Tag: neighborhood life
To Be a Good Neighbor
“There has to be an element of trust there, and that doesn’t exist right now.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/282912380" 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? With whom? What kinds...
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...
No Intention of Leaving
“I’m not from Miller. I’m not from Chicago. I’m from Gary.” https://youtu.be/maSMdEE-V6c 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...
They Left So Quick
“All these white folk were leaving these homes. The homes to me were beautiful.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289808678" 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 provide Americans...
Didn’t Want Us To Grow Up Thinking the World Was Terrible
“The type of things my parents experienced, the type of racism was very interesting… it’s something my mother’s never really wanted to talk about.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/304807616" 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...
Vibrant, Vital, Crazy Place to Live
“Gary had taught him more about love and hate and life and death than he could have learned anywhere else.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297875530" 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...
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...
It Was a Pretty Heady Time
"As far as the mood in the neighborhood, I don’t remember talking or hearing about a lot of people that were steadfast saying, ‘Hey, I’m gonna stay here and stick it out.’" [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/288422686" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] ...
Strong Block Club
“Even though we’ve had change in homeownership, the neighborhood is still viable in 2016.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/291204587" 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 provide Americans...