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Makes You Strong

"Sometimes I have meltdowns; sometimes I say, 'OK,' and go on." This story is from the Invisible Project, a collaboration between the Welcome Project and Porter County Coalition for Affordable Housing, Housing Opportunities, Gabriel’s Horn, Dayspring Women’s Center, and Porter...
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Bad Things, Good People

Three audio stories from a couple's experience of family, work, health, and homelessness These stories are from the Invisible Project, a collaboration between the Welcome Project and Porter County Coalition for Affordable Housing, Housing Opportunities, Gabriel's Horn, Dayspring Women's Center, and Porter...
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Valpo Needs to Try Harder

“Not all trans people want a surgery; they just want to be seen as the gender they're presenting as.” [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/48971655" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where?...
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A Comfort Thing

"Almost just the thought of going to that event not knowing anyone terrifies the crap out of me." [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/92706361" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]   Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where?...
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Bicultural in a Deaf Home

"She didn't want to force a difference." http://youtu.be/Eq4tUVHqBZo Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions Why does the speaker consider himself bicultural? What does the speaker mean when...
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Terrible Things Happen

"I’m sitting in my car and I hear a crumple and next thing ya know, I’m out." [iframe width="100%" height="350" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/798559578&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Produced by Welcome Project intern Noah Sobocinski. Transcript for Terrible Things Happen Part 1 I get...
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Living with Mental Illness

"We should all be allies to each other for mental health, and for everything else." https://youtu.be/LrPoisfEwhU Produced by Carmen Vincent Transcript for Living with Mental Illness When people say bad things about you, it's sometimes hard to let them go,...
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Seeing Them Make Those Discoveries

"...because they don’t have access to the language like everybody else does. They don’t get that incidental learning from just overhearing something and pairing that to their experiences." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/803354644&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Produced by Rich Elliott Transcript...
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How Did This Happen?

"That whole transition from having a nice house to being homeless – it was a shock." [iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1486374472&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · How Did This Happen? Edited by Amanda Yonushatis. Transcript for How Did This...
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