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Sunshine Pray (49) and her daughter, Apryl Yearout (32), share a conversation about their Native American roots, racism, white privilege, and their relationships with their extended family.

One Small Step conversation partners Beth Watkins (56) and Phil Johnston (45) discuss their backgrounds, their roles as parents, the nuances of social issues, and their shared experience working with children.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: An interview with multiple generations of the Sarkisian family, where they share how their ancestors fled the Armenian Genocide, their lifestyle growing up on the family-owned farm, establishing a legacy in Andover, and how their...

This interview was conducted in French with Mr. Jean Marie Malivert, who is the owner of a Haitian restaurant in North Miami called Chery’s Restaurant. Mr. Jean Marie talked about how this restaurant helped him fulfill his goal to promote...

I interviewed Yeeun on her story immigrating to the US from Japan. Yeeun is a Korean who grew up in Japan. She graduated from an international school and she is now here to pursue her dreams.

Unfortunately the original interview audio did not save with my Grandparents, but I'll relay here what I learned from them, and what they said that surprised me

My sister, Cindy Doan (18) talks about her family origins, culture, and heritage. She emphasizes the hardships and experiences our parents had to face in order to travel to the United States. Lastly, she depicts the importance of continuing cultural...

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Sitting down with Australian native Matthew Leary to talk about the hot topic of culture shock

Jacob Port interviews his grandfather David Port about his life, family, and cultural experiences. Jacob and David's family is of a Jewish cultural background with David having "a strong Jewish identification. David lives in the city and is a working...

Asking my grandma about what her childhood was like and specifically what her traditional Thanksgiving day was like.

Friends and colleagues Clemens "Clem" Work (75) and Asmaa Abukaie (37) discuss Asmaa's upbringing in Damascus, Syria before the outbreak of war in 2011. The two share memories of supporting other immigrant and refugee families in Montana and Idaho. Asmaa...

Rafael speaks enthusiastically about his time living in the United States and working hard. Rafa talks about currently living, working, and farming in Guapamacataro, Maravatio, but also about he hopes to return to the States to work with his brothers...

The Hall family had the chance to live in Greece for 4-1/2 years in the 1960s when Charles worked for Lockheed.

Listen to a interesting story about Isabella’s Grandparents.

In this interview conducted on November 26th, 2018, Amya (21) interviews her friend Winnie (21) about her experiences as a first-generation immigrant and college student. Winnie shares what it was like to grow up experiencing two different cultures simultaneously (Kenyan...

Immigration. From. Brazil.

Lorena and Amrutha, two friends catching up

One Small Step partners Steven Cochron (44) and Alan Buddendeck (58) discuss their unique careers, sexual abuse in the Catholic church, and concerns with both political parties.

Daniel Fox(74) talks with his granddaughter, Olivia Fox(17) about his childhood and about the time he spent in the US Navy during the Vietnam War.

Anna Ferris (17) talks with her grandfather Harold Korb (78) about his childhood on a farm in North Dakota and his role in developing one of the earliest memory storage systems in US history.

In this interview, conducted on November 25th, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois, Lucas Humberto Castro-Hurmpfner(15) interviews Dr. Jose Castro-Urioste (56) about the United States. He first shares about coming to the United States and how he first felt about it. Next...

Friends and colleagues, Art Stoltzfus (63) and Nadia Dames (36), discuss the importance of interfaith relationships and the role trust plays in building interfaith community.

Alex Humphreys (47) shares a conversation with his father, Hugh Humphreys (78), about Hugh’s childhood growing up on a farm, his service in the US Air Force, the wisdom he has learned in his life, and his family.

Colleagues Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez (23) and Maria "Tina" Oyanguren (21) share some of their family history and culture, as well as, how they came to Artspace New Haven.