Love Letters to SJ

We are Love Letters 2 SJ! We are San Jose Strong's South Bay Research Team, dedicated to exploring, promoting and uplifting community voices within the creative culture of San Jose. Our current project is community-wide initiative, collecting “Love Letters” from all residents of the Bay Area* to San Jose; a thank you for everything it’s given us. Formats can include photo, art, poetry, fashion, physical/typed love letters, or anything else submittable, with the option to submit anonymously. Our goal is to release the first print edition by Spring 2024, with online features and exhibitions leading up to the release date.In addition, we hope to attend events to interview and feature local creatives, activists, and businesses through interviews and short films. Our next submission cycle will open March 2024.Their first archive can be seen here.

You can check out their website here.
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Meet the Team

EMMA
PAULINE
VIVIAN

Updates

This summer, we interviewed several activists and are currently working with our video editor and post-production team to put together our video piece. A big shout out to Rea and Sebastian, our two photographer-videographers for their amazing work!

Call for Volunteers

If you have any relevant skills or project ideas that align with our team’s spirit, please feel free to contact us! We are always looking to start new, important, interesting projects that add to and support our communities. We are also looking for passionate individuals to use this space, shared resources, and their skills to lead such projects.

Contact:

Team Lead: sachinvallamkonda@gmail.com
Mary of SJS: sanjose4blacklives@gmail.com