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One Small Step conversation partners Deb Stack (59) and Jim Ward (62) talk about religious and political backgrounds, the AIDS crisis and LGBT rights.

Lenora Williams Hameed Omenka [no age given] shares her experience as a caregiver to close friends and family members with breast cancer and the importance of caring for one's self in caring for others. She shares how these experiences led...

Michael Diaz-Rivera (23) interviews his mother, Linda Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland (46) about her life, focusing on her experience as a mother.

Sisters Tammy Henry [no age given] and Tiffiny Benton-Hoke [no age given] sit down with their mother, Wilbertine Calhoun (73), to ask her about the parts of her life story that she has not shared with her daughters. As she...

Susan Amussen (65) interviews her mother Diane Amussen (89) about her community organizing and activism roots.

Mary Brehm (57) interviews her mother Judith Brehm (91) about her career, her friends, and her late husband.

One Small Step conversation partners Kelli Dickerson (45) and Carol Hilborn (65) met virtually to discuss the growing political divide and their shared hope that people can find common ground. They both discuss their connection to Mississippi, parenthood and how...

Glenda Tate [no age given] shares a conversation with her mentee, Jamila Raybourn (31), about Jamila’s childhood, her family, her dreams and purpose, what brings her joy, and how she arrived where she is now.

Sidney Williams [no age given] speaks to his manager, Eric Breaux (45), about his upbringing, his music career, and his community in Louisiana.

Laurie Dozier III (71) interviews his wife, Kelly Dozier (61), about LeMoyne Arts, where Kelly serves as the Board Lead Director. They discuss Kelly's passion for the work she does, the art center's award winning Chain of Parks Art Festival,...

Longtime friends Allison Tant [no age given] and Courtney Atkins [no age given] sit down for a conversation about their advocacy work, their parents, their children, and the strong women who inspired them to become the community leaders they are...

Mary “Angelique” Guillory (53) speaks with conversation partner Franchesca Peña [no age given] about beginning a new phase of their life after their mother’s passing and finding purpose and presence in life beyond caregiving.

Ke'Shawn Collins (22) speaks with his mother, Alena Collins (40), about his gratitude for her support through his artistic career, and Alena expresses pride in her son's work. Both discuss life lessons and values they have leaned on throughout their...

Judith Sapper (61) interviews her mother, Mildred Sapper (92), about life during the 1940s.

One Small Step conversation partners Jack Llewellyn (58) and Robert Bogner (90) talk about family life, cancer among family members, the importance of work, fatherhood and love of the common man.

Alan Zube (67) and his One Small Step partner Tina Volen (59) acknowledge the influential people in their lives, give opinions of their town's local politics, and discuss the issue of COVID-19.

Shawn Lundie (49), the Chief of Staff for Waukesha County, interviews his supervisor and friend, Paul Farrow (59), about his family history in relation to Wisconsin politics and his journey to becoming the County Executive for Waukesha County. Paul gives...

Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

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

One Small Step partners Vanessa Schoon Smith (45) and Heather Brownlie (50) discuss the assumptions people make about them, political extremism drowning out moderatism, social media encouraging divisiveness, and their hopes for the future.

Mother and daughter duo, Kathy Shepard [no age given] and Alanna Shepard [no age given], recall some of their interesting family history, the travels they've completed together and a few of Alanna's favorite things.

One Small Step Conversation Partners Dan Tuck (36) and Emily Busch (50) discuss accountability, firearms and mass shootings.

RN Beth Gafur (56) interviews her fellow hospice nurse Anna Seaver (67) about how personal bereavement with loss of young son, Randy, led to her nursing career. They discuss learning from their experiences of end of life care.

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.

Mary Wilkinson-Greenberg (83) speaks with her son, Tim Scott (53) about her life as a teacher, adventureor, and mother.