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Nadia Sinaph, a freshman at Canton High School, interviews close family friend and scholar Shaykh Burhan Fili about his life experiences. Shaykh Burhan escaped from a communist Albania in the 1970s and made it to the United States later on....

Grandee-spoke about wishing to pursue higher education. Papa-importance of family, religion, working hard

Lola DeAscentiis sits down with her Grandmother and a close family friend to discuss memories, faith, and family.

Hazel Gomez (36) interviews her husband, Mark Crain (33), about his racial identity, his work with Dream of Detroit, and his hopes for his children.

In this interview, conducted in November 2021, Jana Boster (25) interviews her grandmother Judy Andrews (66) about her experiences throughout life as a girl and woman. Judy talks about the messages she received on how to behave growing up. She...

Interviewing my father, Joesph Pass, about his life, his lessons, his greatest memories, and his love for God.

Interview with my grandma about her past, favorite memories, and her dreams for me in the future

Growing up during WW2 as a Jew, religion, women’s rights, teaching, and the Great Depression all in one interview!

Interview with dad about growing up, religion, and his favorite memories of me and our family.

Odelia Krasner Friedman interviewed Kati Steiner about her bat mitzvah and growing up Jewish

Orbit Clanton (56) tells Eliel Cruz about growing up in Baltimore, MD, joining the navy, realizing he was gay, falling in love, and becoming an HIV activist.

The world and the changes within after 9/11 from the perspective of two young, artistic college students in 2001.

Ramiro DeTraglia explains persevering through life with multiple sclerosis.

On November 23rd of 2018, Sophia Quintieri interviews her grandma, Michile Stoutenburg, about tMichile’s life and the lessons she learned. Michile shares stories about her childhood, marriage, and being a mother to four girls. She talks about her family outings...

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Mohawk, New York, Lelaina Beauregard interviews her grandma Diane about her childhood and her faith in life. Grandma Diane talks about her experience with faith in college and how she found it....

My dad talks about his experiences growing up in India. He also explains about his beliefs about Hinduism and religion.

History of the Detroit riots. What was it like living though it.

We discussed his experiences during the Vietnam War Era and what he did during that time. We also discussed the effects the war and the draft had on people.

Susan (45) talks to her son, Chase (16), about her childhood, growing up in Philadelphia, and where she ended up now. From how society has changed to how it’s still the same today as it was 40 years ago, she...

The interview was taken in my house on sunday, november 26, 2017. I, Grace Rocco, was the interviewer and am 16 years old. My dad, Mark Rocco, was the interviewee, and is 45 years old. I interviewed my dad about...

I asked my mom 15 questions about her life and reflecting on her ancestry and experiences.

We talked about my grandmother’s childhood and her experiences. We also discussed her work experience and political views.

Ishmael Sanford talks with Stevie Ray Dallimore about influences in his life, lessons he learned, jobs, school and growing up, politics, religion, and film and theater.

Katie and Sister Barbara discuss how they created Nuns & Nones in Grand Rapids, and the future of religious life.

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,...