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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...
It Was Really Tough
"We’ve always been extremely close... because we know that here in Gary, we have to stick together." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/320365489" 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...
Home for Good, I’m Sure
“You help get his crop in, he helps get your crop in. Never a dime is exchanged.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328491102" 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...
One Common Cause
"Part of being part of a community is reaching out and helping out each other and being there for each other." https://youtu.be/BfIBcTWok80 Produced and edited for the Welcome Project by Rebecca Werner and Brandi Casada. Transcript for One Common...
In My Blood
"They put a spirit of justice in me." https://youtu.be/4jPbuIgQ48w Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How...
But I’m Still Here
"The doctor...made a comment, 'Oh, the girl doesn’t have a chance.'" https://youtu.be/W0FvxNO6TRY This is part one of a two-part story. Transcript for But I'm Still Here This goes way back to before the Emancipation Proclamation. My grandfather’s father was born...
Here on Earth to Help Each Other
"...we must do it in a good way so we don’t destroy our earth." https://youtu.be/D22an8Fjwhc Part two in a two-part story. Transcript for Here on Earth to Help Each Other Always, whenever you spoke of Gary, people said, “Oh, the...
I’m 101-Years-Old (Parts 1 and 2)
Parts one and two of a two-part biographical story in which our 101-year-old storyteller remembers part of her family's journey prior to the Emancipation Proclamation up to her birth in St. Louis, MO, and her move as a young adult...
Me Coming Home
"...the Mexican-American community in the United States – it wasn't really taught in high school." https://youtu.be/7RlvTsqhRMc Transcript for Me Coming Home That’s another mentality, too. Growing up in East Chicago, everyone wanted to know where you were. And you always...