Meet your neighbors

Pop-up Story Shops

Everyday Boston runs pop-up story shops at events around the city, meeting new neighbors and recording snapshot stories from their lives.

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DEYSI GUTIERREZ, East BOSTON
DEYSI GUTIERREZ, East BOSTON

“At that moment, I thought: Just because I’m attractive, you think I’m dumb or something?”

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Ameina Moseley, dorchester
Ameina Moseley, dorchester

“I think one of the biggest things that always feels the heaviest is that we all feel so disconnected.”

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Bobby Iacoviello, lawrence
Bobby Iacoviello, lawrence

“It’s kind of an interesting story because my home for a very long time was prison.”

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Tamara, on the power of stories
Tamara, on the power of stories

“A lot of people don’t travel, don’t go places, but you can mentally go…with a story.”

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Gregory, on Something He never thought he could do
Gregory, on Something He never thought he could do

“I thought I’d never actually get a chance to be a father, and have someone say their name, my name, but with a Jr. - and be proud of it.”

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Janelle, on a turning point in her life
Janelle, on a turning point in her life

“That’s one of the things in life I didn’t think I’d be able to do, but I did- I raised her.”

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Brett, on his first job
Brett, on his first job

“I was telling her it was my first job, and she said, ‘Oh, I’m gonna hook you up!’ And she bought $10,000 worth of clothes.”

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Chris, on how he found his people
Chris, on how he found his people

“We just grew a bond for, like, 10 years now. It just keeps getting better. I love them. They’re my bros.”

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Ethan, on a lesson he learned through sports
Ethan, on a lesson he learned through sports

From our pop-up story shop at the Boston Unity Cup.

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Ashli, on her favorite photograph
Ashli, on her favorite photograph

“I’m not one of those people who posts a lot on social media, so just to have people see me uncut, unfiltered and raw- it was kind of a self-love thing.”

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Naj, on doing something she never thought she could do
Naj, on doing something she never thought she could do

“That’s the one thing about me: I never turn down a dare. And I so I thought: You know what? I’m shy. This is a way for me to get out of my shell.”

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Lynn, on her favorite photograph
Lynn, on her favorite photograph

“So there’s a picture of me in an alley in Pisa, in Italy, and I’ve got my head back and I’m smoking a cigarette and I just look really happy. And I really, really was.”

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Bill, on his favorite photograph
Bill, on his favorite photograph

“About 15 years ago, I decided to take my sons on a guys’ trip. It was ‘see as much of the country as we possibly can in the week that we have.’”

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Check out our other story collecting projects:

Essential People Project · How We Got Through Project

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