Equitable Dinners Stories! Niya Randall

Niya Randall is an unapologetically Black mother who continues to disrupt inequities while working in social justice and education during these uncertain times. She’s one of our valued facilitators at Equitable Dinners. Here she talks about becoming aware of racism...

Interview with my mom, Marie: Battling the Cold and Leaving to Get the Fortune (Extended Version)

I, Nikki Malazarte, interviewed my mom, Marie Malazarte, who has immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines since 1990. My mom has stayed in the US for 30 years now. Through this interview, I hoped to provide my mom the...

Jenny Rask Interviews dad Gene Rask about his life. Growing up with his family.

Jenny Rask: 2020-11-16 00:25:40 Jenny Rask Interviews dad Gene Rask about his life. Growing up with his family. Starting off talking about the 2020 elections and Biden/Harris winning the election, turning the republican dominated senate democratic. He remember the life...

Equitable Dinners Stories! George Braucht

George Braucht is from Macon, GA, with 40+ years in behavioral health and criminal (un)justice fields, applying community and positive psychology to peer support services. He's a long time facilitator for Equitable Dinners. Here he talks about growing up in...

Equitable Dinners Stories! Adria Kitchens

Adria Kitchens is Program Manager for Out of Hand Theater. She leads Equitable Dinners! Here she talks about her journey to awareness of racism, learning the importance of communication to find equity, the revolution in Black people empowering and taking...

Albert and Kathryn Schmidt remember the Great Depression of the 1930s and offer wisdom for 2020; interview conducted by Christine Schmidt

Albert Schmidt (94) and Kathryn Schmidt (91), share childhood memories of the Great Depression, the hardships, and resilience of their families in Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. They offer advice for us at this time of global health and economic...

"The thing I learned about Garyites, very clannish… they're there for each other."

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Eric Ibarra and Julia Heaslip

Eric Ibarra (18) talks with his aunt, Julia Heaslip (58), about her childhood in Chile during a military coup and her experience growing up in Argentina and the United States.

Equitable Dinners Stories! Ariel Fristoe

Ariel Fristoe is the Artistic Director of Out of Hand Theater. She's a part of the team that creates Equitable Dinners, a program which connects people through facilitated conversations about race and racism. She talks with Adria Kitchens about pursuing...

Advice from Grandma: Caitlyn D'Bella and Virginia Cooley

Caitlyn D'Bella (22) talks to her grandmother, Virginia (77), about relationship advice and what makes an "ideal" relationship.

Josh and Tony Pedretti at home the evening of Sunday, April 28th, 2024

Tony and Josh are at home the evening of Sunday, April 28th, 2024 talking about earning a gray belt at UFC, chatting with Roblox friends on Discord, watching the total solar eclipse and mapmaking in Ro-Scale Sandbox.

Robert Bell and Michael Cooper

Robert Bell: 2024-04-08 21:32:59 Robert Bell (16) talks with his grandfather, Michael Cooper (73) about growing up and life throughout the 1960s.

Abigail Altman, Alexandra Gallagher, Judy Meikle, and Marjorie Altman

Abigail Altman (16) and Alexandra Gallagher (17) interview Judy Meikle (72) and Marjorie Altman (80) talk about what life was like during the 1960's during their childhood and young adulthood: 2024-04-04 14:26:05

Interview with Vietnam Navy Veteran

I interviewed my grandpa, he was in his 20s during 1960. He was drafted into the Navy during the Vietnam War, but was never on the battlefield. He talks about his life during the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement, the...

Interview with Das Satanur

Dhruv Satanur (18) talks to his father, Das Satanur about his childhood, growing up, and immigrating to America.

Areen Ojha and Ashutosh Ojha

Areen Ojha: 2024-01-28 17:19:59 Interviewing my dad about his experiences in Kansas

Jane Mathews and Edwin Mathews; Remembering Janelle

Edwin Mathews (76) talks with his granddaughter, Jane Mathews (13) about his musical life and about the passing of his young daughter, Janelle Mathews.

We Need More Teachers Like Her!

My name is Ozan Kara and I am a 17 years old cultural exchange student from Turkey. As an high school student in Bloomington, Indiana, I have had the chance to know a wonderful person, Vanessa Domizlaff, my German teacher...

Interview With Mama

This is an interview with my mom, Robin Lancaster. She worked several years in the medical labs doing blood work, was an EMT for a good while, and is overall one of the strongest people I know. I love her...