Tag: socioeconomic
Back into the Community
“You can’t have racial justice and you can’t have social justice if there’s no economic justice.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/317044064" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded...
Walking the Walk
“In order for us to help the city grow, we have to be here to be a part of the city.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297108699" 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...
The Snowball Effect
“As businesses leave, and you patronize businesses outside of your locale, then there’s no money being put back into your community at all.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297107950" 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,...
Wrong Side of the Tracks
"When he found out we were from Aetna, he never spoke to us again." https://youtu.be/WMGA4NjP7So Produced and edited for the Welcome Project by Rebecca Werner and Brandi Casada. Transcript for Wrong Side of the Tracks The different areas of town,...
How Do I Contribute?
"And the fact that people always, like, write off Gary as this horrible place made me feel like I just had to have this conviction to like, change people’s minds, and to be there, and make a difference." [iframe width="100%"...
Demonized Community
"... people bought into this notion that no one wants to live in Gary..." https://youtu.be/pJJdJly_o2U Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for Demonized Community The first neighborhood that I remember growing up in was on the East...
One Common Cause
"Part of being part of a community is reaching out and helping out each other and being there for each other." https://youtu.be/BfIBcTWok80 Produced and edited for the Welcome Project by Rebecca Werner and Brandi Casada. Transcript for One Common...
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"...
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...