KYNKTW is a project of Syracuse Stories, a non-profit organization located in Syracuse, NY. Syracuse Stories grounds itself in the claim that stories make us human. It’s purpose it to encourage and celebrate community-wide cultural practices that reveal just how powerful story-making and telling are.

KYNKTW is an extension of this claim and purpose. Through the use of video, KYNKTW is collecting stories of the people of today, and preserving these stories for the generations of tomorrow. As well as this vertical connection of stories through time, we are also horizontally connecting stories of individuals by connecting stories of complete strangers, and stories of people across global borders. It is the part of the modern oral tradition.

By sharing these stories, we hope to create understandings between different peoples, and to connect people to one another, across space and time.