Tag: Flight Paths Project
05 – Thinking Regionally: Lake and Porter Counties Chorus
"The natural resources, and the positioning of the region up against Lake Michigan, that three-county area is just a natural economic powerhouse waiting to happen." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/318311194" 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 is Part 5 of a 5-part...
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...
House That Love Bought
“After my dad passed away, we were certain my mother would finally leave Gary.” https://youtu.be/s_QEj0iK8qQ 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...
I Couldn’t Waste Her Potential
"I fled Gary also, but it wasn't entirely because of fear, it had nothing to do with anyone's skin color..." https://youtu.be/9bhpkF9IfPk Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions...
Stitched into the Community
"Relationship-building ended up being really the glue that helped sort of bond people together." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297880426" 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 nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans...
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...
Down the Block
"Grade school was good; y'know, everybody got along, and then they started to have fights in Tolleston park." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307912884" 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. Hold a Conversation Can you...
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,...
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.’” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/306909444" 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...