Guardians: Children under the age of 13 require consent to participate, so please send an email to local.history@plfdpl.info confirming permission to document and/or share their responses and artwork under their first name and age.

Please read the following terms and guidelines before submitting your content: 

 1. All accepted items will be made available for public research by the Plainfield Public Library (PPL).

2. By submitting content through this form, you are granting PPL non-exclusive (shared), royalty-free license to preserve, modify, and share your content for public research, educational use, exhibits, or publication, including in print or online.

3. PPL reserves the right to remove content that it considers duplicative, inappropriate, or outside the scope of this project. PPL is not obligated to include your content in this project or preserve it in perpetuity.

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* 1. Who are you?

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* 2. Occupation / Student (school name)

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* 3. We have been practicing social distancing since mid-March, unsure of when it will end. In what ways have you been personally affected during this time (for example, as a student, an employee, a professional, a business owner, or at home)?

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* 4. Has anything unexpected come from the quarantine experience for you or your family? Challenges? Silver linings? (home schooling, online platforms for social gatherings, volunteering or helping others, fostering a cat or dog, etc.)

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* 5. If you are a student, how do you feel about school being closed? What is the best part about learning from home? What do you miss most about being in school?

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* 6. Journal Entry: How are you feeling? What was your day like today? How was your day affected by COVID-19? Has anything changed since yesterday or last week? What ways have you found to cope with this situation?

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* 7. Create: We are looking for images of original artwork, as well as photos, audio, and videos that depict the effects this event is having on our community - especially the creative ways in which you are adapting at home to the new social distancing guidelines.

Please share your creativity with us. Tell us below what type of file(s) you are willing to share? We will contact you at the email address you provided above, so we can give you instructions for sending us your file(s).

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* 8. Would you participate in an oral history project documenting COVID-19 (to happen at a later date)?

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