Rachel Dissell

Slavic Village Rachel Dissell

Slavic Village: Our Pandemic Experience is a community project to document memories and experiences of residents who lived and worked in Cleveland's Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood during the COVID-19 pandemic. The compilation of stories creates a

first-hand account of history gathered by residents that can be left behind for future generations. This publication culminates "Coping With COVID-19," an Ideastream Public Media reporting project and local journalism collaborative funded by the Third Federal Foundation and University Settlement. The project laid bare how existing inequities exacerbated the impact of a global pandemic on the working poor and communities of color in Cleveland, and how the residents have persevered.