Submit Your Story

Story & Legacy Museum for Black Grandmothers

 

Your story matters.

The Story & Legacy Museum for Black Grandmothers exists to preserve, honor, and celebrate the lived experiences of Black grandmothers—past, present, and future. By sharing your story, you are helping to ensure that our wisdom, resilience, love, and leadership are never erased.

This museum begins as a digital space and will grow into in-person and traveling exhibits, creating a permanent home for our stories and legacy.

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What Stories We Are Collecting

We welcome stories that reflect the full range of Black grandmotherhood, including:

• Becoming a grandmother (young, later in life, or unexpectedly)

• Raising grandchildren or serving as a kinship caregiver

• Family traditions, memories, and lessons passed down

• Love, loss, resilience, and healing

• Advocacy, leadership, faith, and community impact

• Joy, humor, and everyday moments that matter

Stories can be joyful, reflective, powerful, or quiet—all truths are welcome.

 

Ways to Submit Your Story

You may submit one or more of the following:

• Written story or reflection

• Photographs (past or present)

• Audio or video recordings

• Family history or legacy reflections

You do not need to be a writer or storyteller—your voice, in your own words, is enough.

 

Who Can Submit

• Black grandmothers of all ages

• Young and non-traditional grandmothers

• Grandmothers raising grandchildren

• Families submitting stories honoring a grandmother (with consent)

 

How Stories Are Used

Submitted stories may be:

• Featured in the online Story & Legacy Museum

• Included in digital or traveling exhibits

• Used in educational programming and community displays

• Archived as part of our permanent historical collection

All submissions are handled with care, dignity, and respect.

 

Your Rights & Consent

Before submission, all contributors will:

• Review and sign a Storytelling & Media Release

• Maintain ownership of their story while granting permission for museum use

• Have the option to submit anonymously or with limited identification

We honor your story and your boundaries.

 

Why Your Story Matters

Black grandmothers are culture keepers, caregivers, leaders, and historians. When you share your story, you are:

• Preserving history for future generations

• Honoring the women who came before you

• Reclaiming space in narratives where our voices are often missing

• Helping build a living legacy

 

Submit Your Story

Your voice deserves to be seen, heard, and remembered.

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