Kendall Hyer and Emma Hinson

Description

[Recorded: Friday, September 22, 2023]
Kendall Hyer (19) from Louisa, VA, and Emma Hinson (19) from Hunstville, AL participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Emma relays her experiences growing up in Alabama, including how being around hunting culture prompted her to become a vegetarian. Kendall shares how her family chose to live in Louisa as a more affordable alternative to Charlottesville and relates her experience watching her parents navigate the recession. Emma shares her family’s experience fostering a student with a difficult home situation and describes how her mother navigated parenting a black boy amid heightened awareness of police brutality. The two spend much of their conversation breaking down moments when they witnessed casual and institutional racism, inside the classroom and out. Other topics discussed include their relationship with faith and family.

Participants

• Kendall Hyer
  
• Emma Hinson
  
• One Small Step at UVA
  

Interview By

• One Small Step at UVA