Project AmeriXa

Three zones, one growing record.

Everything gathered for Project AmeriXa belongs to one of three zones. A zone is not a department or a schedule — it is simply the kind of thing being collected, and the care that kind of thing needs.

Below the zones are two example drafts. They are written by our team to show the shape of the work. Nothing in them has been recorded, cast, scheduled, or published.

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The Zones

What each zone gathers

Voice

Real Americans speaking in their own words, on their own terms.

Recorded conversations and interviews
Spoken word, readings, and short statements
Questions people want asked out loud

In practice: A quiet room, two chairs, and one person talking for as long as they want to talk. Nothing is recorded or shared without separate written permission.

Story

The record that rarely gets written down.

Family history, migration, work, faith, and service
Photographs, letters, recipes, and objects that carry memory
Community memory told by the people who hold it

In practice: An elder and a young person going through a shoebox of photographs together, writing down what each one is before the knowledge is lost.

Future

What we are building next, told by the people who will live in it.

Student and youth-led projects and proposals
Ideas for neighborhoods, schools, and civic life
Creative work that imagines what comes after this

In practice: A small team drafting something they intend to actually build, then reporting back honestly on what happened.

Examples Only

Two drafted examples

These two drafts are illustrations written by our team. They are not finished pieces, they are not scheduled, and no one has been selected for them.

Example draftStory zone

The Kitchen Table

A recorded conversation between two generations of one family.

The idea: One question is asked at a kitchen table: what did you carry here, and what do you want kept? A grandparent answers. A grandchild listens, asks follow-ups in their own words, and writes down the names and places afterward so the record is searchable later.
Who would take part: A family that volunteers together. Anyone under 18 takes part only with a parent or guardian, who may sit in for the whole conversation.
What we would not do: No script, no re-takes for polish, and no publishing of names, images, or audio without separate written permission for a stated use.

Example draftFuture zone

What We Would Build

A short series following one youth-led proposal from idea to honest report.

The idea: A small group names one thing their community is missing, drafts what it would take, and then says out loud what worked and what did not. The point is the record, not a success story.
Who would take part: Young people with an idea and the willingness to be filmed being wrong in public, plus an adult who keeps the room safe rather than steering it.
What we would not do: No invented outcomes, no promised funding, and no claim that a project happened before it happened.

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