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Roof Over Your Head
"You want to know you have a place where your kids can come." 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,...
We All Played Together
“Once I got to be in seventh grade, eighth grade, we crossed 15th Avenue and nothing ever happened.” https://youtu.be/LEh5eCotkTk Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for We All Played Together It's the Froebel neighborhood, in Gary. It ran from 15th Avenue...
Travel Bug
“These interpersonal relations are the ones that are really the most meaningful.” https://youtu.be/8TIQ0ZQJrqw Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for Travel Bug I grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, although I was born in Wabasha, Minnesota, and the family moved to...
The Power of Education
"I think she expected me to come home and you know, be a doctor and open up a clinic somewhere. She didn't expect me to come back and challenge her religion." https://youtu.be/4zgIxCLP1zk Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for The Power...
I Wanted More for My Kid
"As a parent, sometimes you just overthink things." https://youtu.be/IZWpVm4tboA Edited by Welcome Project Intern Ella Speckhard Transcript for I Wanted More for My Kid The reason why I originally moved to Schererville is because, one reason was that, you know,...
I Wanted to Work
“He comes back… and he said, ‘I have a permanent position for you.’” https://youtu.be/GfQh0jgtdR8 Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for I Wanted to Work I started looking for a job. You know, I worked in Germany. I wanted to work....
Becoming a Teacher
“I did not want to be used as the token Latin.” https://youtu.be/FxgNfNzUQVU Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for Becoming a Teacher In the fall of 1960, I went to IU and studied education. And I did some work at Indiana...
Shocking
"Being exposed to [people of different races] helped me... so I never really faced the same challenges that my parents probably did." https://youtu.be/StopTyM_TWA Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for Shocking It's actually difficult a little bit because, I mean, I...
1967 Snowstorm
“No, a captain stays with the ship.” https://youtu.be/p_yAAlma6ZA Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for 1967 Snowstorm We got trapped in the 1967 snowstorm in school. And since we had a bunch of guys, we got all the ladies out at...