Community Conversations: Pandemic Perspectives, NJ’s COVID-19 Storytelling Project gathered, documented, and analyzed the personal accounts of nearly 800 New Jersey community members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The project captured the experiences of residents with an emphasis on those who have faced increased risk as a result of the pandemic. In Phase 1, stories were collected from all 21 NJ counties from August 2020 through March 2021. In Phase 2, story collection continued between October 2022 and January 2023 to document ongoing impacts of the pandemic on New Jersey communities, and more deeply explore residents' perspectives related to the COVID-19 vaccine. Submissions included individual interviews, focus groups, and creative artworks, including poetry, paintings, journals, short films, and more.

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The stories documented here represent the voices, perspectives, and experiences of New Jerseyans navigating the impacts of COVID-19 in our lives and communities.

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