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New Jerseyans share their stories and ideas about our democracy.

Request for Proposals

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities requests proposals for Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations, an initiative seeking digital projects that will explore, curate, and visualize the recently created “conversation” archive on the state of democracy within New Jersey and beyond (seen below). Proposals selected for commission will receive an award of $2500-5000, depending on the scale of the project.

Click here for full information and to submit a proposal »

New Jersey's Democracy Conversation

See what your neighbors are saying about democracy in our state.


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“The threat of civil war”

Gerald
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Climate of voter restriction”

Trenton citizens
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Dismissing whole communities from voting”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“When was America great?”

Tom , 82
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Standing up for the disenfranchised”

Teri , 61
What does it mean to be a good citizen?

“I can’t vote, I’m an immigrant”

Samriddhi , 18
What do you remember about the first time you voted?

“Corporate greed”

Kara , 18
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“There will still be issues that I don’t feel will or can be solved as a state”

Trista , 18
Why is voting important to you?

“my vote doesn’t count”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“The movement to limit voting”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

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