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Tell your story. Get a chance at winning $1,000.

We are pleased to announce the Own Your Story Initiative in the City of Newark. We are here to uplift Newark's black community and honor the story of our collective. 

Take The Survey!
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WELCOME

What is Own Your story Newark?

The Own Your Story Newark initiative is about uniting to focus on making life better for our black neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey by sharing our stories. We are inviting as many of our people as possible to share their stories through virtual "Speak Your Truth" events and an online survey.

INTRODUCING The Own Your Story Winner's Circle | November 16

Tell your story. Help us make life even better in Newark AND be entered into weekly prize drawings! 


Enter our raffle drawing by attending or hosting a community forum. Winner will be randomly selected from qualified entries. 


Contest Rules


Get Involved!

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Take the Survey

Take the Survey

Take the Survey

Take the community-designed survey to assist in data collection. Ten winners will receive a gift card every week.


10 Winners per week will get a Gift Card (starting value of $25, selected at random from qualified entries.) 

Contest Rules

Take the 10-Minute Survey
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Share a Video

Take the Survey

Take the Survey

We are asking that Newark really shine by sharing their story on Instagram using #ownyourstorynewark or by uploading it directly.

 

10 Winners per week will get a Gift Card (starting value of $50, selected at random from qualified entries.)

 Contest Rules

Tell Your Story
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Attend A Community Forum

Attend our Community Involvement Events

Attend our Community Involvement Events

Our group of young organizers from The Greater Newark area will be hosting community discussion forums centered around powerful conversations from the minds of Newarkers. Dates TBD. 


1 Grand Prize Winner - $1,000.00

4 Additional Winnders - $250.00

(Selected at random from qualified entries.)

 Contest Rules

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Attend our Community Involvement Events

Attend our Community Involvement Events

Attend our Community Involvement Events

  • November 19, 2020 | We are inviting all of Newark's Black community to join our virtual community meeting to learn more about this initiative and join the movement!
  • January 9, 2021 | The community is invited to learn and/or strengthen their marketing skillset at our FREE workshop where we will walk through the steps of campaign development. 

RSVP

WE CAN'T CREATE A FUTURE VISION FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEWARK WITHOUT YOU!

VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FORUMS

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12/3/2020

Virtual Community Forum Hosted by Newark Community Action Network

6pm

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8pm

ZOOM (Link shared after RSVP)

Event Details

12/3/2020

Virtual Community Forum Hosted by Newark Community Action Network

Our group of young organizers from The Greater Newark area will be hosting community discussion forums centered around powerful conversation...

Event Details

6pm

-

8pm

ZOOM (Link shared after RSVP)

12/8/2020

Virtual Community Forum Hosted by Abbott Leadership Institute

5pm

-

7pm

ZOOM (Link shared after RSVP)

Event Details

12/8/2020

Virtual Community Forum Hosted by Abbott Leadership Institute

Our group of young organizers from The Greater Newark area will be hosting community discussion forums centered around powerful conversation...

Event Details

5pm

-

7pm

ZOOM (Link shared after RSVP)

What Will happen Next?

The Endgame

After this period of story collection, our community will come together and take the compiled information and design a story-based, media campaign that reflects us and what it means to us to be a Black Newarker in a marketing development workshop. 


This is a free workshop that you and your members are invited to join to strengthen your current marketing capacity, as well as contribute to our vision for Newark’s next chapter. The date for the workshop is Saturday, January 9th, 2021. 


Individual stories will live on and be showcased in the Own Your Story Newark Audio Visual Story Archive. And all the data we collect through this process will be housed here in Newark with The Chad School Foundation, and can be used by people, and organizations such as yourself, to give insight into the community and to help shape policies.


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