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In this interview conducted in November 2021 in Ypsilanti, MI, Alexia Williams (22) interviews her mother Tisha Williams (47) about growing up as a woman and her personal experiences with this. Tisha discusses personal stories as well as learning moments...

This interview includes topics including childhood, marriage, and life lessons learned. It took place in Plymouth, Michigan on May 9th, 2022. The interviewee is George Heineman and he elaborated on the importance of family and education.

This interview occurred on January 9th, 2020, in Flint, Michigan. Ja Karra Nelson (16, Sophomore in high school) will be interviewing her father Greg Nelson (63, single parent) about several different topics. In the beginning they discussed how life was...

This interview of Howard was recorded at friendship village in Kalamazoo Michigan

Avery (17) interviews Laverna (73) about her life in Michigan, travels to California, relationships with parents, love life, grief, and exploring the United States.

Birth stories from our four babies born in very crazy circumstances...

Sabrina King (20) interviews Stephanie Williams (51) about her experience organizing and advocating for her community, reflecting on the barriers she has overcome as a Black woman in politics and the importance of representation. In 2018, Stephanie became the first...

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

This was longer than expected, but funny and sentimental. It was interrupted a few times by outsiders but overall love was the main feeling.

We talked about their lives throughout college and throughout their early married life with a few anecdotes about their friends and my parents.