonymous
    Spring 2020 – French 340: Oral Skills An advanced study in moving mouths around…
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    Noella
    Everything stopped and we knew we were going to have debts because we were unable to pay…
  • Written Story by

    Myat
    In March of 2020, Covid19 descended in our community much like any other communities in…
  • Audio Story by

    Muhindo M.
    My name is Muhindo. M. I am here today to talk about COVID-19.
  • Written Story by

    Mondonkilibe Tchadja
    The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on my life in many ways. The virus,…
  • Written Story by

    Anonymous
    During the Covid-19 pandemic has been quite the rollercoaster ride. Not only do I have…
  • Written Story by

    Mohamad Kasim
    I am now 53 years old, and I am still working. I am Rohingya from Burma and have been…
  • Written Story by

    Max Mabry
    Hello,  My name is Max Mabry, and I am a recent graduate from the University of Oregon.…
  • Written Story by

    Matt
    My pandemic experience started with a call from my manager: You have been exposed,…
  • Audio Story by

    Louisa D.
    English Translation  Emily: Hello. This is Speaker 1. Emily Duru. And I’m joined…
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    Karina L. Agbisit
    I just wanted a sandwich. The American-style sub sandwich from Safeway, to be exact.…
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    Kamali
    I want to say the badness of this disease called Corona brought lots of problems to many…
  • Audio Story by

    Judith
    I want to talk about Corona. It had never existed before and we don’t know what brought…
  • Written Story by

    J
    Summer 2021 was a time in the middle of the pandemic where many folks who could and …
  • Audio Story by

    Jean
    English Translation About during the COVID time, it was a — that time it was hard.…
  • Written Story by

    I.G. Frederick
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  • Written Story by

    Hassan
    The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 unleashed an unprecedented crisis…
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    Grace
    As I write I am realizing how hard I have tried to unconsciously forget any of those two…
  • Audio Story by

    Anonymous
    For me I was very scared because I was pregnant. I saw the way people were getting so…
  • Written Story by

    F.I. Goldhaber
    First published in The Trick Is To Keep Breathing and What Color is Your Privilege?…
  • Written Story by

    F.I. Goldhaber
    First Published, August 2020, in CHAOS: The Poetry Vortex You have a nice home to shelter…
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    F.I. Goldhaber
       
  • Written Story by

    Anonymous
    Covid-19 was a surprise pandemic. I did not think that it was going to last for more than…
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    Anonymous
    The first time I heard about Covid-19, I thought it was the same as any flu that will be…
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    Emily D.
    The traffic has come to a screeching halt, as it so often does during heatwaves. Portland…
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    Egide Dukuzumuremyi
    The pandemic has been a difficult, dramatic time for so many of us, for so many…
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    Anonymous
    In the beginning of COVID, there were two things I feared: the disease itself and the…
  • Audio Story by

    Domatha
    We had a problem with COVID the whole year. We had sick people and the company was closed…
  • Written Story by

    Delray Billy
    Hi , I am a 33 year old single mother to 2 boys ages three & twelve. I’m an…
  • Artwork Story by

    Dani Garrett
    Illustration of a white presenting person with long dark brown hair wearing a black…
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    Daniela Ortiz Mendez
    Saludos, mi nombre es Daniela Ortiz Mendez,  and I want to share a poem, a story, a…
  • Written Story by

    Cori-Anne Woodard
    I am the person at the grocery store who moves the carts around, the person who cleans…
  • Audio Story by

    Clotilide
    It was really difficult during this Corona time. We lost a lot of things like work, money…
  • Written Story by

    CJ Smith
    Outside of my windows live trees  They continue as  Seasons march on with vibrancy of…
  • Written Story by

    Ammy Omekara
    Covid19 has been on everyone’s mind since it began. It has halted activities, outings,…
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    Catherine
    As an immune compromised disabled person, the possibility of getting COVID-19 was …
  • Written Story by

    Soup
    “After two years of near monastic devotion to safety, my girlfriend of eight years…
  • Written Story by

    Anonymous
    50 years from now, I will be close to my 70s. Hopefully I have grandchildren, and I was a…
  • Written Story by

    A. Smith
    Because of the pandemic, we currently live in a world where immunocompromised and other…
  • Written Story by

    Adriana
    My name is Adriana. I was an essential worker. I worked in healthcare as a medication…
  • Written Story by

    Gaby Gaeta
    ¿Alguna vez has sentido miedo de enfrentarte a lo desconocido?   Creo que la mayoría…
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    Natalie V.
    A surreal painting depicts a room with disoriented perspectives. A figure lies on a bed…
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    Morena Lopez
    Empecé como voluntaria en una organización sin fines de lucro y sin darme cuenta…
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    Evangelina Gabriel
    Haciendo limpieza en casa y junto con mil documentos que intentó desechar descubro…
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    Evy
    Muchos fuimos los afectados por la pandemia de Covid-19 pero en esta ocasión quiero…
  • Written Story by

    Arturo Villaseñor
    Año 0, diciembre 2019  Era casi el fin del año y aquí, en Oregon, llovía como…
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    Angel CC
    En marzo de 2020, nos enfrentamos a uno de los retos mas aterradores en la historia…
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    Antoinette
    A stylized painting shows a person exhaling colorful streams (yellow, red, green, and…
  • Audio Story by

    Riziki
    We did not know where this disease came from. We never knew if we would die or not.
  • Written Story by

    Tim Murphy
    Sometimes Long Covid seems like it never ends, and maybe sometimes it doesn’t. Now…