<description>&lt;p&gt;This bonus episode of The Borough We Became is a collaboration with Brooklyn Public Library's team responsible for the&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Borrowed&lt;/em&gt; &amp;nbsp;podcast. We decided to bring voices from Queens and Brooklyn together as part of a citywide initiative called Missing Them, by online newspaper THE CITY.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Want to learn more about the topics brought up in this episode? Check out the following links:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Attend The CITY's&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://letsreimagine.org/missingthem"&gt;"Missing Them"&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;event (running online December 11 - 13) and&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://projects.thecity.nyc/covid-19-deaths/"&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;the names and stories of those who've passed from COVID-19.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Queens residents: Share your story with&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://queensmemory.org/"&gt;Queens Memory.&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;If you live in Brooklyn:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/oral-histories"&gt;Record your COVID-19 story&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;with Brooklyn Public Library.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Listen to past Brooklyn oral histories on BPL's&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/osos"&gt;interactive map,&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;or on our previous Borrowed episode,&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/stories-pandemic"&gt;"Stories from the Pandemic."&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Listen to Season 2 of Queens Memory,&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/queens-memory-covid19-project"&gt;"The Borough We Became"&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;for more COVID-19 audio stories, or view Queens COVID-19 photos and stories on&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://qplnyc.urbanarchive.me/cities/nyc"&gt;Urban Archive.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Create a temporary memorial with tools from&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://namingthelost.com/memorials/"&gt;Naming the Lost Memorials,&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;and see COVID-19 memorials that have gone up&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/namingthelostmemorials"&gt;around the country.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Visit&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.maplegrove.biz/"&gt;Maple Grove Cemetery&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.green-wood.com/"&gt;Green-Wood Cemetery&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;for a quiet walk.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Borrowed is hosted by Krissa Corbett Cavouras, and Adwoa Adusei, produced by Virginia Marshall and written by Adwoa Adusei and Virginia Marshall, with help from Fritzi Bodenheimer, Jennifer Proffitt, Meryl Friedman and Robin Lester Kenton. Our music composer is Billy Libby.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Borough We Became: Queens Residents On Life During COVID-19

Queens Memory

Bonus Episode: Missing Them

DEC 9, 2020-1 MIN
The Borough We Became: Queens Residents On Life During COVID-19

Bonus Episode: Missing Them

DEC 9, 2020-1 MIN

Description

A special episode, created in partnership with  Borrowed, the Brooklyn Public Library podcast and the online newspaper The CITY, on grief and mourning during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we can move forward as a community.