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Theresa Taken (72) talks with her daughter Emily Taken-Vertz (28) about growing up in rural Iowa, being adventurous, going to college, traveling the world, and becoming a lawyer after being a social worker in the South Bronx.
Tommy Timm (76) talks with his daughter Jennifer Timm (44) about his long career in social activism and the various movements he has been a part of both in the United States and South America.
Olyvia Campbell (10) interviews her mother, Tanica Campbell (42), about her life.
Jawaun Stamps (20) talks to his mentor at Lawndale Christian Legal Center, Heather Saunders (36), about his family, and growing up in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.
Tattianna Howard (28) and her friend, Tracy Kostenbader (52), talk about community art, intergenerational art spaces, past collaborations, future project ideas, and their friendship.
Salyndrea B. Bishop Jones (26) and her friend Shakira Johnson (23) talk about growing up in public housing, their families, the schools they attended, the importance of youth programming, their jobs, and their creative interests and professional goals.
Zakaria Davis (19) talks to her new acquaintance, Nancy Zook (55), about her life, her family and friends, how she feels to be graduating from high school, and her hopes and goals for the future.
Xolani Yaaba (31) is interviwed by StoryCorps facilitator Laura Saenz (47) about his early childhood and experiences in the Chicago Public School system and how that influenced him in his work studying the school to prison pipeline.
Ronald Gibbs (62) speaks with old co-worker Diane Shaw (58) about how they got into law enforcement, what they think it means to be an officer, and how trainings from the Holocaust Museum have shaped how they see the work...
Wendell Scanterbury (51) interviews Phil Olson (64) about being both a patient and chaplain of Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia.
Rachel Parsons (36) and her partner Nick Hnatiw (38) talk about how their relationship grew over time. They talk about the ease of being together, while not ignoring the difficulty of queer invisibility and missing a sense of belonging and...
Azizah Ali (49) interviews her friend Delores Daaimah Jardan (86) about her childhood, upbringing, and parents. Ali also asks about Jardan's husband, Ronald T. Stokes, who was murdered by police in Los Angeles in 1962.
Genesis Glass (19) talks to her new acquaintance, Nancy Zook (55), about being a mom, graduating from high school, her interests, and her hopes for the future for herself and her daughter.
Tiffany Favers (35) and her partner, Jes Scheinpflug (33), talk about their relationship, which began online during the first month of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and their hopes for their future adventures together when they can finally go out in public...
Jverson Jenkins (19) talks to his former teacher, Nancy Zook (55), about high school at CCA Academy, his first year of college during the COVID-19 Pandemic, his family, and his hopes for his future.
Dekalb Walcott Jr. (63) talks to his friend Sherry Williams (58) from Bronzeville Historical Society about his family history and his research on Engine 21 and the history of Chicago's Black firefighters.
Veronica [No Name Given] (22) talks to friend and staff member at La Casa Norte Monica Rauch (22) about her experience as a survivor of sex trafficking and the people who have helped her change her life.
Destiny Brown (18) talks to her teacher, Nancy Zook (55), about her life, her family, her experience at CCA Academy, and her plans for the future after graduation.
Michael Chad St. John (28) and Andrew Freemire (68) talk about their relationship as artists and their collaborative art practice.
Sherry Williams (58) interviews her friend Gregg H. Brown, Sr., (58), talk about the importance of banking black and Gregg's near-death experience.
Cawanna Stonewall [no age given] talks to her son, Keven Stonewall, Jr. (25), about their favorite memories together, Keven's curiosity, and how Cawanna supported and encouraged him since he was very young. Keven talks about what he has learned from...
Amy Sheffield (63) talks to her new acquaintance, Karen Morris (45), about shame and silence in her family history, her earliest memories of feeling different, the moment when she crossed paths with her beloved for the first time when she...
Pidgeon Pagonis (34) and their friend and cofounder of the Intersex Justice Project, Sean Saifa Wall (42), reflect on the cost and the gains of their activism, their fight against the medical establishment at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago to...
Stephanie Thompson (47) and her coworker Pamela Fairley (42), talk about breaking the stigmas associated with recipients of housing vouchers and residents of public housing. They talk about their childhoods, education, work history, and the economic and housing challenges they've...
Raymond Lauk (59) spoke to his great uncle and aunt, Vito (92) and Josephine Simone (90). Vito served on the USS WASP aircraft carrier during World War II. He recalls his time serving for the military and how he met...