WHO ARE OUR NEIGHBORS?
Collecting & sharing the stories of those who have made a difference in the city of Dallas, TX.
Who Are Our Neighbors? is an art & storytelling initiative that will uplift and highlight exemplary members of the Dallas community, past and present, who have crossed lines of difference to serve and better the city of Dallas as bridge-builders, neighbors, leaders, and change-makers.
We need your help to bring these stories to light!
Submit the story of a neighbor, family member, community figure, or historical leader in your part of Dallas who you see as an exemplar of bridge-building. You can nominate yourself, too!
About
Who Are Our Neighbors? is a public art initiative to heal divides and create unity across the city of Dallas. An ongoing project led by Sharing Sacred Spaces, Inc. in partnership with Thanks-Giving Foundation, the initiative was selected as part of the 2024 Our Town grant program to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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The art initiative will invite eight local artists to create works that will uplift and highlight an exemplary community members who have crossed lines of difference and served to better the greater Dallas community. The public art display will invite Dallas residents into creative visions of a healthier, more connected future based on kindness, caring, commitment to one another, and common humanity.
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Launched in September 2024, Who Are Our Neighbors? is currently soliciting community stories that will inform the creative direction of the public art display. Eight local exemplars of neighborliness will be featured. Nominating your neighbors here through our website will give them a chance at being one of those chosen for inclusion in the art initiative, but all nominees will be considered for feature online.
In June 2025, the final artworks will be introduced at a public ceremony at Thanks-Giving Square in downtown Dallas, and then distributed to distinct locations across north and south Dallas. A short run of trolley tours will guide community members through accompanying lectures, activities, and dialogues. The artworks will then be installed in their permanent homes across Dallas as beacons of hope to combat loneliness and division, and as inspiration and reasons for ongoing tours and gatherings.
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You can learn more about the initiative, the work we do as Sharing Sacred Spaces, and the concurrent Interreligious Communities Project that SSS will be leading in Dallas at sharingsacredspaces.org.