Who could you write to?
- A neighbor you have never met
- Someone in a rural community or a large city
- Someone whose daily life may look very different from yours
- A librarian, teacher, nurse, farmer, artist, or postal worker
- Someone in another country
What is Re-CONNECT?
The goal is simple:
to make contact.
We have grown accustomed to sorting one another into categories—near and far, familiar and unfamiliar, red and blue, us and them. Re-CONNECT is an invitation to step outside those labels and make one small, human gesture.
Share a story, a question, a drawing, a memory, something that made you laugh, or a small moment of beauty from your life. The gesture itself is enough: a recognition of another person’s humanity and an offering of your own.
Need a starting point?
Begin with curiosity.
Make room for joy.
What could you send?
- A handwritten or typed letter
- A postcard, drawing, print, or small collage
- A photograph you took
- A poem, short story, or favorite recipe
- A small handmade card or list of joyful things
What could you say?
- What is beautiful where you live?
- What is making you hopeful right now?
- What ordinary thing gives you comfort?
- What does “home” mean to you?
- What is something you are still learning?
Give me an idea
Write to someone in a place very different from yours. Share one ordinary thing that brought you joy this week.
How it works
One small gesture
can travel a long way.
Choose a destination
You choose where you would like your letter to go. Look up an address near your home—or anywhere in the world.
Make something human
Write a letter. Add a drawing, poem, photograph, print, collage, or other small piece of art if you wish.
Send it freely
Include a return address—or not. The recipient may answer—or not. The first gesture is enough.
Mark the connection
Log the general places it traveled from and to, keeping the journey anonymous.
Connections made
See how far a small gesture can travel.
Every number and route below comes from the anonymous letter log. Only general locations appear, keeping every entry anonymous.
—Connections
—Towns reached
—States reached
—Countries reached
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The anonymous log
Where did your gesture travel?
Mark the journey without identifying yourself or the recipient. Only the general “from” and “to” locations are required; everything else is optional.
Keep it anonymous: share general towns, states, provinces, regions, and countries only.