StoryCorps: Nursing A Dream With DeterminationDecember 29, 2015From the time she was a little girl in Guatemala watching her grandma care for others, Belinda Tillson DeLeon dreamed of becoming a nurse. But her dream was nearly cut short when she was thrust into the medical world not as a nurse, but as a patient. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
StoryCorps: Pioneering Spirit Drove Distinguished EducatorDecember 22, 2015Dr. Hazel Mahone started teaching in West Virginia shortly after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional. Later she became Sacramento County's first African-American female superintendent. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
They Countered Prison Culture With Meditation, FriendshipDecember 15, 2015Kenny and Brian are best friends who met while serving life sentences at California State Prison, Solano. They had thought the only way “lifers” got out was by getting shot or stabbed to death, or by a drug overdose. But they found another way out. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Vivek and Vlade: From New Arrivals To KingsDecember 8, 2015Former Sacramento Kings center and current general manager Vlade Divac is interviewed by his boss, majority owner Vivek Ranadive, in this StoryCorps segment. They talk a little basketball but mostly focus on their shared experience as immigrants. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
StoryCorps: Injustice Endured 'For The Sake Of The Children'December 1, 2015Kiyo Sato was a 19-year-old student attending Sacramento City College when, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, she and other Japanese Americans were forced out of their homes and into internment camps. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
StoryCorps In Sacramento: Daughter Of Refugees Describes Haunting Effects Of WarNovember 24, 2015Folsom resident Darina Hul Kellom is a social worker who often helps veterans dealing with PTSD and other effects of war. But she's been dealing with those effects in her own life for as long as she can remember. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Listen To Stories From StoryCorps' First Visit In 2008November 23, 2015The StoryCorps Airstream trailer previously stopped in Sacramento in 2008. Here are stories from that first visit hosted by Capital Public Radio.
