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One Small Step conversation partners Michael Albrecht (22) and Janet Richards (54) discuss how major health issues have shaped their lives, how their Christian faith is important to each of them, how conflicts within their religious communities have forced them...

Catheryn Cowings (21) interviews her great aunt Vivian McCain (95) about her life and growing up in Alabama.

One Small Step conversation partners Jerlena Griffin-Desta (61) and Franceen Levy (76) talked about how coming to the Bay Area influenced their perspectives and how complex and confining political labels and descriptions can be.

Wendy Thomas (47) and Thajilah Olaiya (30) are classroom teachers in Washington D.C. who got to know each other through karate class, and talk about their beginnings as educators and the future of classroom education.

Gwendolyn Henderson remembers her life in Tuskegee

Maya Susice (29) interviews her mother, Rachel DeGuzman [no age given], about her childhood and her relationship with her parents. They talk about family history, disrupting gendered roles, and the hopes they have for Maya's daughter.

Sheryl Dobson (60) asks her mentor and friend, Rev. Dr. Bessie Duncan (80) about her relationship to God, and her most important experiences and life teachings.

Sonya Haynes (48) interviews her friend, Tonya Brooks (54), about her career, life advice she would like future generations to know, and what she is grateful for.

Breyanna Hooper (23) and her mentor, Becca Bassett (33), talk about the Freedom Project. They remember the first impressions they had of each other and reflect on how their lives have been influenced by their experience at the Freedom Project.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith discuss their families, their education and the Oakland of their youth.

Shani, 23, interviews her dad Ralph, 56, about growing up in a small Georgia town, his experiences with racism, college life, military service, and being a parent