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Shawn Stover is the much-admired and respected Reentry Coordinator at Ohio Means Jobs of Athens County. He tells his life story, discusses his work with people leaving prison, and shares words of wisdom.

Be (83) talks with Selene (12) about her life and her journey from a small town on the gulf coast of Mississippi in 1935 to Ann Arbor Michigan, 2018.

I interviewed my granny about her childhood and how things such as the Civil Rights Movement and poverty affected her education and childhood to now.

My grandmother and I talked about her life in Vietnam before the Vietnam War. Then we talked about how it impacted her life and how she came to live in the Philippines.

My grandma tells life story from childhood, to having kids, to becoming a grandmother

Sisters Gloria Weston-Smart (66), Joyce Thomas (64), and Joann Bynum Johnson (61) reminisce about their childhood together, remember family members who have passed away, and express gratitude for the tight-knit community that they grew up in.

My dad talked about growing up and how I acted when I was little. He gave advice about raising children and going back to college. My brother also decided to join in once in a while.

Life when my mom came to the U.S. and what she did

How mom escaped the crop fields in 1938 and met my dad.

We will be discussing the expectations of parenting and the way it affects teens and our thinking. Society has so many expectations of how each parent is supposed to act.

Just a short talk about how times have changed and the inside look at sex segregated careers in America whit ties to some of our own students lives.

Growing up I wanted nothing to do with my native language or culture. Soon I realized that my culture allows me to do what I most love... teaching Spanish.

Madre y hija Avelina Burgos (90) y Maria Moore (62) habla de la inmigración de Avelina desde Belice a EEUU, tradiciones familiares, y orgullo familiar. [Mother and daughter Avelina Burgos (90) and Mrs. Maria Moore (62) discuss Avelina’s immigration to...

Part 1 interview with dad

One Small Step conversation partners Faith Machuca (23) and Adrian Paul [no age given] discuss their major influences, careers, life in Reno, social issues, politics, and religion.

In this podcast we talk about gender discrimination in both genders.

We talked about money, the births of Johanna’s children, the holocaust, meeting her husband Bernard Saper, ambition, and more.

Enran came from China. He did not know any English when he first came to United States. His English capability slowly increased through his hard work.

This interview features Andrew Shingleton, who was on the board of CARE international in England and volunteered there for 10 years. He discusses his experiences while at CARE and speaks on the topics Gender equality, poverty, and hunger.

Importance of Literacy

Thad Murphy discusses his timeline from working as a minor in order to help his family to working at his education and law school. He discusses law school as he experienced it: difficult and stressful, yet fulfilling and gratifying. Additionally,...

Community elders, Calvin Coleman and his sister, Betty Ann Wilson discuss growing up in the Historically African American Section of Swarthmore.

In this interview I explore Breanna’s life and also her thoughts on a pressing global issue.

Friends and coworkers Alex Kolker (27) interviews Shabir Kabiri (29) about his experience attending university in the United States, the differences between Afghan and American culture, and what the American dream means to him.

We discussed his life experiences and what it was like. We also got into depth about what he learned throughout his life