SPANGLISH
A son and his mother talk further about some of the tagging in the neighborhood and their observations that the tagging comes from other neighborhoods and the kids from Lincoln Heights goes to theirs. A rivalry. His mother talks about how unaffordable the flipped houses are and how children who have gone away to study tend to stay away.
Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita
Father Tomas Carey (Vicar)
Church of the Epiphany
On another occasion Father Tomas was able to share more on his opinion on where he would take visitors for the first time, what makes the neighborhood”moving,” living tenements, race and language, as well as changes he has seen since he moved into Lincoln Heights.
Justice and Advocating
Father Tomas Carey has been an integral role in connecting with his parishioners and building community at the Church of the Epiphany when it had been dwindling.
Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Vicar Tomas Carey
Church of the Epiphany
Talks about his work and migration stories being part of the Episcopal Church and the changes that he has observed in the past five years he has been in the historical neighborhood church. How to manage a change that is most just.
EN ESPAÑOL
“Tenemos que luchar contra los blancos que nos invaden!” Is how Father Thomas Carey jokingly introduces the subject of gentrification and what some of his parishioners are experiencing. Parishioners of the Historical Church of the Epiphany talk about race differences, and even lack of human respect for one another as a reason for a disconnect between one another, and their own participation in apathy for human interactions.