geographical region
Let There Be Cake
"I don't understand the experience of other minority groups. But I do understand the experience of being unsure and being scared, because you have to come out as being gay, lesbian, bi, transgendered...you never stop coming out." [iframe width="100%" height="166"...
You Pay for It in the End
"At 13, I started waitressing...I was making more money than anybody I knew."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · You Pay For It In The End Produced by Amanda Yonushatis Transcript for You Pay...
Where Is Everybody Running Away To?
"The potential in Gary was and still is tremendous." https://youtu.be/1fe8Ys1iFbs Edited by Welcome Project Intern Ella Speckhard Transcript for Where Is Everyone Running Away To? Everything was changing so fast. It was changing too fast. Everybody can adjust to change,...
The Patch
"Anybody who was not well-connected, you go to the Patch." https://youtu.be/ppzO37KeKCg Edited by Welcome Project Intern Ella Speckhard Transcript for The Patch My grandmother, my mother’s mother, was a twin. And they left Poland and they didn’t speak English. They...
Gary Made Me
"I always want to make my city proud." https://youtu.be/J28TV88EKQs Edited by Welcome Project Intern Ella Speckhard Transcript for Gary Made Me I always like to say that Gary made me. Like, there’s a phrase—I don’t know if people have ever...
Outside In Instead of Inside Out
“The same very people who left... need to step up and help fix the issues.” https://youtu.be/7OtmN1pGvvo Produced and edited by Rebecca Werner and Brandi Casada. Transcript for Outside In Instead of Inside Out I truly believe the only way Gary...
The Concerned Latins Organization
“And they really—under the umbrella of education, housing, and employment—try to confront a lot of the discrimination and issues that the community has faced in the region.” https://youtu.be/Cu_sVNwrMyU Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for The Concerned Latins...
In This Community
“If I wasn’t at home or at school, I was in East Chicago hanging out with my grandparents.” https://youtu.be/-GuAPV9Hy5Y Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society. Transcript for In This Community My great-grandmother and her...
Repatriation Movement
“From 1929 to 1939 the United States and communities across the United States engaged in a repatriation movement of Mexican nationals.” https://youtu.be/2Sgh9lqLFyY Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for Repatriation Movement So from 1929 to 1939 the United...