“We don’t extract stories. We archive them, celebrate them, and let them fund the future.” – Founder, Rob
Five years ago, we started recording elders in a historic Black neighborhood most of Moorestown had forgotten. One man’s story, Greg Chin’s, became the evidence that unlocked $350K in public funding, and proved what we’d always known: community memory is infrastructure.
Since 2021 Cypher has been an engine, supercharging organizations and community missions. We turn data into insight, insight into funding, funding into futures.
Remembrance, is the other side of the same coin; Remembrance is the soul. We honor the elders whose stories built the places we call home, we believe memory is infrastructure, and have committed to remembering rightly, before anyone thought to write down their wisdom. We want that journey for all of us.
Watch the TEDx Story of Remembrance Day
Together, we’re building something Moorestown has never had: an annual ritual of intergenerational celebration.
The West End Block Party.
- A live podcast taping.
- An elder honoring ceremony.
- Vendors, artists, and a Youth Circle.
None of this would be possible without the Moorestown Historical Society, The Gray Family, Mayor Quinton Law, and the Moorestown Community. All of it rooted in the belief that the most powerful data on earth lives in the memory of our elders, and this community should own it.
We don’t extract stories. We archive them, celebrate them, and let them fund the future.
Join us in September 19th for the Block Party, where the 1st 200 guest eat free!
OUR FOCUS
BUILDING:
A community-owned AI platform trained on consented elder oral histories. Families query their own archives. Researchers access community-governed data. The RIL transforms scattered stories into searchable, sovereign infrastructure.
PRODUCING:
September 19th, 2026: elder honoring ceremony, live podcast taping, youth programming, and cultural vendors. This flagship event becomes the replicable model for communities statewide.
CONNECTING:
Documentation, training materials, and outreach to 3-5 municipalities in the NJ/Philly corridor ready to launch their own Remembrance programs (launching community podcast/ media labs targeting elders). Each community owns their archive. We provide the protocol.
One elder’s story unlocked $350K in Moorestown. Imagine what happens when every New Jersey neighborhood can remember rightly.
“The future is built from the stories we choose to remember.”
If you feel the same, then partner with us on making Remembrance Day a national holiday, launch a campaign with us, or simply nominate an elder.