Your letter:
This project is intended as a space for reflection, release, and connection. A collective archive of voices that deserve to be heard. Your letter may take many forms. It can be a journal entry, a message, a memory, or a conversation with someone who may never read it.
Scroll down to explore the prompt and begin your letter.
Share your story
Thank you!
We recognize that sharing personal experiences can be sensitive. Contributors may choose whether their work is shared anonymously or credited.
You may submit your letter:
• Anonymously
• With your name credited
If identifying details are included within the text of your letter, they may appear in the displayed version unless you request otherwise.
You may write to:
Yourself, a loved one who has been detained or separated from you, someone who has been deported, someone you have lost, ICE or the systems that affect your life, your younger self, your future self, the future.
You may choose to write about questions such as:
What has changed in your daily life?
How does an ordinary moment feel different now?
Has someone you love been detained, deported, or separated from you?
What does working, traveling, or simply moving through your neighborhood feel like today?
What do you wish others understood about your experience?
These prompts are simply starting points. You are welcome to write about any aspect of your experience that feels meaningful to you.
There is no correct way to write this letter, we simply hope you choose to share.
Length
There is no minimum or maximum length requirement. Your letter may be a single paragraph, a page, or several pages long. As a general guideline, many submissions may fall around one page, but we encourage you to write only as much—or as little—as feels right to you.
Presentation of Letters
Letters may be lightly edited for spelling, grammar, formatting, or length when necessary for exhibition purposes. We will not alter the meaning or intent of your submission.
A Final Note
Your story does not need to center on a major event. Some letters may speak about separation, loss, or uncertainty, while others may focus on everyday moments, family traditions, memories, hopes, or acts of belonging. Every experience is welcome.
There is no correct way to write this letter. Whether your story is joyful, difficult, ordinary, unresolved, or still unfolding, we invite you to share whatever feels meaningful to you.