Unboxing Potential featuring Willyerd R. Collier, Sr.
SOS 2.6 Unboxing Potential featuring Willyerd R. Collier, Sr.
(Showing Our Sass: Season 2 - Episode 6)
Welcome back to Season 2 of Showing Our Sass. I am your host, MartaGwyn, and this season I will be introducing you to many of the amazing people in my life who have blessed me and who I hope I’ve been a blessing to. So, get comfy and slide on up to join the conversation as we talk about life and how we have all come to or are working to understand what it means to unbox our potential. In this episode I talk with Willyerd R. Collier, Sr. (my Daddy), a semi-retired criminal defense attorney and college administrator who worked to hold the doors of opportunity open for so many people throughout his career. We’re going to talk a bit about his career path and whatever else we decide to get into with this episode. It’s just want we do. (Wink)
Chapters
0:00 - Showing Our Sass The Podcast Intro
0:55 - Unboxing Potential featuring Willyerd R. Collier, Sr.
1:45 - What I Didn't Know?
2:30 - The Origin Story: Growing Up in East Chicago, Indiana
3:00 - Willie and Jeannie Mae Collier's Legacy
3:30 - Southern Roots in Columbus, Georgia
4:40 - Growing up with School Integration/Desegregation in the Midwest
7:00 - The influence of Steel Industry on Cultural Relations
9:55 - The Great Migration
10:55 - What "Leaving Georgia By Night" meant
13:00 - What education means to the family
14:54 - The Firstborn Responsibility
15:40 - African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church
19:25 - Driving While Black in Indiana in the 60s/70s
20:00 - The Wabash College Years
22:57 - Biggest Learning Opportunity
27:30 - What graduating East Chicago Washington High School was like
29:30 - The value of knowing how to work with Black and non-Black people
29:45 - Career Tips
30:38 - What are some of the best resources that helped you?
35:09 - How did marrying early affect your family relationships?
Links to explore:
African Methodist Episcopal Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African...
St. Luke AME Church East Chicago
http://stlukeamechurch.org/about/
East Chicago Washington HS Alums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Sto...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tr...
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