Share Your Story

Community shapes us—in the ways we build it, the moments we lose it, and the courage it takes to find it again. Tell us about a time you felt you belonged, a connection you missed, or how you braved your way back. Your story doesn’t need to be polished. Start wherever you are.

Upload your story below. Leave your name and email blank to submit anonymously, or share them and give us permission to follow up. For anonymity, remove identifying details from your story, file name, and document properties.

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You may contact me about my story using the email address I provided.

Common Ground may use my name when sharing my story.

Sharing Your Story with Common Ground

By submitting your story, you confirm that it is your own to share and grant Common Ground nonexclusive permission to edit, adapt, excerpt, reproduce, publish, and perform it, in whole or in part, on our website, in live or recorded performances, and in print or digital publications, without compensation or further approval. You retain ownership of your story. Submitting a story does not guarantee that it will be used.

You may submit anonymously or choose to provide your name and email address so we can contact you. Providing contact information does not give us permission to identify you publicly. We will only credit you by name with your separate permission and will not publish your email address. If you wish to remain anonymous, please avoid including details in your story that could identify you or others.

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