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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...
I Belong in Art
"Most of my childhood that I actually really remember is in the United States, so I am still struggling to find a home." https://youtu.be/Qiz3VTNTBOU Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for I Belong in Art I think if I was a...
Fascinated by the Steelmills
"It was really something, it was kind of like the movies!" https://youtu.be/XoK_wLuWcDY Edited by Welcome Project Intern Ella Speckhard Transcript for Fascinated by the Steelmills When I was a kid, we heard the mills, we could see the sky light...
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...
Assimilating to a New Culture
"I think one of the greatest things about coming into a new culture and assimilating to it is the fact that you actually understand your culture better." https://youtu.be/gZZSmye9Nng Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for Assimilating to a New Culture I...
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...
Block and Pennsy
“These communities have been erased.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhIZBN0-c4k Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society. Transcript for Block and Pennsy In the 1920s you have this curious, fabulous mix of people from all different backgrounds – middle...