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Why We are here

At the top of 2020, the public became aware of a new and deadly virus that was making people sick�
The World health organization dubbed it COVID-19 in February, 2020�
It caused a tremendous loss of life on a global scale as well as negatively impacted the social and economic landscape just about everywhere.

WHY OUR TEAM EXISTS

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COVID-19 BY THE NUMBERS

Source: NPR.ORG

As of Dec 8, 2020, the total number of cases are:

14,954,872

And the number of deaths is:

283,743

That’s more people infected than the entire population of Illinois

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Young people are dying too

Source: NPR.ORG

Cody Lyster expected to fully recover when he developed coronavirus symptoms in March.

But within a week, he was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator. Cody, 21, became the youngest person in Colorado to die of the coronavirus, according to NBC News as of April 19.

“Cody was young and he was healthy. He had no underlying medical issues and he played baseball,” his mother, Lea Ann, said. “He was athletic and active.”

By Wilson Wong and Brittany Lane Source: NBCNEWS.COM

Cody Lyster, 21

Died April 8, 2020

College Student

Aurora, Colorado

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What We Decided to Do.

Fight misinformation on the disease; Educate our peers on safety practices; and Be a voice for common sense by

Creating online PSA’s
Making flyers for distribution on social media

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Why we picked these types of outputs.

Social Media

-Huge Influencer

-Source of news outlet

-Quarantined

-Display of Civic Leadership

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We hope to raise awareness at a massive level
We hope to bring awareness to our peers
We hope to slow the spread of this disease
We want people to feel personal agency in combating public health issues, both now and in the future

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What We Actually Did.

Facebook:

Tiktok:

In Real life (posted on IG) :

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Milestones

Planning

1st PSA Video Oct. 28

Create and Distribute

Presentations Dec. 17

(Discussed the CYSC program and how we could best be effective)

Created our first Mask-up video

(Made Flyers, FB, IG, and Tiktok video posts based on our planning phase)

Present our work at the citywide youth gathering event

Week 1-4				Week 5 - 12

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Takeaways

Our research shows:

That this is not just a problem for the older population�
Young people are a huge part of the problem and therefore the solution�
There remains a lot of work to be done to combat misinformation�
There is a huge opportunity to create a population that is better prepared to respond collectively in the event of a public health situation

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What we learned

When we work together, we can make a difference, no matter how small�
We have more influence than we think over local, national, and even global events�
When we don’t educate ourselves and exercise our voice, misinformation prevails

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Our Hope for the future.

We hope that COVID-19 cases in our city start trending downwards�
We hope that economically disadvantaged groups stop being the most adversely affected groups by things like COVID-19�
We hope that all communities in our city will stay vigilant and work together to combat this pandemic�
We hope that the vaccine will be safe and distributed equitably

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We Will Do our Part

Starting by reminding everyone watching this presentation to wear your mask, maintain social distance guidelines, wash your hands often, and stay vigilant.

And continuing by collaborating with other youth and organizations like St. Sabina, DFSS, and the city of Chicago, to make a positive difference in our communities and our city.