“We Are Here” Stories (List View)

Palm Beach County residents were asked:

Please tell us about an important moment in your life that would help someone understand what it’s like living in your neighborhood.

The stories and micro-narratives they submitted (as part of the We Are Here SenseMaker project) are listed below. Click ZOOM IN to learn more about the community member and how they interpreted their submission. NOTE: Some stories were partially transcribed by volunteers who shortened the narratives and referred to the storytellers in the third person (e.g., “her experience was” instead of “my experience was”).


Mar 4, 2019

Education (Story #613)

Going to school here
Sep 17, 2018

My community (Story #347)

An important moment in my life is when discussions leads into other things such as fighting and killing.Many people don’t get over the fact that you had an argument and can end with a simple apology but it leads to other dangerous things.
Mar 9, 2019

Truth, streets, and what comes with it

I saw death the morning of my high school graduation. It let me know about
Nov 5, 2018

Life

Important moment in life was getting out of jail. I went to jail when I was younger doing stupid things around the neighborhood. When I look back on it I could of avoided it.
Sep 4, 2018

Protection

My neighbors would always keep an eye on us to protect and that help me become a good person to watch out for people myself !
Aug 30, 2018

Don’t be one

Well boynton wasn’t the same in 1967 there were street gangs street violence drug lords and kids dying