Hello and welcome to the Oregon Story Project. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while now, over a year, actually. I’ve always found myself sort of strapped for time between work, school, and just regular adult life. Since the COVID-19 virus finally came to Oregon and essentially shut everything down, I figured that now would be a good time to start. There’s a lot going on right now. It’s a scary and uncertain time. One silver lining in all of this is that I’ve seen the good sides of so many people. People I know, people I don’t. Sure, this huge change in our way of lives happened abruptly. It went from abstraction to a real threat in just a matter of days. But our response to it all has also been pretty quick. And just as fast as the virus hit, so has a newfound sense of community. Not just on a local level, but regional, and even global. One thing this virus has reminded us of is that we’re all humans. Left-wingers, hard-line conservatives, the people of Iraq, the people of Afghanistan, The United States, Italy, Canada. The toils of war and and conflict seem to just fade in light of all of this. Ever since the first humans started forming villages, we’ve been telling stories to each other. It’s something that’s almost as much of a part of our DNA as anything else. So that’s what I’m after here. I want to tell compelling stories during this time of quarantine and isolation. I want to push forward that newfound sense of community and solidarity. So if you or anyone you know has a story related to the state of Oregon in one way or another, please email me at oregonstoryprojectgmail.com Thanks for listening. Stay safe and stay tuned. Love you all
