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MJ "Joy" Gude (55) talks with her stepfather Hoyland Ricks (74) about their memories of growing up.

Barbara Simon (68) talks to her son James "Jay" Simon (32) about her family and memories of growing up in North Lawndale.

Tiffany Baker (46) talks to her former social worker, Terri Treiman (64) about the day they met, 29 years ago, when Tiffany was a foster kid. Tiffany tells Terri how it much it meant to her to be treated like...

Friends Jeremiah Rufus (21) and May W. (21) talk about their upbringings, their conceptions of God, and their experiences with religion and spirituality.

Friends Joyce Eatman [no age given] and Ricky Towers (67) share the story behind the Grants 4 Grands program, which benefits grandparents raising children in the Las Vegas, NV area.

New acquaintances, Danielle Bennett (41) and Therese Peskowits (44) talk about their work, how gun violence has impacted their lives, and their connections to the Gun Violence Memorial Project currently on exhibit at The Chicago Cultural Center.

Jonta Brickhouse (18) talks to new acquaintance Nancy Zook (55) about graduating from high school and his future goals and interests.

Sterling Tate (49) talks to his friend Jonathan Kelley (48) about growing up on the West Side of Chicago, coaching basketball, and his work with youth on the West Side.

Friends Janise Wriddle (62) and Sylester "Miles" Miles (62) describe their experiences as young students during the period of desegregation in schools. Both recall the racism and colorism they've experienced in their lives.

Husband and wife Aaron Williams (75) and Rosa Williams (80) speak about their life together and reflect on their most treasured moments and relationships.

Cousins Yvette Chestang (56) and Letitia Mabien (49) discuss their family's involvement in Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile and their perspectives on keeping traditions and the deep sense of community in their family alive.

Sharon Moore (53) asks her father Nathaniel Moore (91) to recall his childhood, moving to Chicago, and his experience raising a family.

Freida Curry (71) talks to her daughter Jordan Curry (32) about her childhood, her family, her career, travel, motherhood, and what she is most proud of.

Tojanai Peterson-Colon (18) talks to her new acquaintance Nancy Zook (55) about graduating from high school and her plans for the future.

Makinde Adedapo (37) talks to his sister, Aryorinde Iranlowo-Ifatunji (23) about growing up, moving to New York, and her relationship to spirituality.

Dorris Calhoun (73) talks to her friend Jonathan Kelley (48) about her memories of growing up in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, being a choir director at Stone Temple Baptist Church, her education, her work as a medical transcriptionist,...

Carlo B (46) talks to his daughter Isabella B (21) about his life, family, and his work as an operating room nurse.

Vivian Moore (60) talks with her significant other, Johnny Gilliam (62), about her career as a nurse and about working in hospice care.

Friends and collaborators, Rhonda Chandler (49), Ingrid Parker-Hill (49), and Tia Sirmans (50) discuss their involvement with Lovin’ The Skin I’m In, an organization aimed at empowering and uplifting girls of color in Northeast Wisconsin.

Shana [No Name Given] (43) interviews her friend Angela Effinger [no age given] about her experiences as a nurse's assistant.

Friends Jeanette "Mz. Beatrice" Taylor (48) and Angela Ross (40) discuss their work in response to a local school closing and the need for changes within schooling systems.

Freddie Flowers (81) talks to her niece Yaa Simpson (44) about the maternal line of the family which came from various parts of the United States south. Freddie talks about her life and Yaa shares the results from a DNA...

Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

Aiesha Hunter (35) and Tajama Phillips (43) discuss their work with Indomitable Families affected by Incarceration and their personal experiences with the criminal justice system.

Makinde Adedapo (37) talks to his sister Naima Adedapo (35) about her experience growing up in Maywood, IL and experience as a contestant on American Idol.