Cascading Lives: Stories of Loss, Resilience, and Resistance

The Cascading Lives Project is about how a diverse group of people managed their ups and downs in the face of economic crisis. In the summer of 2020, we began gathering life histories with a wide range of workers in hospitality—an industry that suffered great losses during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked them to talk about the entire course of their lives, from childhood to the present, and tell us about the important people, places, and actions that made a difference along the way.

The website features lesson plans for teachers and full life stories about the people:
https://www.brandeis.edu/cascading-lives/index.html