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One Small Step participants Mike Cornachione (66) and Julie Duersch (49) talk about their backgrounds and beliefs.

One Small Step partners Doug Lyon (58) and David Burke (52) discuss the merits of liberal and conservative approaches to different issues and share stories of how their backgrounds have shaped their beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Britta Hoffman [no age given] and Linda Chen (48) are both immigrants who have had some of their beliefs shaped by their experiences moving to the United States. They also have some different thoughts on...

One Small Step participants Lynn Boitano (62) and Linda Hasty (59) talk about their families, their religious identities, and their communities. Lynn talks about her experience growing up as an Italian-American in the Midwest and her current community in Oklahoma....

One Small Step conversation partners Elizabeth "Lani" Duke (74) and T. "Davina" McClain (56) share their political beliefs, memories and the ways they view change in the community.

Marcia Drummond (50) and her One Small Step partner Timothy Huntington (60) discuss parenting and parenthood, political ideologies, class, and how their youth influenced their views on the meaning of life.

One Small Step partners Tom Compton (80) and Liv MacKenzie (50) talk about their differing beliefs on gun control, their shared interests, and their shared belief that politicians should focus more on understanding one another.

One Small Step partners Jill Beebe (73) and Timothy "Tim" Huck (46) discuss the challenges of finding people with whom they can discuss their political beliefs, as well as the challenges of raising children and family, and coming together as...

One Small Step partners Julie Currin (62) and Jan Jarrett (74) discuss their thoughts and experiences related to parenthood, political identity, careers, marriage, and the divisive political climate.

Friends and One Small Step conversation partners Scott Ashley (50) and Nolan Beck-Rivera (27) talk about their political beliefs, their families and religion.

One Small Step conversation partners Elise Chavez (29) and Jennifer Szambecki (40) talk about their upbringings, changing their beliefs, Catholicism, and learning to find things in common.

One Small Step Conversation partners Robert "Bob" Pavlik (60) and Vince Gonzalez (43) talk about their families, political beliefs and division in our country.

One Small Step conversation partners Dean Sieck (78) and Amy Sabath (49) talk about their political backgrounds and religion.

Luther Propst (64) and Kasey Mateosky (67) sit down for an in-person One Small Step Conversation in Jackson, Wyoming.

One Small Step Conversation partners Don Winkle (60) and Diane Chira (63) discuss bullying, abortion, student loans and "pulling yourself up by your boot straps"

One Small Step conversation partners Marshall Ariza [no age given] and Dana Norris (41) talk about religion, their families and politics.

One Small Step partners, Jan Biddick (70) and Curt MacRae (70), learn about each other's backgrounds, political and otherwise, and discuss how to carry these conversations into their everyday life.

Karyn Mucklow (63) and her One Small Step partner Lauren Lambert (21) exchange travel stories, anecdotes from former times, and life lessons.

One Small Step Conversation partners Dina Wood (66) and Bailey Shepard (34) discuss experiences in college, major influences in their life, personal values, and political points view.

One Small Step conversation partners Kym Bartolini (67) and Lynda Mehrens (74) have a conversation about the experiences that shaped them as people and political issues that they are passionate about.

One Small Step partners Esther Harbert (61) and Morton Glickman (86) discuss their experiences in medicine, the changes in their fields since medical school, and what it's like to go to political protests.

Margaret Smith (59) and Emily Loop (33) discuss their relationship as mother and daughter while both being on opposite sides of the fence politically.

Sara Smith (64) and her One Small Step Partner Adam Banter (40) talk about topics such as climate change, younger generations, and how to approach differing political views.

One Small Step conversation partners Jane Holwerda (60) Noor Kheryl (38) discuss the immigrant journey, Somalian culture and political situation, democracy, their families and their hopes for the future.

Kristin Szakos (62), a former Charlottesville City Council member, has a chat with One Small Step partner Joseph "Joe" Thomas (58), a conservator talk show radio host, on their overlapping and varying experience that have shaped their beliefs politically.