Faithea Foster and Robert Hisel
Recorded
August 11, 2022
Archived
August 11, 2022
48:40 minutes
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Id:
ddv001973
Description
One Small Step partners Faithea Foster (46) and Robert "Bob" Hisel (81) share what they learned from their families and how their upbringings influence their politics.Subject Log / Time Code
Faithea (F) shares her academic background and talks about working in nonprofits.
F shares how she and her husband met and began their family. She also talks about her family and siblings.
Robert (R) talks about his recovery from alcoholism and reflects on how it has impacted his marriage, his family, his health, and his work with other recovering veterans.
R considers his father as a big influence on how not to lead his life. F shares that her two grandmothers taught her the power of parenting and the unconditional love of motherhood.
R shares how his Christian upbringing and the diversity of people he’s met through Alcoholics Anonymous have shaped his political views and describes himself as fiscally conservative, and a believer in more law enforcement and secure borders.
F considers how growing up in a working-class African American family shaped her political views, and shares that she typically votes for Democrats and Independents.
R shares how the diversity in the military and travel are great means to expose oneself to new and different views and people.
R asks if F wants to stay in the Richmond area with her family, and she discusses how educational opportunities are affecting that decision.
F discusses her work with the YMCA, and how it has allowed her to have conversations across difference.
Participants
- Faithea Foster
- Robert Hisel