neighborhood life
Cross-Connect
"Pierogies are the Eastern European version of empanadas, you know?" https://youtu.be/z-Eurt554aM An oral history story from an interview with Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society. Transcript for Cross Connect When I was growing up,...
Before the Floodgates Opened
"I will call some agents out there and see what's available, but I want to let you know what times we're living in." https://youtu.be/ipBby9naDwQ Transcript for Before the Floodgates Opened Open housing just opened the floodgates and made it possible...
Mexican Colonies
"You have a delightful mix of people starting over fresh and I think the notion was that, 'We are Mexican. We will always be Mexican first and maybe American second.'" https://youtu.be/Uq-zxxkV8m8 Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division,...
Neighboring in Kouts
"If you are a good neighbor, your neighbor’s going to be a good neighbor." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/804046867&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Neighboring In Kouts Produced by Rich Elliott with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a...
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...
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...
We Don’t Make Excuses
"We don't ever want the kids to be able to say we weren't there." https://youtu.be/MsGxtfUb9Kw Edited by Welcome Project Intern Ella Speckhard Transcript for We Don't Make Excuses I kind of feel like today the school is not the community...
Watching Fires
"No other part of their humanity could be seen beyond the color of their skin." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/986966776&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Watching Fires This interview was recorded over Zoom. Transcript for Watching Fires I...
Code-Switching
"And so they had to negotiate both of those worlds. That’s what black people have always done." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1018162690&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Recorded over Zoom. Edited by Rebecca Warner. Transcript for Code-Switching The journey of my parents to...