Productions
Growing Hope Against Hunger: An Illinois Response
“We have to be able to eat.”
Wesley Evening Food Pantry
Mobile Food Pantry
Map of Food Assistance in the Region
Stories about people in east central Illinois who are receiving food assistance.
Freedom Riders Push for Racial Justice
Fifty years ago, 450 black and white Americans put their lives on the line simply by getting on a bus.
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Community
StoryCorps’ David Isay on Oral History
David Isay is an award-winning public radio producer who has dedicated his career to preserving oral storytelling.
From East to West: Journeying through the Lives of Asian-Americans in Champaign-Urbana

Sharon Lee never felt like she fit in growing up in Cleveland in the ’70s and ’80s. As the only Korean American at her high school, she was asked if she knew karate or if she was related to Bruce Lee. “I was very aware, when I was very young, of not being white, and I really struggled with that, growing up, feeling embarrassed about my parents, not feeling like I fit in, always wishing I was taller and had bigger eyes,” she said.
