Gary Is Part Of Us
“When Gary flourishes, so does Lake County and so does Porter County and so does Indiana. We’re all connected.”
Oct 16, 2016•2 min
Welcome Project
Collecting stories to make a difference. These first-person stories are part of the Welcome Project, an audio and video collection at Valparaiso University. Visit us as welcomeproject.valpo.edu.
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Episodes
To Be A Good Neighbor
“There has to be an element of trust there, and that doesn’t exist right now.”
Sep 14, 2016•3 min
Not Just Another Student
“I think it’s important for a person to feel like someone knows them.”
Jan 18, 2016•3 min
Fall Through The Cracks
“I felt like I belonged here more when I was three than now when I’m 21.”
Dec 25, 2015•3 min
Don't Know How I Survived
These stories are 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 Porter County Museum.
Oct 16, 2015•3 min
Hard, Cold Realizations
These stories are 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 Porter County Museum.
Oct 16, 2015•3 min
More Than Just A Statistic
These stories are 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 Porter County Museum.
Oct 16, 2015•2 min
Nowhere To Go
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 Porter County Museum.
Sep 17, 2015•4 min
Time To Change
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 Porter County Museum.
Sep 17, 2015•3 min
We Were Them
“Wow, it happened to me, it could happen to anybody.”
Sep 04, 2015•3 min
Tailspin
“Her income changed just the slightest bit and... it just kicked the underpinnings right out from under us.”
Sep 03, 2015•3 min
Seeking Some Level of Normalcy
“Just because you’re homeless doesn’t mean you have to surrender humanity.”
Sep 03, 2015•3 min
1 I Am Not Ashamed
This five-part story of a woman's experience of family, work, health, and homelessness 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 Porter County Museum.
Jul 21, 2015•1 min
2 What I've Had To Do
This five-part story of a woman's experience of family, work, health, and homelessness 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 Porter County Museum.
Jul 21, 2015•2 min
3 That Upsets Me Greatly
This five-part story of a woman's experience of family, work, health, and homelessness 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 Porter County Museum.
Jul 21, 2015•3 min
4 We Learn From Our Past
This five-part story of a woman's experience of family, work, health, and homelessness 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 Porter County Museum.
Jul 21, 2015•2 min
5 Well We Are Human
This five-part story of a woman's experience of family, work, health, and homelessness 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 Porter County Museum.
Jul 21, 2015•2 min
Felt the Racism There
“When you feel like you have no recourse, you take it.”
Jul 21, 2015•2 min
Neighborhood Turf
"We were proud."
Jul 21, 2015•2 min
Lived Between Two Physical Barriers
"If it’s the culture… that’s what you do."
Jul 21, 2015•3 min
Naming Can Be Powerful
“If we think of it in terms of race, we would not hold a debate over whether it was appropriate for blacks to be pastors.”
Jul 14, 2015•3 min
Please Don't Come To My House
“If I just let them assume, they’ll assume I have the same kind of stuff as them.”
Jul 14, 2015•3 min
No Part Of Me Is White
“I need for people to stop making that assumption of me.”
Jul 14, 2015•3 min
What It's Like to Be in That Position
"It's not a healthy way to live. It's very, very stressful." 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 Porter County Museum.
Jul 07, 2015•2 min
We're Not There Yet
“Our students will learn to celebrate a broad collection of voices when they start hearing a broad collection of voices.”
May 18, 2015•2 min
Please God Let It Rain
"I'm all for free speech, but a lot of these things kinda went a step beyond."
Apr 27, 2015•3 min
Issues Put Out in the Open
“Hello, here I am; I’m trying.”
Apr 26, 2015•3 min
Kept Quiet and Nodded
“Here’s me and a Hispanic Muslim kid and everybody else.”
Mar 08, 2015•3 min
Easy To Pretend It's Normal
“Well, I wish I could go in there, but I can’t.”
Mar 08, 2015•3 min
I Can't Just Pick
“Yeah, maybe I really thought some Disney princesses were absolutely beautiful, but the princes were really cute, too.”
Feb 10, 2015•3 min
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