StoryCorps Facilitator Weblog » Jonah http://storycorps.org/blog Listen Closely Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:54:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Celebrating service http://storycorps.org/blog/griot-booth/detroit-michigan/celebrating-service/ http://storycorps.org/blog/griot-booth/detroit-michigan/celebrating-service/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:02:00 +0000 Jonah http://www.storycorps.net/blog/?p=641

Founding President Larry Young with fellow Detroit Lion Constance Phillips

One of Griot’s community partners in Detroit is the Renaissance Lions Club. The Lions are the world’s largest service club organization with over 45,000 clubs worldwide. Their members raise millions of dollars each year for charitable causes.

Facilitator John White (far left) sets up the D2D equipment

The Griot D2D team spent the day at the Lions Clubhouse recording conversations which told of Detroit’s rich history. Thanks to Mr. Young and Ms. Phillips for making the day a great success.

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On our last morning in Atlanta, facilitator Nadja Middleton bids a heartfelt farewell to the East Mobile booth after 2 months on the road recording peoples’ stories.

Driving down Auburn Avenue as we left the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, a StoryCorps listener wishes us safe travels as she enthusiastically listens to StoryCorps on NPR.

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From Otis Redding to Outkast, from Ray Charles to REM
Georgia has long been a musical hotbed.

At Fat Matt’s, patrons come for BBQ ribs and nightly blues shows.
Here “The Crosstown Allstars” perform in front of a Mt Rushmore of Blues giants.

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Wayne Tention is President of the Parkview Nursing Home Resident’s council. The Nursing home sits directly beside the Martin Luther King National Historic Site where the StoryCorps Mobile booth is located. Wayne talked about his fiancÈ who gave him a reason to live after years of drug addiction. Asked to describe her, Wayne answered “How do you describe an angel”?

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Sisters Evelyn Sacks (left) and Annette Marcus (right) of Atlanta surprised their mother Charlene by bringing her to the StoryCorps booth. Charlene was visiting Atlanta from Indianapolis to celebrate Annette’s birthday that day.

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A modern replica of Haiti’s famous iron market, this landmark stands in the Heart of Little Haiti, a five minute drive North of the mobile booth. The neighborhood’s storefronts are adorned with colorful murals painted by local artists.

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