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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.

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New Jersey's Democracy Conversation

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


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“Allows a community to have a say”

Princess
Why is voting important to you?

“Don’t litter”

Dhrauv , 11
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Pick up garbage for your community”

Sasha , 8
What does it mean to be a good citizen?

“Be kind and take care of animals”

Athen , 8
Why is voting important to you?

“Help the people who are poor”

Ibrahim , 9
What does it mean to be a good citizen?

“Being nice to the earth”

Daving , 6
What does it mean to be a good citizen?

“Standing up for the disenfranchised”

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

“environmental agenda”

Wale , 36
What do you remember about the first time you voted?

“Caring for your community and environment”

Madeleine , 18
What does it mean to be a good citizen?

“Not littering”

Megan , 19
What does it mean to be a good citizen?

“democracy won’t survive”

Hossein , 22
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“returning land stewardship to my people”

Sophia , 19
Why is voting important to you?

At NJCH, we believe that everyone should have access to humanities programming. Based on your organization and desired topics/formats, we offer programs—often subsidized by our federal and corporate funding—so that you can bring high quality humanities programs to your audiences.