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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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“Politicians polarizing the citizens”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Conspiracy ‘theories'”

Mari
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Propaganda”

Avery
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“The threat of civil war”

Gerald
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Media to spread lies”

Marilyn
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Capitalism allows the rich too much control over government”

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

“People who question the integrity of election results”

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

“Misinformation”

Lorene , 60
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Reagonomics”

Barry , 71
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Threats against free speech”

Sue , 75
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Hyper partisanship coupled with dishonesty”

Kim , 41
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Loyalty towards a party rather than majority’s wellbeing”

Aliya , 60
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“False news”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Leaders inciting or insinuating violence”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Voter suppression…funding…misinformation…lack of faith….”

Jean , 67
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Hate of immigrants”

Allison , 65
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Demagoguery and jingoism”

Linda , 68
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Donald Trump and his lies”

Joe , 64
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Ultra conservative supreme court”

Paul , 74
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Ratings prevailed”

James , 79
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Rampant anti-Asian racism”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Misinformation”

Larry , 62
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“False info being spread via social media”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Division among political, racial and religious groups”

Esther , 96
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Uninformed citizens”

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

“Extreme polarization”

Megan , 19
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Misinformation or contradictory information”

Sharika , 17
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“my vote doesn’t count”

Anonymous
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

“Misinformation”

Marrin , 30
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?

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