Tag: socioeconomic
Pick Up That Slack
“The tradition of the mutual aid society dates all the way back to the earliest days of the Mexican colonies in Indiana Harbor and Gary, Indiana.” https://youtu.be/QH9lQD9OTSc Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for Pick Up That Slack...
Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone
"I just walked into a school filled with rich kids that don't have to work for anything." https://youtu.be/jgdf-pUkoto Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What are...
I Get Food from the Food Bank
"So you liked being on the bus with all the people who don't have money?" [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/82366695" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection....
We Had to School Them
"They didn't understand the whole concept of why you have to travel all the way to Gary just to get your hair cut." https://youtu.be/6BCo2zHUO9Y Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions...
Culture Shock
"It's not like faces, you know, you don't have like faces around you." https://youtu.be/G69Ix9nM6JU For an extended version of this story, see below. Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection....
Better Than Struggling by Yourself
"I come from a diverse background, so I’ve always been really passionate about Hispanics and immigration." [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/92708778" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What...
Naive in the Comments They Make
"Why are you coming up to us when you know that either we can't afford that or we just would never pay that?" [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/92709065" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation...
Confidence Booster
"Yo quiero hacer un ejemplo." "I want to be an example." https://youtu.be/vq1iqUYpUo4 Hear more from this storyteller in The Weight I Carry. Transcript for Confidence Booster Mi familia fueron nacidos en México. Mi mama y papa fueron nacidos en México,...
We Beat Statistics
"She loved us, but she didn't love herself enough to take care of us the right way." This story is from the Invisible Project, a collaboration between the Welcome Project and Porter County Coalition for Affordable Housing, Housing Opportunities, Gabriel's...