“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

Forever Service

Growing UP and being reared by my grandmother. She exposed us to numerous things.
Mar 4, 2019

THE CHANGE OF THE NEW GENERATION

Around the time I was growing up in the early 2000s my community was very involved in activities around the community and with our kids here. Now in 2019 we cant get that much involvement to support our community and kids.
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
Oct 3, 2018

Do better

My neighborhood hood was terrible and we loved quick when we realized someone died every week. We didn’t like it and wasn’t what we were used to i was scared to sleep there.
Nov 5, 2018

Big world

Important moment in my life is when I got accepted into college. My main goal was to get away from boynton. My grandparents always told me to go out and see the world.
Nov 8, 2018

Neighbors helping neighbors out – Trevon.P

The important moment that happened in my neighborhood is when i lost for two members of my family within two months they got together and help me and my grandson out