In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, the Immigrant Archive Project created a hashtag to encourage immigrants and descendants of immigrants to share their own stories on Twitter.

"Realize that everything starts again now" - Jose Poyatos #ImmigrantArchiveProject #6wordtestimonies http://t.co/tZsmrDMotA

— ImmigrantAProject (@ImmigrantAP) June 2, 2014

"Ecuador to Brooklyn. Empowering & building resistance." #ImmigrantArchiveProject #6wordtestimonies @ImmigrantAP pic.twitter.com/Ply2tJUvK6

— * Bruja Ankalli * (@BrujaRebel) June 2, 2014

The idea for a six-word story is a story itself. According to legend, writer Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," which would have certainly fit into a Tweet had Twitter existed at the time.

"better life. deny visa. undocumented immigrant." - Ricardo Gonzalez #ImmigrantArchiveProject #6wordtestimonies

— ImmigrantAProject (@ImmigrantAP) June 2, 2014

"Resourceful: Making ourselves something from nothing."#6wordtestimonies #ImmigrantAP@ImmigrantAP

— Cristina Saavedra (@thisaavedralife) June 2, 2014

Also in honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, the non-profit Welcome.us published a video celebrating the diversity of immigrants and the history of immigration in the United States.