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OUR LIVES AS ARCHIVES

SYDNEY'S SUBSTACK

NEW YORK CITY KID WHO'S NOW A NYC ADULT

DIGITAL ARCHIVE PROJECT

"Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city:
all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud.
​No other city is so spitefully incoherent."

 ​-James Baldwin, DeWitt Clinton High School Alumnus, 1941 
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The Bronx is ranked as the 62nd Unhealthiest County out of the 62 counties of ​New York State (The Institute for Family Health, 2024). As a lifelong Bronx resident and mother of Bronx kids this statistic hits home in many ways. This digital archive's mission is to document, gather, and share the voices of those who were raised by this borough, this city, and this state. Our stories elevate our community's realities while also allowing us to lean on one another for access to resources and healthy lifestyle options available in our communities. Each prompt centers on memory. Each prompt allows us to uplift one another's truths. Each prompt allows us to humanize this place that we all don't own and yet we call home. 

​You can read Sydney's Substack via this link.  

Reference: The Institute for Family Health. (2024). The Bronx is the Unhealthiest County. The Institute for Family Health. https://institute.org/not62/
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Copyright Info from the Founder/Curator:  ​Thank you for visiting this site. All of the contents i.e. prompts, archive, etc. is the property of Sydney Valerio. This project is catalogued and documented as her work in institutions such as the Bronx Council on the Arts and the City College of New York's MFA program. If you wish to use or reference this site and its contents then please email Sydney Valerio at [email protected] to request permission. Include "Permission Request" in the Subject heading.

​Here is an MLA citation of this site: 

Valerio, Sydney. “Perspective Matters: New York City Kid Who's Now A NYC
​Adult.” Our Lives Archives, 1 January 2016, https://www.sydneyvalerio.com/.


Here is an APA citation of this site:
Valerio, S. (2016, January 1). Perspective Matters: New York City Kid Who's Now
A NYC Adult. Our Lives Archives. https://www.sydneyvalerio.com/
  • Our Lives As Archives
    • Our Lives As Archives Prompts >
      • Prompt: DEEP MAPS
      • Prompt: HOME
      • Prompt: CENTERED
      • Prompt: WOVEN TOGETHER
      • Prompt: FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE
  • Perspective Matters
  • NYCKWINANYCA Archive Project
  • About Sydney
    • performances, interviews y más...