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Ruth remembers her college days, her first jobs, and her husband.

John Esaki (60) talks with his coworker and friend, Koji Steven Sakai (33), about their family backgrounds, their families’ experiences in Japanese American Internment Camps, redress and reparations, and the Japanese American National Museum.

Suzie Endow (54) has a conversation with her partner Ellen Tanouye (64) about their relationship and coming out later in life. Suzie talks about first meeting Ellen who was her pastor. Both describe their long term friendship, being Japanese American,...

Friends and colleagues Shaun Walls (43) and Jacqueline "Jax" Armendariz Unzueta (36) speak about their work as community organizers in the Southeast and South Side neighborhoods of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In this interview I interview my Grandpa about his childhood and how he moved around because he was a military kid.

Veronica Furukawa (39) interviews her Uncle in law Stanley Furukawa (90) about the start of WWII. He was one of 8 children of Japanese immigrants who came over to work the sugar plantations. He spoke about the attack on Pearl...

Amy Spiker (43) interviews her father, James Reeves (87) about his time serving as a Marine during WWII. He also talks about his 70-year career as an auto garage owner and his 64-year marriage.

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her relationship with her father during her teenage years and living in Japan during the U.S. occupation following World War II.

Millicent interviews her brother, Roland, about his experience on September 11, 2007

Ruby tells her daughters Jill and Jennifer about being adopted, meeting their father, and later finding her birth mother

Seto You, age 92/93 or 97/98, is interviewed by his son, Ed You, age 26, about his early days in the USA. He arrived from China in 1916, worked as a cook in this country well into his 80's. He...

Stanley Diep (18) talks with his friend, Justin Capriotti (18) about our childhood and also how things are going in the current pandemic.

Sisters, Patricia Panatier (55) and Irene Gilmore (60), remember their brother, Chris Panatier, who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald, and was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.

Alex B interviews Michael about a racist experience in school after he moved.

A Japanese American artist and teacher, Asuka tells about how her hair has expressed different aspects of identity over the years, her relationships with her mother and grandmother, and her braided hair styles.

Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.

Deborah Ranniger (58) talks to SC Facilitator Virginia Lora (26) about her dad Leonard Cornell who passed away 5 years ago of Alzheimers. She tells the story her dad would tell over and over again about going to the 1929...

Marilyn interviewed her uncle Bob about his life as a musician and how this ultimately probably saved his life during World War 2.

My friend Ailly tells me about her experience moving back and forth from Japan to the United States.

Abigail Schneier (17) interviews her friend Rosella Scott, Jr. (84) about his experience in the military, his family, and his union career of more than 50 years.

[Recorded Thursday, November 11, 2021] Meg (54) and Yijing (21) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. They discuss cross-cultural perspectives on American democracy, parent-child relationships, and their shared interest in traveling to other countries.

Auntie Juliah's childhood, stories with Uncle David, her present

Lee Ann Marona (45) talks with her father, Don Wilson (72) about his childhood, religious involvement, time spent in the Navy, and his work experiences.

Yo Azama: 2020-11-23 19:21:14 Yo Azama (51) talks to his friend and mentor, Ann Jordan (63), about her mother Tei Dacus (97) who moved to the US to pursue her dream in 1950's and began her career as an educator.