Flight Paths Project

Veiled Racism

“It was legislated white flight… this was actually extremely deliberate.” [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/414381555&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]   Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and...
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The Pull of Gary

"I want to come back, but I don’t want to come back." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/414381993&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=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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Reach Out to Our Neighbor

"I’d do it again because it was the right thing to do." https://youtu.be/-De9GCE30QQ   Produced and edited for the Welcome Project by Rebecca Werner and Brandi Casada. Transcript for Reach Out to Our Neighbor A couple years ago, when we...
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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...
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Black Mecca

"That period of time—growing up in Gary, Indiana, I would not want to be anywhere else in the world." https://youtu.be/KPW16J21zXs Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for Black Mecca 1967 is when Mayor Hatcher won. And I was...
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Committed to the Community

"We are located right in the middle of Gary, Indiana for a reason." https://youtu.be/WMtJYWAK7sI 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...
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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...
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Demonized Community

"... people bought into this notion that no one wants to live in Gary..."   https://youtu.be/pJJdJly_o2U Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for Demonized Community The first neighborhood that I remember growing up in was on the East...
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Wrong Side of the Tracks

"When he found out we were from Aetna, he never spoke to us again." https://youtu.be/WMGA4NjP7So Produced and edited for the Welcome Project by Rebecca Werner and Brandi Casada. Transcript for Wrong Side of the Tracks The different areas of town,...
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