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Ross Smith (52) and his partner, Aaron Knight (50), talk about becoming foster parents. They also discuss some of the challenges and highlights they have faced through the fostering and adoption experience.

Friends Jennifer Ramos-Chavez (39) and Chelsie Evaldi (39) discuss growing up and raising families in El Paso, being first-generation Mexican-Americans, and the ways they have overcome obstacles to achieve their goals and give back to their community.

Kemali Green, CHS staff person, interviews Aseante Carter (24) about his childhood in the Bronx, his family, how COVID-19 has impacted his life and his plans to start a business in the future.

Siblings Charles Scriven [no age given] and Linda Hasty [no age given] discuss Charles's childhood and about his childhood and serving in the United States Army.

Taylor West (24) interviews Cynthia Rose (58) about her role as the mother of the community and how she is learning to give that same love and care to herself in this next phase of her life.

Friends and business partners Nicole Triplett (44) and Nicole Parker (36) talk about their experiences as Black women entrepreneurs and finding a balance between careers and romantic relationships.

Kenny Scruggs (31) and his girlfriend, Michelle Kolaczweski (33), talk about their childhoods, how they met and began dating, some of their adventures together, and their hopes for the future; Kenny then proposes to her (and she accepts).

Thomas R. Leach tells son Carlyle Leach of the diversity of his Brooklyn neighborhood as a child, discusses the place of African Americans in the sports world, and shares his predictions for the United States in this (2008) “Year of...

Marco Campos (26) interviews his mother Rebeca Rodriguez (52) about growing up as a migrant farmer and what she learned from her family.

Claire interviews Emma Lou about growing up in Chestnut, Alabama. Emma Lou remembers from childhood about her mother, great-grandmother and her brother, Jim.

One Small Step conversation partners Allison Briscoe-Smith (46) and Sue Lani Madsen (67) talk about how political labels and identity labels don't always get to the nuance of a person, and share stories about how they're teaching the younger generations...

Kenneth Ingram (42) and his mother Celeste Ingram (64) remember Bessie Phillips Isby, Celeste's mother who passed away 6 years ago in 2009.

Community members and friends Carolyne Edwards (79) and Robbie Jones (62) share memories of growing up in Virginia Avenue Park community.

Karen Marie Mason (54) talks with her friend, Kiplyn Primus (56), about growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and her education journey, which includes getting kicked out of an Ohio boarding school and leaving Syracuse University 6 credits short of...

Yvonne Brunot (49) interviews her mother, Doris Brunot (79), and mother's second cousin, Raymond Jackson (80), about how they met for the first time later in life. They talk about the importance of music to their family and RJ's life...

Hennessy Garcia (23) is interviewed by friend Darwensi Clark (42) about their upbringing, family background, and experience as an organizer fighting for the liberation of Black trans and queer people. Garcia reflects on how their trajectory has changed, from signing...

Neiger Green Patrick (37) interviews her grandmother Nancy Mae Green (98) about Nancy's life and about her husband and her starting the Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church 50 years ago.

Siblings Devika Patridge (41) and Adisa Patridge (33) talk to their father, Timothy "Tim" Patridge (70), about his life as he reflects on it after his recent 70th birthday, and they talk about all working together in their family catering...

Malik Brooks (14) and his teacher Matthew Coons (28) talk about music, school and violence in the community.

Donald M. Bell (70) is interviewed by his friend and colleague Jack Rothmund (22) about his family history, coming out as a gay man, and the ways Chicago has shaped his life as an activist for the LGBTQ+ community.

Jamie Moore (31) and her mother Theresa Davis (47) talk about Theresa's experience as the white mother of seven Black children. They talk about attending a Black Baptist church in Sonoma county but being excluded due to Theresa's outsiderness as...

Best friends Wylene Carol (81) and Floyd Tunson (76) reflect on Floyd’s journey as an eclectic artist, how identity and location factor into success in the art world, and working together for the past 45 years.

Lisa Williams (50) interviews her friend Angela Pannell (44) about AP's life, including her emphasis on education and how she put herself through college at Ohio State University. They discuss AP's subsequent career in insurance, and her reflections on parenting.

Azizah Ali (49) interviews her friend Delores Daaimah Jardan (86) about her childhood, upbringing, and parents. Ali also asks about Jardan's husband, Ronald T. Stokes, who was murdered by police in Los Angeles in 1962.

Kia Spearman (27) talks to her father, James Spearman (66), about his experiences growing up as a black male in Georgia, and about her feelings and hopes for her own life and the future of the United States.