Tag: diversity
Breaking Down Those Barriers
"Most people of color... don't see the value in staying." https://youtu.be/Mbx6OnxN_eQ Editing by David M. Sula of Adelmar Entertainment. Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you...
We’re Not There Yet
“Our students will learn to celebrate a broad collection of voices when they start hearing a broad collection of voices.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/206052206" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where?...
Very Deliberate Where I Lived
"If all of us who received inspiration move, who's going to inspire the next generation?" https://youtu.be/HjNuBNpWwr8 Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarification questions What drives the mayor...
More Alike Than Different
“We worry about the same things.” https://youtu.be/huanR6krUNc Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to use the questions for reflection for one approach.) Please email your...
One Big Family Back in the Day
"You were proud you were part of the organization that was part of your city." https://youtu.be/Pll3N4M-nLk Hear more from this storyteller about the relationship between U.S. Steel and Gary in You Could Get a Job at U.S. Steel. Hold a Conversation Can...
What Kind of Legacy
“The ceiling had opened up a little bit more. Black people were able then to move.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/291223120" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Produced by Sydney Jarol with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to...
The Blizzard
“We worked very hard to really maintain our relationships with our neighbors.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297106849" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all...
Black Mecca
"That period of time—growing up in Gary, Indiana, I would not want to be anywhere else in the world." https://youtu.be/KPW16J21zXs Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for Black Mecca 1967 is when Mayor Hatcher won. And I was...
Game Changer
"It became my mission to change the way people saw Gary, how people saw people of color, and the knowledge they had of people of color because it was hurtful." Paste Soundcloud or YouTube code here. [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no"...