Welcome Project at Valparaiso University

Welcome Project

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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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Part 3 - Get Out Into The World - Radio Edit 16.06.2020 3:30

“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.

Part 2 - All Of That Changed For Me - Radio Edit 09.06.2020 3:49

~ 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.

Part 1 - That's Who I Am - Radio Edit 02.06.2020 4:15

~ 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.

Cross-Connect - Radio Edit 26.05.2020 4:05

“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.

The Other Side of Life 19.05.2020 2:43

“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 i...

Motivating Force - Radio Edit 12.05.2020 3:41

“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.

Seeing Them Make Those Discoveries 05.05.2020 2:49

“...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.

In My Blood - Radio Edit 28.04.2020 4:27

“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.

Between Those White Lines - Radio Edit 21.04.2020 4:53

“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.

I Couldn't Waste Her Potential - Radio Edit 14.04.2020 4:26

"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.

Before The Floodgates Opened - Radio Edit 07.04.2020 5:23

“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.

Things Like That, They Happen - Radio Edit 31.03.2020 4:18

“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.

What Are You? - Radio Edit 24.03.2020 2:46

“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.

Proud Of Where You Came From 17.03.2020 3:13

"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.

The Signs Were Not There - Radio Edit 10.03.2020 3:35

"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.

History Came Alive 03.03.2020 3:05

“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.

Growing Up Rural 25.02.2020 2:35

“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

How We Ended Up Coming To Gary - Radio Edit 18.02.2020 3:16

“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.

A Wonderful Childhood - Radio Edit 11.02.2020 2:46

“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.

Bethlehem Gave Up The Ghost 28.01.2020 3:12

“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.

I Was All Over That Mill 21.01.2020 2:58

“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.

Here In Gary - Part 2 - Radio Edit 14.01.2020 1:47

“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.

Here In Gary - Part 1 - Radio Edit 07.01.2020 3:02

"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.

Committed To The Community - Radio Edit 31.12.2019 2:56

“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.

Breaking Down Those Barriers - Radio Edit 21.12.2019 3:14

“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.