Tag: geographical region
Hitting Home
"I was starting to grow up and see things the way my parents were seeing them." https://youtu.be/G44IXUlKZKM Transcript for Hitting Home The school I went to in Detroit was what they say now was integrated. When I came here to...
Lives That Are Totally Alien
"The use of the car, I think, has dramatically changed the way people live." https://youtu.be/gOBG4207ABw Transcript for Lives That Are Totally Alien It used to be that people could either walk to downtown Gary or take a bus and the...
Learn from the Past to Build a Future
"There should be an allegiance to Gary to build it up and make it prosper once again." https://youtu.be/gtphIVBMxOA Transcript for Learn from the Past to Build a Future As a history major, I know that we learn from the past...
Double Whammy
"Now, we talked about the white flight; we didn’t talk about what really made it worse in Gary."
Double Whammy is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Double Whammy So the white flight...
Felt a Lot of Pride
"I was thinking black power was a good thing."
Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with...
Neighborhood, Community, and Country
"I don’t know any other way to operate. I can’t just sit around and say, 'Oh, well. That’s the way it is.'"
Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national...
We Were Bussed
"... we were in school together, but we were separated." https://youtu.be/W3raVGrHavY Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for We Were Bussed Originally, the East Side of Gary, which is anything east of Broadway. See, downtown was flourishing then,...
A Really Troubled Past
"It's hard to argue with the values of a diverse population." https://youtu.be/i6gDYvVTbYM Edited by Reagan Skaggs. Transcript for A Really Troubled Past Indiana has a really troubled past with race. Marion was a very segregated city, and Marion, Indiana...
Just What a Neighbor Does – Radio Edit
"Because you’ve developed a relationship, you’re willing to meet that neighbor’s needs."
This is a short radio edit of Just What a Neighbor Does. To see the full video, click here. Transcript for...