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No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress
"Why don’t you come to Gary and see what Gary really is?" https://youtu.be/YPOfcFVlWx4 Transcript for No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress You know—city services are based on tax revenue and if you don’t have enough people who are paying...
Resilience of the Residents
"I’m talking about people in my neighborhood who have been in their homes for forty years—they believe in the city and believe that it can work. https://youtu.be/mP-MnM6cszU Transcript for Resilience of the Residents Well, you know, I used to always...
I-65 Changed All That
"You know, it was a national trend back then for people to leave urban areas and move to the suburbs." https://youtu.be/TkYFpd24xCQ Transcript for I-65 Changed All That Merrillville back, I guess, in the 1800s was called Wiggins Point—its claim to...
Thought I Was Stuck
"I thought I was going somewhere else. I was planning on going somewhere else. But I didn’t." https://youtu.be/u24kxLh7GGM Transcript for I Thought I Was Stuck I didn't think I was going to be the one left behind, but his name...
Caught in the Crossfire
"I love hearing both sides. Which makes my black and white world very gray." https://youtu.be/quZfLQO3G2E Transcript for Caught in the Crossfire I think that like, all of us live this shared experience, but we see things differently, obviously. It’s like...
Fences
"Just leave me alone. I’ll leave you alone. We’ll be good." https://youtu.be/mhIWAx5sznQ Transcript for Fences Ok, what I think makes a good neighbor is fences. That’s what I think makes a good neighbor, and that sounds mean to say that,...
Living with Mental Illness
"We should all be allies to each other for mental health, and for everything else." https://youtu.be/LrPoisfEwhU Produced by Carmen Vincent Transcript for Living with Mental Illness When people say bad things about you, it's sometimes hard to let them go,...
Green Light to Go Out of Town
"Did you want to take a stand… or was it just an inevitability, 'Man, we can’t stay here any longer?'" https://youtu.be/JDdfi8MzO7Q Transcript for Green Light to Go Out of Town It didn’t take a lot of, “Let’s sit down and...
In My Own Skin
"I think it's the exact opposite. I think those are the reasons I can do it." https://youtu.be/YUwOqWH3zq0 Produced by Carmen Vincent Transcript for In My Own Skin I was born in Texarkana in Texas. It's a city near where Oklahoma,...