Sharon Powell Quincy and Damon Ward

Recorded March 26, 2022 Archived March 26, 2022 52:22 minutes
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Description

One Small Step partners Sharon Powell Quincy (74) and Damon Ward (47) connect over their desire to help their community and those in need from opposite sides of the aisle.

Subject Log / Time Code

Sharon (S) asks Damon (D) where is Wichita he grew up and graduated High School. She asks about his religion and if he regularly goes to church. He says yes he grew up Pentecostal but now goes to a Non-Denominational Church.
D ask S what brought her family to Wichita. S discusses her mother's divorce.
D asks S where she and her husband travelled for their honeymoon. S describes their European trip. D says he regularly goes to Scotland for work.
S asks D why he wanted to do the interview. She was surprised he identified as conservative but that he listens to NPR. D says he doesn't always agree with things he hears on NPR but knows that he will hear things there he won't hear elsewhere.
D remembers a time when the country was less divided and discuss the transformation of politics and news into entertainment. He says that most people probably agree on 80%-90% of things but that we all thinking it's 'us vs. them.'
D brings up food, art, and music. He and S discuss some places they go in Wichita. (Bartlett Arboretum, Dyck Arboretum, Stiefel Theatre)
S says her sons are musically inclined. D discusses encouraging his son to try out for the play.
S discusses cooking.
D asks S about the most influential person in her life and she discusses her Mother. S asks D the same question and he talks about his wife, and his friend, Rick McNary, and the work he does in the hunger relief space.
D talks about working with Rick and the volunteering he does. S discusses being a social worker at the Red Cross and a manager of disaster relief services,
D says he's like this experience because they are able to have this conversation without it getting personal, even though they are on opposite political ends. He says that his Father also had a drinking problem.
D discuss his political upbringing, being a Republican, and thinking the system is somewhat broken.
D discusses religious groups needing to step in to fill the gap so that people are getting "a hand up" not a "hand out."
S brings up the role mental health plays. She wants the government to be a connector between the non-profits and the people.
S and D discuss the death of the drummer from the Foo Fighters (Taylor Hawkins).
S asks D what he does for a living. D discuses his work and his travel schedule, and how it changed due to Covid.
S talks about liking being home and spending more time with her family during COVID. She talks about a Friday night zoom she has with friends and how it is changing since things are opening up more.
D discusses his hope for the future. He wants his son to find a path and a productive member of society, and he wants to retire and do more volunteer work. S wishes the same for her kids and grandkids.
S and D discuss staying in touch to continue the conversation.

Participants

  • Sharon Powell Quincy
  • Damon Ward

Partnership Type

Outreach

Initiatives