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Didn’t Want Us To Grow Up Thinking the World Was Terrible
“The type of things my parents experienced, the type of racism was very interesting… it’s something my mother’s never really wanted to talk about.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/304807616" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a...
The Snowball Effect
“As businesses leave, and you patronize businesses outside of your locale, then there’s no money being put back into your community at all.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297107950" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps,...
Walking the Walk
“In order for us to help the city grow, we have to be here to be a part of the city.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297108699" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national...
Stitched into the Community
"Relationship-building ended up being really the glue that helped sort of bond people together." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297880426" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans...
Stick and Stay
“You know, they kept saying to you, ‘Why are you doing it? Why are you doing it?’ But the two of you said, ‘It’s the right thing.’” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/306909444" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews...
Down the Block
"Grade school was good; y'know, everybody got along, and then they started to have fights in Tolleston park." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307912884" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Hold a Conversation Can you...
Back into the Community
“You can’t have racial justice and you can’t have social justice if there’s no economic justice.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/317044064" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded...
Blockbusting Realtors
"The sight of a ‘For Sale’ sign would just trigger devaluation of the neighborhood." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297882052" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps,...
Good Foundation
“Well, you started the legacy; we’ll just continue it.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/310361001" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission...