Tag: neighborhood life
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...
Divorce Themselves from Gary
"We had this huge exodus and the population went from majority white to majority black."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Divorce Themselves from Gary Edited by Rebecca Warner. Transcript for Divorce Themselves from...
“Us/Them” Mentality
“If you're such a tight part of a certain community, you are more likely to see everyone else as the other."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · "Us/Them" Mentality Transcript for “Us/Them” Mentality I...
Connective Tissue
"...that was fascinating, having a process where I feel I really met those actors and that creative team and really shared something with them. But I’ve never met them in real life."
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War Zone
"...there’s a legacy around the capacity to stand one’s own ground and say, 'No, this is who we are. And this is what we stand for. And this is what we can do.'"
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The Neighborhood
“Nobody ever said, ‘Hey, you're a Mexican,’ or ‘Hey, you're an Italian’ or anything like that.” https://youtu.be/7BOiw-b2e28 Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for The Neighborhood Did he ever suffer any discrimination? I don't know. Because I was a kid and...
Where Is Everybody Running Away To?
"The potential in Gary was and still is tremendous." https://youtu.be/1fe8Ys1iFbs Edited by Welcome Project Intern Ella Speckhard Transcript for Where Is Everyone Running Away To? Everything was changing so fast. It was changing too fast. Everybody can adjust to change,...
Code-Switching
"And so they had to negotiate both of those worlds. That’s what black people have always done."
Recorded over Zoom. Edited by Rebecca Warner. Transcript for Code-Switching The journey of my parents to...
Watching Fires
"No other part of their humanity could be seen beyond the color of their skin."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Watching Fires This interview was recorded over Zoom. Transcript for Watching Fires I...