

A banner in front of the display reads, "For Those We Have Lost to COVID-19, God in Your Mercy Hear Our Prayer." Below this, the public is invited to send in the name, date of death, and location of a loved one they have lost to COVID-19, so that information can be added to one of the numbered ribbons.
The memorial was created as a way to both demonstrate the tragic impact that COVID-19 has had in our communities and to give those who are mourning a place to pray, meditate and honor the lives of their loved ones.
Three additional signs are posted to the side of the memorial, two focusing on the disparities in how COVID-19 has affected Black and Brown communities and the third praying for an end to the racial inequities in our state that have been further revealed during the pandemic.

The idea for this memorial came from a similar project at Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
If you would like to have the name of your lost loved one added to a ribbon in this memorial, please text their name, and the date and location of death, to 608-257-4591. The public are invited to utilize the memorial as a place of prayer and contemplation.