Us during Stonewall and after…

The photo featured here is from 1992, our first year together. When Stonewall happened, neither of us knew. We became a couple in Chicago 23 years later. The chorus of CeCe Peniston's "Finally," a tune that was popular during our...

The life of Robert E. Larson

This is the life of my dad who has lived 76 years in Vermont and lived a humble, hardworking life!

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Eugene Seghesio and Hillary Kambour
November 30, 2023 OSS Hub

One Small Step conversation partners Eugene "Pete" Seghesio (59) and Hillary Kambour (62) discuss a wide range of topics including religious and family background, their current issues, lifestyles and political values.

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Karol Vaidman, Rebecca Vaidman-Crump, and Elissa Tobin

Karol Vaidman (71), and his ex-spouse, Rebecca Vaidman Crump (63) talk to their daughter, Elissa Tobin (36) about Karol's parents' experiences migrating to Russia and then to Israel from Poland before World War II began. He talks about attending school...

John: "This is my neighborhood."

John Ford, a long-time client of EZRA's, sits down with a member of EZRA's Social Action team to discuss his experiences growing up as a Black man in Chicago, working with EZRA, and gentrification in Uptown, Chicago.

A different kind of upbringing

Tamar Shadur talks to Ngozi Okeke about growing up in Israel and her experience living in the kibbutz. She also talks about her favorite childhood memory and ends off with how she will like to be remembered.

Helene Kapel & Alicia Martin

Helene shares her story of how she and her mother survived the Holocaust by escaping to Russia. She tells her daughter, Alicia, how they had to sleep outside and scrounge for food scraps so they could eat, even though her...