Tag: neighborhood life
Neighborhood, Community, and Country
"I don’t know any other way to operate. I can’t just sit around and say, 'Oh, well. That’s the way it is.'" [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/574295211%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-VU9RC&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national...
Just Got the Impression
"All they saw was the violence. They did not see the peace. They did not see the change." https://youtu.be/xJwnnJ7YAmw Transcript for Just Got the Impression I grew up in the Tolleston area of Gary which was, at the time, very...
Back Then, It Mattered
"So these are things that I kind of learned that I didn’t realize I was learning." https://youtu.be/LNAsOt9SGPA Transcript for Back Then, It Mattered I’m Croatian. And when I was a kid, it mattered. My dad was Croatian, my grandfather, George...
Still Working on the Revolution
"You’ve given status to people who would ordinarily not have it...thus giving them power and ability to make change." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/661432634%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-n4GM4&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Rev. Dr. Gregory Jones Edited by Rebecca Werner Transcript for Still Working on the...
Getting Rich for My Blood
“It’s just changed. It’s a bigger town feeling than it used to be.” [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/674310749%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-il8nY&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Edited by Rich Elliott. Transcript for Getting Rich for My Blood Living in Valpo’s been great. My kids were able...
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...
Not Something That You Force
"You learn how to trust each other, you learn to assume responsibility for each other, you develop relationships… It’s something that happens in the course of time." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/661432571&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Rev. Dr. Gregory Jones Edited by...
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,...
Proud of Where You Came From
"I wanted to [write] a book where people would say, 'Oh, man, I loved that book, I want to go see where it took place...'" [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/777254311&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Produced by Rich Elliott. Transcript for Proud of...