/tags/storycorps storycorps en-US Copyright Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:00:23 GMT /commentaries/2021-06-13/how-role-models-like-rosa-parks-shaped-a-distracted-kid-into-a-leader At StoryCorps, the Rev. Farrell Duncombe remembered those who nurtured him — like Rosa Parks, his former Sunday school teacher, who joked once that as a kid, "I ain't think you was gonna be nothing." Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:00:23 GMT /commentaries/2021-06-13/how-role-models-like-rosa-parks-shaped-a-distracted-kid-into-a-leader Jey Born /2021-05-07/searching-for-a-mom-a-foster-daughter-finds-one-and-a-voice-of-her-own When Jade Rone was placed in Stacia Parker's care, she kept her feelings to herself: "I just felt like I didn't matter." But Parker had different expectations for her. Sat, 08 May 2021 00:00:24 GMT /2021-05-07/searching-for-a-mom-a-foster-daughter-finds-one-and-a-voice-of-her-own Kamilah Kashanie /2021-04-23/mixed-immigration-status-gave-brothers-very-different-perspectives At StoryCorps, Angel and Randy Villegas spoke about the complexities of having a different immigration status. Angel, who grew up undocumented, said, "I always had that fear, no matter what." Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:00:08 GMT /2021-04-23/mixed-immigration-status-gave-brothers-very-different-perspectives Camila Kerwin, Jo Corona /news/2021-03-05/she-found-layers-to-forgiveness-in-befriending-the-man-who-killed-her-brother Tony Hicks was a teen gang member when he killed Tariq Khamisa. At StoryCorps, Tariq's sister Tasreen tells Tony that meeting him 20 years later "made a lot of room in my heart for light to come in." Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT /news/2021-03-05/she-found-layers-to-forgiveness-in-befriending-the-man-who-killed-her-brother Sylvie Lubow /2021-01-29/2-sisters-on-enjoying-life-instead-of-a-drama-or-a-novela-make-it-a-sitcom As kids whose parents worked full time, Corina Ulloa and Brenda Ulloa Martinez spent a lot of time looking after one another in their Los Angeles neighborhood. Corina said it made them who they are. Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:00:46 GMT /2021-01-29/2-sisters-on-enjoying-life-instead-of-a-drama-or-a-novela-make-it-a-sitcom Jey Born /2020-10-09/she-found-light-in-interviewing-neighbors-about-life-during-lockdown Jinny Savolainen was looking for a sense of purpose when the pandemic hit Leverett, Mass. "Just when things seemed so dark, I found some light in the words of the people all around me," she said. Fri, 09 Oct 2020 09:00:00 GMT /2020-10-09/she-found-light-in-interviewing-neighbors-about-life-during-lockdown Michael Garofalo /2019-06-21/at-heart-were-very-much-similar-a-one-small-step-conversation Today, we’re going to eavesdrop on a conversation between two people in Marfa, TX. It’s part of a new StoryCorps initiative called One Small Step (OSS)... Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:35:00 GMT /2019-06-21/at-heart-were-very-much-similar-a-one-small-step-conversation Nathan Cone, Mia Warren /2019-01-18/i-gave-up-hope-as-girls-they-were-jailed-in-squalor-for-protesting-segregation In 1963, more than a dozen girls were jailed for about two months in an old, squalid stockade in Georgia for protesting segregation. At StoryCorps, some of them talk about the experience. Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:00:00 GMT /2019-01-18/i-gave-up-hope-as-girls-they-were-jailed-in-squalor-for-protesting-segregation Emma Bowman, Jud Esty-Kendall /2017-11-18/this-thanksgiving-try-storycorps-oral-history-project This Thanksgiving, as families sit across the table from each other, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay says it's a great time to document those family memories. Sat, 18 Nov 2017 12:33:36 GMT /2017-11-18/this-thanksgiving-try-storycorps-oral-history-project Emma Bowman /2016-12-09/a-lifelong-secret-can-you-help-this-ailing-94-year-old-man-make-amends An effort to cover up a schoolyard incident led to decades of regret for Joseph Linsk. "The event never left me," he says, as he reveals a secret he has been keeping since the 1930s. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 09:37:00 GMT /2016-12-09/a-lifelong-secret-can-you-help-this-ailing-94-year-old-man-make-amends NPR Staff