• The Great Quad Cities Listen

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The Great Quad Cities Listen

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  • 00000177-6412-df44-a377-677327f50000For nearly two centuries, Quad Citizens have here come here from all over the world and from all walks of life. The Great Quad Cities Listen is an attempt to collect and share all of our many diverse stories. By sharing our stories with one another, we hope to not only gain in civic pride, but more than this build connections and create a more compassionate Quad Cities.These stories will be shared with StoryCorps and archived in the Library of Congress.StoryCorps' mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.Made possible by support from the Joyce & Tony Singh Family Foundation.
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Episodes
  • Growing up in the Cook's Point barrio

    Growing up in the Cook's Point barrio
    Mar 31 2021
    Artist Irene Terronez and activist Phyllis Terronez discuss their life growing up in Cook's Point, Davenport, participation in the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 70s, and Irene's artistic ongoing artistic career.
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    30 mins
  • Lagomarcino's: A Quad Cities' Tradition

    Lagomarcino's: A Quad Cities' Tradition
    Jul 7 2020
    Lagomarcino's has been in business in Moline since 1908, adding the Davenport location in 1997. Listen in on Beth and Tom Lagomarcino, current owners and grandchildren of the founder Angelo Lagomarcino, as they tell about how this great Quad Cities' tradition began.
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    8 mins
  • Boys To Men: Brothers Reflect On Youth Spent in Bethany's Programs

    Boys To Men: Brothers Reflect On Youth Spent in Bethany's Programs
    Sep 27 2019
    17 years ago, Dimetrius and Demetriyone Singleton met Mary Ann McLeod in Bethany's Boys to Men program as United Township High School students. Now they run the Quad Cities Blue Raiders non-profit basketball organization. They credit their passion for giving back to Quad Cities youth to Mary Ann's guidance and Bethany's programs.
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    12 mins
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