Category: audio
Walking the Walk
“In order for us to help the city grow, we have to be here to be a part of the city.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Walking The Walk Produced by Rebecca Werner...
Down the Block
"Grade school was good; y'know, everybody got along, and then they started to have fights in Tolleston park."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Down The Block This story is part of our Flight...
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.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · The Snowball Effect Produced by...
Stick and Stay
“You know, they kept saying to you, ‘Why are you doing it? Why are you doing it?’ But the two of you said, ‘It’s the right thing.’”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Stick...
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.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Didn't Want Us To...
People Have Their Attitudes
"If this is the expectation that people have of a new pastor coming to Gary, I need to live in Gary."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · People Have Their Attitudes This story is...
The Blizzard
“We worked very hard to really maintain our relationships with our neighbors.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · The Blizzard Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission...
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.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Vibrant, Vital, Crazy Place To Live Produced by...
We’ve Got Flight, Period
“There were a lot of strong community events that really kind of glued people together, and then of course, they dissipated over time.”
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · We've Got Flight, Period Produced...