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”).
When I was little times were easy. Wasn’t much crime and this was claim. But these days these kids are around here killing each other.
All parents were the mother of all of the children when I was growing up
Growing up in lake worth beach Florida was ok at first till group of kids thought they were man enough to handle things. Going out stealing cars , robing people, hitting people and other things
Support in the glades, sorority
I moved here from Haiti with my grandmother. I was kicked out at 16. Luckily I had friend to help me with money and a job.