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Greta Elizabeth Herbertz
Greta tells about attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa with Y-Press and getting the feel of real journalism at significant political events.
Gwendolyn Julia (Judy) Kelley
Gwendolyn Kelley tells about seeing the change in Indianapolis during the civil rights movement and the legacy of her poem about Martin Luther King Jr., “The Dream In You.”
Ansuyah Naiken
Ansuyah voted for the first time in her life in 1994. She describes the excitement and euphoria of the first democratic election held in South Africa and the rise to power of the African National Congress.
Patricia Joanne Grabill
People ask, how do you stay married for 50 years? Patricia shares time tested advice, humor, and optimism learned over the years with her husband Tom.
Beth Ann Millett
Beth Ann Millett tells about planning to be a single mother by choice at 35, figuring out how to tell her friends and family and the wonders of parenthood.
Frank Basile
Frank Basile talks about going to Santa Fe where he was able to thank a former teacher of fifty years ago, face to face, for encouraging him to overcome the fear of public speaking.
Olivia Jacqueline McGee-Lockhart
In this excerpt of her life story we hear Olivia McGee-Lockhart tell about working at the Fall Creek Y during her college years in the early 1960’s. At meetings of The Intercollegiate Club she met different kinds of people, learned about the civil rights movement, the...
Ophelia Wellington
Ophelia Wellington talks about creating Freetown Village as a new, innovative way for people to learn about self-reliant African American communities in Indiana through interactive theatre.
Brenda Louise Myers
Brenda Myers reflects on her father who was a decorated medevac helicopter pilot in Vietnam, PTSD, angry war protestors and growing up in the military community.