MaskTogetherAmerica is a volunteer organization created in 2020 to raise awareness by featuring maskers, sharing annotations of published materials on preventable respiratory infection, and hosting expert forums. We are a group supported by a huge community devoted to educating people about the layered approach in respiratory sickness prevention. We are a Long COVID support group for the patient communities.
As we have evolved over the years, we are now a community with the majority of our members that identify themselves as part of the high-risk population. As an organization, we are committed to stand with the abandoned communities facing the ongoing threat of respiratory infection and struggling to safely access health care and public spaces. Normalizing mitigation measures is about disability justice and health equity.
Watch 3 videos that capture the powerful energy and human connections that brought our social media campaign to life at the start of the pandemic.
Julie started her mask awareness street photography project in May of 2020. Over the summer, To Ting Lik ( @ting_lik_ ) a screenwriter/filmmaker, followed her with a camera for a documentary project. A graphic artist/designer, Michelle Lukezic, collaborated with To Ting Lik and put the short together to give Julie a shout-out on social media. It was first published on the Instagram Page of Make Good Together on December 21, 2020. #masktogetheramerica
Julie’s son, Casey Mathur produced a video of his mother at work. Julie was covering an event organized by New York State of Mind @NYSOMcommunity, a wonderful organization that organizes fun and safe community events all year round for New Yorkers. Some of Julie’s masked portraits came from serving communities all over New York City.
Protect each other and transition into better times. Meet some of the awesome awareness volunteers from MaskTogetherAmerica