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
2010: 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.
2006: The 20th Century Exodus: The Triumphant Life And Journey Of The Jewish In Our Community
Growing up in Champaign as one of a handful of Jewish children in town, Ruth Kuhn Youngerman enjoyed friendships with people from a variety of faiths. The Jewish community was small and close-knit, led by Jewish storeowners such as the Sterns, Lowensterns and Kuhns who helped develop commerce in downtown Champaign and Urbana.
2002: Still In The Journey: African-American Women In Champaign County
This program profiles 13 African-American women: Imani Bazzell, Erma Bridgewater, Mary Clark, Miriam Scantelbury, Maudie Edwards, Lucy Gray, LaShundra Hambrick, Doris Hoskins, Hattie Paulk, Phyllis Clark, Dorothy Vickers-Shelley, Margot Williams and Crystal Womble.