Columbia World Projects on Monday announced the launch of its new project on COVID-19 and loss in Harlem, aimed at overcoming prolonged grief in the Black community.
This project aims to reduce intense and pervasive mental and physical anguish experienced by Harlem’s Black community, in physical and digital spaces, as a result of the heavy burden borne by the community during this pandemic.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Black communities, both in Harlem and beyond,” Wafaa El-Sadr, the director of Columbia World Projects (CWP), said: “I am honored that CWP is launching a project that brings together Columbia scholars with community leaders to address the ongoing grief that has resulted from this pandemic.”
