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Had to Been a Journey for You

"All the people I knew and cared about were in Gary… It was a massive culture shock." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289807016" 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 Sydney Jarol with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is...
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They Left So Quick

“All these white folk were leaving these homes. The homes to me were beautiful.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289808678" 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 Sydney Jarol with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans...
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Race Relations

"Yeah, you’d hear somebody saying something stupid every once in awhile… the few, not the many." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/288421000" 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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Strong Block Club

“Even though we’ve had change in homeownership, the neighborhood is still viable in 2016.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/291204587" 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 Sydney Jarol with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans...
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What Kind of Legacy

“The ceiling had opened up a little bit more. Black people were able then to move.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/291223120" 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 Sydney Jarol with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to...
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We’ve Got Flight, Period

“There were a lot of strong community events that really kind of glued people together, and then of course, they dissipated over time.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297105436" 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,...
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The Blizzard

“We worked very hard to really maintain our relationships with our neighbors.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297106849" 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 of all...
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Vibrant, Vital, Crazy Place to Live

“Gary had taught him more about love and hate and life and death than he could have learned anywhere else.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297875530" 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...
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People Have Their Attitudes

"If this is the expectation that people have of a new pastor coming to Gary, I need to live in Gary." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297876905" 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...
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