StoryCorps Atlanta

Listeners who lived in Atlanta in 1999 may remember a shooting spree at a Buckhead day trading firm that left nine people dead. Dean Delawalla was among the victims. He was survived by his wife, Dr. Gulshan Harjee and their two children. Almost 13 years later, Gulshan told friend and journalist Krista Reese about what happened that day. 

STORIES ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY & IDENTITY

BY ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE SOUTH

Sunday, May 27, 2012
2:00 – 4:00

Suwanee Public Library
361 Main Street Suwanee, GA 30024

Cheri Villines had a close relationship with her mother. Then about 15 years ago, when Cheri was in her 40s, came an illness that neither knew quite how to handle.  At StoryCorps Atlanta, Cheri recounted to her friend, John Dougan, the story of what happened next.

For Claire McLeveighn, questions of ancestry don’t get short answers. She’s part African-American, Native-American, Irish, and Asian.  At StoryCorps, Claire told her friend Richard DuCree the story of the Chinese grandfather she never knew.

In 1994, Peter McCann traveled from his Toronto home to Atlanta for a friend’s wedding. He was expecting just a weekend of fun. But he ended up staying up the entire night after the wedding, talking with another guest – Aruna Rao. The two recently came to StoryCorps to talk about what happened next.