My Father Had to Take on Two Jobs
“It made me feel bad to have to ask him for support.” Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions The speaker tells us that her family moved from Mexico when she was young. How did the move impact her mother? How did it…
Not Sharing My Own Questions
“Different feels, whether it actually is this in truth, feels like less than.” Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Not Sharing My Own Questions 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 questions for reflection for one…
Curious In A Very Positive Way
“I love that my older daughter makes reference to her friend, Regina, as brown.” Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Curious In A Very Positive Way Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflecti.. Clarifying Questions Interpretive Questions Implication Questions Let us know how the conversation…
Enamored With These Beautiful, Young Faces
“It takes a lot for our hearts and our minds and our eyes to get there, where we start viewing groups that look different than us not as groups but as individuals.” Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Enamored With These Beautiful Young Faces Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this…
Fuels My Ball of Fire
“I’ll see people down the hallway, and they’ll walk out a door because they know who I am. They don’t want to ‘catch the gay.’” Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Fuels My Ball Of Fire Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions…
I Am International
“My two other American roommates and myself would never consider ourselves very American. When people ask us, we would always say, ‘We are international.’” 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 questions for reflection for one…
You’ve Never Lived in Those Shoes
“When you’re black, that’s one thing against you, but when you’re from Gary…” Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What makes the speaker wonder what she’s gotten herself into? Why does the speaker say that coming from Gary is a second strike…
Baptism: I Was Not Very Religious
“I went to Pastor Char and said, ‘Hey. I’d really like to be baptized, but I don’t think I’m a Lutheran.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Okay. What questions do you have?’” Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Baptism: I Was Very Not Religious Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation…
I Have This Fear That I Come Off Weird
“The real good friends will pay attention to you no matter what.” Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · I Have This Fear That I Come Off Weird 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 questions…