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One Small Step conversation partners, Mary Hill [no age given] and Wealthia Jackson [no age given], discuss their backgrounds and experiences and how those shaped their beliefs.

Spouses Lee Bass (69) and Agnes Bass (70) discuss their family history. They talk about their childhood, the different places they have traveled to, and what they consider to be the highlight of their lives.

The Penza Family, Evelyn & Tony discuss their family history, their immigrant experience in South Jersey, and the dynamic way their Italian-American immigrant-family legacy was created using the foodways of Southern New Jersey.

Sisters Betty Brown-Chappell (76) and Gail Patterson-Gladney (74) trade memories from growing up on a farm near Bangor, Michigan with six other siblings. They reflect on what it was like for their family to navigate being one of the only...

Meet Niki Giberson, basket weaver, jammer, felter and mayor in this Women's History Month Special!

Marta Pearson (72) talks with her friend DeAnna Hadley (52) about sympathy, empathy, racism, the pain it causes and the need for African-American stories to be shared. She describes seeing a raw cotton field for the first time, being denied...

I (Amelia) interview my Babci (Grandmother) about her life and what she knows and remembers about her parents and grandparents to learn more about my ancestors and where they came from

Karen De Shazer (53) interviews local resident Mary Jane Erickson Terraza (82) about growing up in the Mohave area, her ranch and her animals.

Beata Turnquist (16) discusses the history of her own family and the events in history that they participated in with her grandmother Helen Turnquist (72).

Danielle Chatham (37) interviews her former third grade teacher, Dorothy Reinke (89), about her life, career, marriage, and caregiving for various loved ones.

Friends Diana "Dee Dee" Romo (46) and Bryan Massengale (47) talk about the way community looks during these times of the COVID pandemic, the Destiny Arts Center Black (W)hole and Elders project, and their connection to spirit, ancestors, and healing.

Stacia Morfin (34) and her uncle, Maurice Wilson (65), share their knowledge, wisdom, and medicine, as well as the five pillars of cultural preservation for indigenous traditions.

Donovan Ethan John Beveridge (23) and his father, Nels Beveridge (61), share a conversation about their family history and Nels' military career.

Ann Schempp (45) interviews her colleague Margaret Schiffner (84) about her family, her childhood, and her involvement in the Moses Lake community.

Abbie Porto interviews her grandmother, Sharon Stickle, about stories of ancestors and the importance of family.

Friends and colleagues, Harriet Weber (65) and Nancy Warner (70) interview Tatyana Kobzar [no age given] about her journey to the United States from Ukraine. They also talk about family and Christianity.

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (38) about her parents, relatives and early childhood in Mississippi.

Jerry Bell (81) grew up on a cotton farm in Odell, Texas. He tells stories of his childhood - including almost drowning in a horse trough and playing basketball in high school - to his daughter Insa Wood (54).

Pamela Jennings (57) shares a conversation with her father, Wyatt Jennings (88), about Wyatt’s upbringing on a tobacco farm in Virginia, his time in the armed services, his experience working as an automotive technician, and about the businesses he owned.

Kiplyn Primus (61) and Bilal K. Shareef (42) are fellow pilgrims who traveled to Ghana in 2019 for the inaugural Year of Return. They talk about how that journey continues to resonate with them.

Ramon Rodriguez [no age given] interviews his relative Oscar Salazar Rodriguez [no age given] about their family history and ancestry. Oscar tells stories of El Mulato y Ojinaga, México, reflects on the cultural traits passed down through the family from...

Mari Teresa Fernandez (67) and her husband, Albert R. Fernandez (71), discuss memories of growing up. Albert Fernandez describes growing up in the immigrant neighborhood of Ybor City in Tampa, Florida. Mari Fernandez describes migrating from Cuba at seven years...

Rebecca Nyman Ellis (47) interviews her mother, Ruth Lawson (68), about the life of Ruth's great-great-grandmother, Matilda Poole.

Spouses Jenn Collins (48) and Brad Barnes (51) sit down for a conversation about their lifestyle as small scale farmers. They discuss their simple living ethos and their favorite parts of farming, as well as the importance of community gardens...

The evening of November 21st, 2017, Eli Frank (15) sat down with their Grandmother DD (age and last name not provided due to partner request) for an interview. DD told many stories about her life as a child on a...