About Atolling Sovereignty Contributions

Atolling Sovereignty is only possible because of existing Marshallese leadership and voices during a time of global crisis. All stories submitted to this website will be moderated and approved personally with careful review and handling of personal information. Submissions will not be edited for content. Your submissions to Atolling Sovereignty becomes part of my graduate thesis project, which could be archived at Urban Graduate Programs at Parsons School of Design, The New School.

Rights Upon Submission:

• Your story will be published on this platform as part of this MS thesis project. I may tag and connect stories that have similarities for narrative purposes.
• You keep the rights to your story and associated media when it is published.
• You can decide privacy permissions for your story.
• At any time, you can have your story removed from the website.
• Write to danielchu@newschool.edu with any questions, concerns, or ideas.

Information that I Archive

Parsons School of Design may archive some of the contributions to the project. This archiving is for academic purposes and will not be accessed or shared without permission. At any time you can write to danielchu@newschool.edu to request that I remove your story from the thesis.

How we use your information

• Shared Media Media you shared may be used within multiple contexts of this thesis, including its research chapters, but I will not share any part of your submissions without permission. If you grant permission to share your story, I will notify you if it will be shared on other platforms or on social media.
• Email address: I may write to you to say hi, give you updates about the project, notify that your story will be shared, or ask questions about it. I do not share your email address with a third party, including Parsons School of Design, without prior consent.
• Neighborhood/City/Zip code: I only use this to put establish the geography of your voice.

I am sharing these entries so that others can learn about the Marshall Islands' history, struggle, and leadership about our planet's future, and invite others to empower the Marshallese community in the fight for climate justice. Your information will only be used with your permission. When submitting a story, you decide how you want it to be shared.