"I felt, 'Wow, this is scary,' because I want to be in there with him... and 'Can I do that? Am I capable of that?'" ~ a Welcome Project story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Produced by Rich Elliott with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our live...
Jul 21, 2020•4 min
“Her income changed just the slightest bit and… it just kicked the underpinnings right out from under us.” Three audio stories from a couple’s experience of family, work, health, and homelessness 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. Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast b...
Jul 14, 2020•8 min
"You have a delightful mix of people starting over fresh and I think the notion was that, 'We are Mexican. We will always be Mexican first and maybe American second.'" A Welcome Project Flight Paths oral history story from an interview with Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society. The video version of this story includes visual archival material provided by the Indiana Historical Society and can be found at welcome...
Jul 07, 2020•6 min
“If you are a good neighbor, your neighbor’s going to be a good neighbor.” ~ a Welcome Project story in collaboration with StoryCorps ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Produced by Rich Elliott with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives: www.st...
Jun 30, 2020•3 min
“I am 100% committed to changing the fabric of our city.” Part 4 of an oral history story from an interview with Mayor Jerome Prince, Gary, Indiana. ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Jun 23, 2020•5 min
“Marine Corps was a decision based on my desire to want to provide for my family.” Part 3 of an oral history story from an interview with Mayor Jerome Prince, Gary, Indiana. ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Jun 16, 2020•4 min
~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story from an oral history interview with Mayor Jerome Prince of Gary, Indiana ~ Part 2 of 4 Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Jun 09, 2020•4 min
~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story from an oral history interview with Mayor Jerome Prince of Gary, Indiana ~ Part 1 of 4 Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Jun 02, 2020•4 min
“Pierogies are the Eastern European version of empanadas, you know?” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story from an interview with Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
May 26, 2020•4 min
“Had it not been for this gentleman here, I would have much easier graduated from reform school than high school.” ~ a Welcome Project story in partnership with StoryCorps ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Produced by Rich Elliott with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and pre...
May 19, 2020•3 min
“You can make positives out of situations and we did that as an all-black school in an all-black community.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
May 12, 2020•4 min
“...because they don’t have access to the language like everybody else does. They don’t get that incidental learning from just overhearing something and pairing that to their experiences.” ~ a Welcome Project story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
May 05, 2020•3 min
“They put a spirit of justice in me.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Apr 28, 2020•4 min
“With athletes, it was just a whole different kind of bonding.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Apr 21, 2020•5 min
"I fled Gary also, but it wasn’t entirely because of fear, it had nothing to do with anyone’s skin color…" ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Apr 14, 2020•4 min
“I will call some agents out there and see what’s available, but I want to let you know what times we’re living in.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Apr 07, 2020•5 min
“You kind of adjusted… we didn’t like it. We just, we kind of adjusted.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Mar 31, 2020•4 min
“I would have been so normal if I grew up anywhere else.“ ~ a Welcome Project story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Mar 24, 2020•3 min
"I wanted to [write] a book where people would say, 'Oh, man, I loved that book, I want to go see where it took place...'" ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Produced by Rich Elliot Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Mar 17, 2020•3 min
"We used to say this was 'up South,' and, you know, the other places were 'down South.'" ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Mar 10, 2020•4 min
“History is a pattern of life… something that happened then and is continuing now or has an effect on what’s happening now.” ~ a Welcome Project story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Mar 03, 2020•3 min
“It was a lonely life. But there were woods and creeks and meadows and places where you can just sit on a hill under a tree and let the sun shine on you…” ~ a Welcome Project story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Produced by Rich Elliott
Feb 25, 2020•3 min
“It was the dirtiest place in the mill. But I guess they made a decent salary. So he encouraged my father to leave Florida and move to Gary.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Feb 18, 2020•3 min
“We had a village out there in Small Farms.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Feb 11, 2020•3 min
“We saw the writing on the wall, we knew it was coming.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Produced by Rich Elliott.
Jan 28, 2020•3 min
“I got to watch that. This was big for me. It was something that I just dearly loved…” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app. Produced by Rich Elliott.
Jan 21, 2020•3 min
“I wouldn’t want to live any other place.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Jan 14, 2020•2 min
"It was love at first sight." ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Jan 07, 2020•3 min
“We are located right in the middle of Gary, Indiana for a reason.” ~ a Welcome Project Flight Paths story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Dec 31, 2019•3 min
“Most people of color… don’t see the value in staying.” ~ a Welcome Project story ~ Find more at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.
Dec 21, 2019•3 min
