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Wilson’s journey to overcoming hardships.

Friends and One Small Step partners Verni W. Howard (50) and Bert Schmale (49), both from Shreveport, LA, discuss the personal experiences that shaped their political beliefs since their youth, and how, now as parents, they navigate politics and civil...

Interviewing my best friends dad about his life and how he became who he is today

One Small Step partners Tonya Keim (43) and Aaime Smith (49) talk about their political beliefs and the 2016 Presidential Election.

Kelly Russell Caffarelli (53) interviews her dad, Tom Russell (79), about his experience as someone who has spent more of his life in Atlanta watching the city grow since the 1940s.

One Small Step partners Ken Hoeppner (79) and Karina Ckless (53) talk about their political values, who influenced their viewpoints, and their transition to living in rural Vermont.

Heidi Hartmann explains what it was like to be a First-Generation college student at Swarthmore College in the 1960s.

Susan Liebeskind and Laurie Foley interview each other about going into comuter science in graduate school and the change in environment. They compare technology from their student days to that of the present and discuss being a woman in the...

Graciela Zavala reflects on her journey through college as a mom.

My name is Jaedyn Williams and I am 18 years old. I am recording this interview in Blacksburg, Virginia over a phone call, and I am speaking with Judith Williams who is my mother. We talked about her family, life...

Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, 62, tells her son Jason Yam about her arrival to the United States, including the trip by ship, and about her political awakening in the United States.

Mary Shumar (56) interviews her father, Pat Engelberg (95), about his childhood, meeting her mother and his advice for his great-grandchild. Pat talks about why he has had a good life.

Andrea Bordeau (37) and Arik Ohnstad (47), colleagues at Vanderbilt University, reflect on how the COVID-19 crisis impacted their work in global education.

Sarah Padgett (24) interviews new friend Brandy Tolbert (34) about Brandy’s childhood, her family, and her children. Brandy also talks about her role as the director of the Literacy Alliance and how she discovered her passion for literacy work.