Joanna & Kaitlin: On Diverse Education Informing Advocacy Work and the Effects of Open Dialogue on Pursuit of Anti-Racism

Joanna: 2020-07-27 00:14:46 Joanna (20) interviews Kaitlin (20) on her school district's representative, empathy-driven curriculum, how it informed her involvement in advocacy work, and how candid conversations can develop understanding of anti-racism.

Wauwatosa Resident Lisa Williams Backs The Black Lives Matter Movement

This interview conducted by Zoe Falk (20) in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Year 2020) highlights resident Lisa William's experiences and feelings about racism and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement. Lisa is a mother of three and founder of Persisters, a local...

17- year old Giovanni Celaya and his life.

In this interview, conducted on November 2019 in Chicago, Illinois, Karen Salgado(17) interview my old friend and peer, Geovanni Celaya(17) about his about his plans for his future tomorrow. He talks about what Mark he would like to leave when...

Story of a Jersey Girl

Mother and son, Anna and Thomas, unpacked family history and Anna’s journey from growing up in a small, atypical family to creating one of her own and a life of community activism.

Karen Allen, Old Barn Market, Binghamton NY

The following is a conversation with Karen Allen, the owner of a locally owned, farm to table organic food market and cafe, called Old Barn Market. Topics ranging from store operation, the complexities of running a business, the struggles of...

An Interview With My Inspiring Noni

Molly Tittemore (15) talks with her Noni (Sicilian slang term for "grandmother"), who is 79 years old. They discussed her childhood, and how the events of her childhood transformed her into the dynamic woman she is today. Her Noni believes...

Pollinating citizen advocates

John Friedrich (56) talks with his friend Bob Alpern (92) talks about his work over 30 years with the Unitarian Universalist Association and Friends Committee on National Legislation, traveling across the United States conducting advocacy training workshops to “pollinate citizen...

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Kristin Szakos and Joseph Thomas

Kristin Szakos (62), a former Charlottesville City Council member, has a chat with One Small Step partner Joseph "Joe" Thomas (58), a conservator talk show radio host, on their overlapping and varying experience that have shaped their beliefs politically.

Terry Braunstein and the women’s art movement in Washington DC

Grandma describes her role in the women in art movement in the 1970s in DC to her three grandchildren

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Dana Farmer and Rob Nixon

Friends Dana Farmer (68) and Rob Nixon (70) talk about their friendship, the AIDS epidemic, and their advocacy work for the LGBTQ community.

My Grandfather the Civil Rights Activist

we talked about my grandfather Garry A Mendez Jr. who was an activist for black people. We talked about his love for the people and how he always cared about people who were underserved. We also talked a little bit...

Mike Roche with Samuel Snodgrass for Stonewall OutLoud

Mike tells Sam about growing up Irish Catholic in Detroit, training to be a priest, coming to terms with his sexuality while in the church, and leading Dignity Detroit (a group for gay Catholics) in the early 70s. Mike describes...

Meeting Cesar Chavez

Yetzali Peña (16) interviews their mom, Lorenza Triana-Peña, about the time she met Cesar Chavez. She shares what it was like to meet and talk to Cesar Chavez and how the meeting affected her.

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Eleanore Powell and Lyn Rucker

Lyn Rucker (71) recalls to her daughter Eleanore "Colgan" Powell (25) her involvement with the Civil Rights movement and disability activism.

Political Socialization

In this interview, we talked about life growing up and how it affected us gowing into the future. We wanted to know how relationships in high school could, in turn, affect the outcome of who we are and what we...