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I Don’t Feel Excluded, but I Don’t Feel Invited

"Valpo has a very big responsibility to each student to ensure that they are feeling welcomed." Warning: story contains language that may offend. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/183646474" 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 conversation about...
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A Comfort Thing

"I don’t know if it’s really a race thing so much as a cultural difference." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/183647570" 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 conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of...
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Harder Than I Expected

"My first year experience wasn’t very welcoming, and I never really got that initial ‘belonging’ feeling." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/183648331" 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 conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds...
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Travesty

"We play a very integral part in this community, and we want to be recognized for that." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/183648946" 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 conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What...
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What Are You?

"I would have been so normal if I grew up anywhere else." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/184312851" 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 conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you...
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I Can’t Just Pick

"Yeah, maybe I really thought some Disney princesses were absolutely beautiful, but the princes were really cute, too." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/190474410" 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 In addition to the questions below, please see How to use...
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Easy to Pretend It’s Normal

“Well, I wish I could go in there, but I can’t.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/194859087" 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 conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose?...
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Kept Quiet and Nodded

“Here’s me and a Hispanic Muslim kid and everybody else.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/194859959" 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 conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See...
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Issues Put Out in the Open

“Hello, here I am, I’m trying.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/202702982" 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 conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to use the...
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