Tag: inclusion
We Preached Nonpartisanship
"If you're not voting, that's as if you don't want any voice in your own government." https://youtu.be/nV-9WkO1tuY Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What does...
Not Just Another Student
"I think it’s important for a person to feel like someone knows them." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/242485515" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would...
Fall Through The Cracks
"I felt like I belonged here more when I was three than now when I’m 21." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/237900870" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds...
Confidence Booster
"Yo quiero hacer un ejemplo." "I want to be an example." https://youtu.be/vq1iqUYpUo4 Hear more from this storyteller in The Weight I Carry. Transcript for Confidence Booster Mi familia fueron nacidos en México. Mi mama y papa fueron nacidos en México,...
Perspective
"When you get to school, you the brother... and when you come home, you the white boy." https://youtu.be/27LUWGUXuts Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose?...
Made Us Feel Low
"I'm not such a bad person; I just have some bad situations." This story is from the Invisible Project, a collaboration between the Welcome Project and Porter County Coalition for Affordable Housing, Housing Opportunities, Gabriel’s Horn, Dayspring Women’s Center, and...
Pulled Over Probably Twenty Times
"They found out I wasn't just, I guess, their perception of what a mixed kid from the south side of Chicago is." https://youtu.be/SA79dVdu6aE Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What...
It Got to Be Too Much
“I’ve been down, believe me... I lost my possessions twice in my life.” This story is from the Invisible Project, a collaboration between the Welcome Project and Porter County Coalition for Affordable Housing, Housing Opportunities, Gabriel’s Horn, Dayspring Women’s Center,...
Really Hurtful
"You'll hear, 'They just didn't work hard enough.'" https://youtu.be/IR8iuSYOVOQ 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 approach.)...