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One Small Step partners Kitra Mwania (36) and Nicholas Bown (25) have a conversation about the need for in-person civil conversations, criticism of one's country as patriotism, and the separation of church and state.

One Small Step conversation partners Sarah White (53) and Margaret "Frances" Avery (62) have a conversation about their rural childhoods, their parents as big influences in their lives, and monuments coming down in Richmond.

One Small Step conversation partners James Winningham (50) and Johnny Flakes (67) have a conversation about the paths that they have taken in life and how they have developed their personal beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Marie Thompson (51) and Rosalind "Roz" Watkins (60) share coping mechanisms from childhood and as adults, loss of loved ones, addiction and recovery, political policies and conversing with people who disagree with them.

One Small Step conversation partners Nate Yoder (52) and Austin Turner (31) talk about growing up in relatively homogenous areas, expanding their point of view, their shifting politics and parenting.

One Small Step conversation partners Trinity Bourgeois (21) and Susan Worrell (72) have a conversation about the similarities in their childhood dinner conversations, the assumptions people make about them, and their shared love of Germany.

One Small Step partners Michael Robbins (71) and Michael Ryan (66) have a conversation about the polarization of the world, the Catholic and Mormon churches they've been surrounded by, and patriotism.

One Small Step partners Cate Romelfanger (66) and Colleen Poleon (50) find common ground around their careers in Information Technology, being raised in military families, and their belief that United States politics have been "infected" by polarization.

One Small Step conversation partners Diana Maxwell (68) and Sarah Beeson (54) the complexities of patriotism, troubles with black & white thinking, and learning how to understand other people's perspectives.

One Small Step partners Meghan Miller (43) and Jamie Canup (65) have a conversation about what they believe patriotism is and how they developed those beliefs.

In their One Small Step conversation, Susan Uffelman (53) and Michelle Charmello-Scanlan (51) talk about how they've been raised to engage in politics and the isolation they feel, as a Republican and a Democrat, when surrounded by people with opposing...

One Small Step participants Julaine Hunter (49) and Rhonda Jones (52) talk about the ways their childhoods shaped their politics, how COVID has affected them, and the recent loss of Julaine's daughter.

One Small Step conversation partners Sidny Zink (70) and Pamela Moreno (66) talk about their upbringings, political values and the meaning of patriotism.

One Small Step partners Vy Dao (46) and April Gallegos (42) sit down for a conversation about the the current state of the political divide and their hopes for the future.

One Small Step conversation partiners Mary Blankenship (69) and Sandra Westmoreland (68) have a conversation about becoming mothers later in life, the need for people to understand each other, nightly prayer, and 9/11's impact on them.

One Small Step conversation partners Dale Westrom (63) and Amos Jones (44) have a conversation about religion, the upcoming election, and a couple hot topic issues.

One Small Step conversation partners Brandy Willett (49) and Andrew "Drew" Richards (35) have a conversation about their careers, religion, and patriotism.

One Small Step conversation partners John Flynn (70) and Josh Leach (32) discuss about politics.

One Small Step partners Denise Laussade (64) and Scott [No Name Given] (55) talk about their views on politics and our country's education system.

One Small Step conversation partners Patrick Tyrrell (19) and Weston Engram (21) discuss feeling misunderstood, assumptions people make about them, and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

One Small Step conversation partners Janine Getler (62) and Mary Holderman (43) discuss each of their efforts towards helping people who need housing, boundaries with family and politics, and their ties to unions.

One Small Step conversation participants Kendall Cole (29) and Laurie Beck (55) exchange lived experiences and discuss their faith journeys as well as gratitude as a bridge for understanding.

One Small Step partners Elizabeth Cochran (49) and Melody Shaw (65) witness the ways in which politicians and the media strive to keep us divided and fighting each other, which is not what they see locally. They agree that it...

One Small Step conversation partners Dimple Dhabalia (47) and Tiffany Gray (43) exchange their lived experiences. They connect on their work in supporting vulnerable populations, and find they have a shared belief in listening to and learning from other people...

One Small Step conversation partners Anita Lee (75) and Christine DeBastiani (53) have a conversation about being people who live on the borders or fringe, gender identity and trans people being politicized, and children being traumatized by COVID 19.