Common Ground Tacony Oral History Project: Rafaela

Rafaela is a long time resident of North East Philadelphia and frequently attends art classes at Mural Arts Philadelphia Tacony. Rafaela speaks about her experiences being born in Philadelphia and partially being raised in South Korea and Philadelphia and then...

Common Ground Tacony Oral History Project: Keith Tomaselli

Fishtown Beer Runner and native Philadelphian, Keith Tomaselli inspires us with stories of the inception of the beer runner community that has started in Philadelphia and has grown into a small but important charitable organization across the world. Keith tells...

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Karen Kiefer, Ebiere Cole, and Femi Cole

Karen Kiefer (53), Juliet "Ebiere" Cole (75), and Femi Cole (52) discuss building community in Green Bay, WI, culture shock, diversity, and cross-cultural interactions.

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Jerlena Griffin-Desta and Franceen Levy

One Small Step conversation partners Jerlena Griffin-Desta (61) and Franceen Levy (76) talked about how coming to the Bay Area influenced their perspectives and how complex and confining political labels and descriptions can be.

“April 17th is your Gotcha Day”

In this recording I, Laren Barrett, sit down in my kitchen in Egg Harbor Township, NJ on November 26, 2018 with my mom and dad as they talk about the careers they’ve had growing up and what they remember about...

Social Studies Thanksgiving Packet

In this interview with my mom I mostly talked about her childhood and jobs.

Interview with a Food Elder

Carol Ann Sweeney aged 49. She discusses making Christmas cookies with her mom and what that means to her family.

Pops

My father was recently diagnosed with symptoms presenting as Lewy body dementia or Parkinson’s disease. My family hosted him for a week in our home outside of Philadelphia, PA where he grew up as a kid. He now lives in...

Interview with Peg Meager
May 23, 2022 App Interview

In this interview my grandmother shared her story about her childhood as well as her experiences during major historic events.

The Life of Abuelo

The focus of the interview was the life of Rafael Marques, my grandfather. It is inspiring to hear that coming from so little in the beginning of his life, my abuelo was able to become something amazing because of his...