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Rascal Roubos, author the Social Work Master's thesis "Antidotes to White Fragility" reflects with collaborators Zara Zimbardo and Toran Ailisheva of White Noise Collective on the creation of the popular and transformative somatic Antidotes curriculum.

Sisters, Kathren Froeba (27) and Meagan Froeba (24), discuss actions taken in Kathren's neighborhood to combat the climate emergency. She describes how important community was to achieving their environmental goals.

I interviewed Jamie Sharp, a former professor in the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry, about her life and how her creativity has essentially remained the same throughout her life.

Ms. Johnson talks about her experience teaching at El Molino, the things that she has learned, her view on the community of this high school, and much more.

One Small Step partners Dennis Waldrop (66) and Annette Block-Valdivia (57) talk about their concerns for the future of their local community, Grand Marais, Minnesota. They share worries about housing, jobs, and healthcare and also talk about the importance of...

Meet Niki Giberson, basket weaver, jammer, felter and mayor in this Women's History Month Special!

LGBTQ activism and intergenerational community support

This interview was conducted as a social action project to highlight the challenges, barriers and needs, that communities facing economic injustice face in the educational system. In this interview, four dedicated teachers (who wished to have their names anonymously tagged)...

One Small Step conversation partners, Anne Eastwood (71) and Colin Smith (31), discuss issues of politics and faith across a generational divide.

Many of us crave community - to know our neighbors, to share a meal. In a future which will hold immense challenges, we will need each other - even more than we already do. We hope this serves as an...

Gaston Institute

Nancy Gibbs (64) and her daughter Charlotte May (29) reflect on their individual and shared memories at Chautauqua Institution as Charlotte looks forward to having her wedding there in a few months.

Dr. David Lagomasino, assistant research professor at the University of Maryland and researcher at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, discusses his life in science, studying coastlines and the effects of sea level rise, erosion, deforestation, and other factors on complex...

Jessica Garcia (25) interviews her friend and colleague, Joy Ingram (44), about what led her into advocacy work and the power of storytelling as a survivor of sexual assault and intimate partner violence.

Friends Maureen O'Malley Kirschner (35) and Megan Medina (37) reflect on their experiences becoming mothers early in the COVID-19 pandemic and talk about the importance of supporting each other during the challenges early motherhood.

I learn about my grandma and what her life was all about!

Partners, Paula Baracaldo (35) and Joe Walters (32), share a conversation about how they first met and their first impressions of one another. Paula also talks about coming to the United States from Colombia when she was twelve years old,...

One Small Step partners Mike Wemmer (78) and Patrick Roberts (58) sit down for a conversation about changing how we see those with different political views.

WY Students Britney D and Aster B take time to reflect on experiences in Whitney Young and how it has affected them in their high school journey.

How can scientists capture the public’s imagination with science? In this interview, Gordon Grant, a research hydrologist with the US Forest Service and President-elect of AGU'S Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Section, shares his experience of bringing a river to...

Mattie Sheafor (51) and her friend Amy Skinner (55) talk about being mountain climbers and their climber friends who have died in accidents, including Amy's late-husband Todd Skinner.

Interviewer: Angelica Teresa Lugo (customer) Interviewee: Dixan (el “viandero”/food seller) Interviewing a community member who has had a positive impact on my community through food. We discuss his relationship with food and his history as a food seller.

Chris Waechter, 30, friend/professional contact. Chris' role as a civil engineer, what he does, and the community and environmental aspects that are taken into consideration.