The Strangers Project

The legendary Strangers Project travels to the Oculus! Read thousands of hand-written and deeply moving anonymous stories about love, loss, joy, fear, and life. Then write yours!

The Strangers Project is a celebration of the stories we’re surrounded with every day—both from the strangers we share our space with every day, and our own stories we carry. It’s about a connection with ourselves, with people around us, and with something greater than ourselves.

Since it's conception, the Strangers Project has collected over 65,000 handwritten stories from across the United States. Whether about love or loss, joy, or fear, what each story has in common is an honest voice of the human experience.

We’re living in a time where the differences between us are magnified. The Strangers Project believes that what starts as a simple act of listening can be a profoundly transformative experience. Exploring the lives of the people we share space with every day shows us how wonderfully human we all are. These stories engage strangers of all ages and backgrounds to reflect, rejoice, heal and connect through words.