Interview with my sister

We talked about life and cried a little

Patrick Nickell & Scott Acord

Patrick shared in an earlier story about being raised in Foster Care - this is his story once he aged out and the "system" was done with him. Without having been taught much in the way of life-skills, Patrick struggled...

Sedrick and Ruth Luke

Sedrick (22) and his sister Ruth (27) discuss First Step Communities, an organization that works with the homeless in order to find them homes in Sacramento, CA.

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Tammey Shimon and Lara Meirowsky

One Small Step conversation partners Tammey Shimon (66) and Lara "Denise" Meirowsky (55) enjoy each other's company and discuss their families, their careers, teaching, love of both Texas and Kansas and how their faith guides them.

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Judd Lofchie and Suzanne Stegeman

Judd Lofchie (58) talks to his girlfriend, Suzanne Stegeman (55), about how he founded the homeless newspaper Streetwise in Chicago.

“It’s so easy to hide that you’re homeless.”

Here, we share the story of a boy who was just fifteen years old when he was permanently kicked out of the house by his dad. Here's his story of what he did next.

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Deirdre Sekulic and Bernice Asamoah

Deirdre Sekulic (45) sits down with co-worker Bernice Asamoah (31) to discuss how they came to work with the homeless population, and why the job is meaningful to them.

Gwendolyn Patefield and Ian Stanley Posada

Gwendolyn shares her coming out as transgender story with Ian and even though it has costs her jobs, relationships, her home and for a time caused her to live in crisis, but being correctly gendered makes it all worthwhile

CST interview

I met with a fellow nursing student to discuss how human dignity in vulnerable populations is affected in the ER.

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Dan Straughan and Marty Peercy

Dan Straughan (60), talks with his coworker, Marty Peercy (41), about his work with the Homeless Alliance. Dan reflects on how the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, OK caused him to transition from working for...

"Deep down inside I felt like something wasn't normal. And it turns out it wasn't."

Kelly Plunkett speaks with her Nurse-Family Partnership nurse Kyla Pfannenstiel at Children First about her journey to becoming her son's biggest advocate & a confident mom. With Kyla's support, Kelly overcame homelessness relating to domestic violence, and was persistent in...

My grandparents experience with helping the homeless

My grandparents, John and Judy Lauffer, share their story of helping with a homeless shelter. It started with helping out at their church and expanded to helping for over 5 years. This is the story of how it started and...

Joe's story: a story of resilience, community assistance, and giving back to his community.

Erik was blessed to hear Joe's story of once having been homeless, the resiliency he developed, and the assistance his community provided him. Joe now is now an overcomer and passionately giving back (supporting) his community.

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David Clayton and Britta Larson

David Clayton (61) has a conversation with his social worker and friend Britta Larson (36) about his experience coming into his own and memories of sharing his identity with his mother and most recently his siblings.

Robert Surface, Marcella Kubalsky, & Briana Chestnut

Robert is on hospice with the Providence Hospice LA County program for the unhoused. Robert spent most of his life living on the streets of the South Bay area of Southern California. He spoke with his intake nurse, Briana and...