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From YouTube: Tell Arlington Stories
Description
Tell Arlington's Story is an Arlington County Government initiative to celebrate Arlington's rich cultural diversity through a variety of events, celebrations, and story-telling. Since the beginning of the year, people from across the community have been sharing their experiences, their music, their culture -- their stories. This UpClose segment is a mid-year review of the project's progress. Stories collected thus far can be read, heard and watched on http://arlingtonstory.us/.
C
Back,
how
was
your
running
an
efficient
government?
It's
not
just
about
taxes
and
regulations,
and
it's
also
about
building
community
and
I.
Think
civic
participation
is
one
of
the
priorities
that
we
have
here
in
Arlington
and
when
people
feel
like
the
like,
we
care
about
them,
not
just
government
that
we
care
about
one.
Another
government
is
just
one
aspect
of
the
community,
but
when
people
hear
one
another
stories
and
they
appreciate
one,
another
I
think
they're
more
likely
to
be
more
engaged
with
their
community.
We
know
we're
diverse,
but
our
people
really
do.
C
B
C
How
is
this
gonna
have
legs
and
how
can
the
community
really
get
involved?
We
can
work
all
day
and
all
night
if
the
community
doesn't
like
it,
it
doesn't
really
matter.
We
thought
we'd
get
a
whole
bunch
of
people
just
just
to
submit
their
stories.
We've
actually
had
a
handful
very
few
stories
of
people
just
randomly
come,
you
know
sending
us
their
story,
that's
been
really
tough,
so
I
think
the
first
thing
we
did
was
create
a
website.
C
That
would
be
the
repository
for
these
stories
that
we
were
collecting
we
partner
with
the
arlington
into
an
independent
media
people
because
they
said
well,
we
can
host
a
workshop
to
show.
Maybe
people
don't
know
how
to
do
it.
It's
not
as
easy
as
it
sounds.
A
lot
of
people
said
you
know:
ass
arlington
spellbinders
his
group
of
community
when
I'm
late,
mostly
ladies
who
tell
stories
that's
what
they
do.
C
They
go
around
the
community
telling
stories
teaching
youngsters
how
to
tell
stories,
and
so
they
jumped
on
board,
and
then
we
got
a
teacher,
a
former
teacher
Judy,
thibault
heavens,
who
does
story
swapping
workshops.
She's
just
got
a
lot
of
energy
and
she
teaches
people
how
to
briefly
tell
a
quick
story.
That's
important
to
you
and
the
beauty
of
it
all
is
once
like.
You
and
I
are
partners.
C
When
we
tell
the
story,
I
actually
have
to
tell
your
story,
and
you
have
to
tell
my
story,
and
so
we
hope
that
community
members
get
a
chance
not
just
to
come
to
events
and
Telstra,
but
actually
exchange
stories
and
make
a
new
friend
and
appreciate
somebody.
They
didn't
know
before
people
love
to
know
the
history
of
the
kid
their
community
and
up
there
and
we
want,
and
when
we
say
diverse,
we
really
mean
diverse
people
who
have
been
here
for
five
generations
as
well
as
newcomers
and
everybody
in
between
people
witnessed.
C
You
know,
segregation,
integration,
immigration
and
all
the
different
changes
that
we've
seen
in
Arlington
that
we
are
still
seeing
in
Arlington.
So
we
hope
that
that
is
an
aspect
that
people
appreciate
and
learn
from
and
and
feel
more
connected
to
their
community
when
they
find
out
its
history.
Our
work
with
George
Mason
University
folklore
department
already
gone
out
to
like
around
columbia,
pike
and
collected
a
bunch
of
stories,
well
they're
committed
for
two
or
three
years.
So
it's
not
going
to
end
when
this
initiative
stops
being
highlighted.
C
C
That
we
have
a
nice
way
of
preserving
a
lot
of
those
stories
and
I
hope
that
we
continue
to
either
keep
this
website
up
or
transfer
stuff
to
the
Virginia
room,
so
that
people
can
actually
in
the
future,
look
through
archives
and
find.
Who
said
what
from
what
community
and
that's
why
we
hope
for
all
people
that
they
continue
to
have
an
interest
in
their
community
and
who
lives
around
them
and
preserving
those
stories.