Your Story, Our Story

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In addition to publishing your story on this website, Your Story, Our Story occasionally shares stories more widely for educational purposes and to connect to themes and time periods.

There are two ways we would share your story:
- In a featured collection of stories around a theme.
- On the Tenement Museum or a partner institution’s social media, with authors’ first names only.
To see a featured collection, social media post, or tour story, click the links above.

May we share your story in these ways?

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