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Jaha Cummings (50) speaks with his mother Martha Bireda (78) about the importance of community, people who influenced him during childhood, and carrying on his ancestors' legacies.

You can’t miss Paulist Father Michael Martin in gatherings of his community. He’s known as the “tallest Paulist.” His height exceeds a standard door frame. Walking with a cane, his is a commanding yet tender figure in the line of...

Interview with Rosemarie Miller, a retired teacher and missionary

A brief look into the life of a disabled coal miner who had spent years working in the mines.

The work life of a man who works for AEP

In their One Small Step conversation, Michael DiMonte (68) and Rekha Shukla (55) talk about how they relate to immigration, with Rekha's history moving to the US with her family as a young girl, and with Michael's experience working abroad.

Mabel Wilson (95) speaks about her life with her grandson Adam Wilson (35). Stories include her father running from the 'rebels' during the civil war, how she raised three kids alone after her husband was killed in the Korean War,...

Ginger and I talked about her experiences in business and community organizations.

Childhood

This is an interview highlighting labor and work in Buchanan County, VA.

We talked about her teaching career and experiences she had while doing it. I learned a lot about my grandparents and great grandparents during the interview. I also didn’t realize how many times she had moved in her life time.

Friends and fellow activists, Michael Tierney (60) and Christine Weiss Daugherty (80), reflect on moving to West Virginia and their involvement with rural activism and community development.

Bryan Darst, a highly respected man in Athens County, Ohio, tells his life story and shares words of wisdom.

Katie L. tells her life story, one of many challenges overcome with courage and resilience, and shares words of wisdom.

Shawn Stover is the much-admired and respected Reentry Coordinator at Ohio Means Jobs of Athens County. He tells his life story, discusses his work with people leaving prison, and shares words of wisdom.

Cindy K. is a woman of great strength and resilience, a woman whose heart and experience are a great asset to people around her. She shares her life story.

Diana tells her life story, speaking of family, addiction and recovery, incarceration and reentry, challenges and resilience, and shares words of wisdom gained through hard-fought experience.

Christopher Bennett shares his life story and words of wisdom for people in reentry from incarceration and addiction recovery.

Jessica Smith tells her life story, one that has been filled with hardship and resilience, and shares words of wisdom.

Richard had A scary hiking trip

Loney Fred Hutchins (65) is interviewed by his son Loney John Hutchins (33) about growing up in poverty in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee, and the various lines of work - engineer, musician, therapist - he followed to get to...

Ozella Buchanan (78) tells her daughter, Kathleen Buchanan (44), about growing up in a small mountain town in Virginia and attending a small school that closed down during WWII. She talks about her education and becoming a nurse.