Tag: Flight Paths Project
An Equalizer
"Whether you’re white or black, once you hit the bandstand, then you’re on your own... If you can play, you can play. If you can’t, you can’t." https://youtu.be/OqnWBZvvGCQ This is part 2 of a 3-part series. Part 1: Patterns All...
Patterns All Over the Country
"If you have a city that's like a one-trick pony... if those industries go down, then you're in trouble." https://youtu.be/xmmvzBlSr1I This is part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2: An Equalizer Part 3: Interval to Cure Cancer Hold a...
Here in Gary
"I wouldn't want to live any other place." https://youtu.be/AvQX1E-zhog 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...
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...
It Was a Pretty Heady Time
"As far as the mood in the neighborhood, I don’t remember talking or hearing about a lot of people that were steadfast saying, ‘Hey, I’m gonna stay here and stick it out.’" [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/288422686" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] ...