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A chat with an inspiring person that helps people with the use of lights and building greenhouses out of the greater good.

Inese Heinzel (70) and Alison Leras (36), colleagues and friends, discuss creativity, curiosity and how each have impacted their life and work.

Laura Peterson (52) talks with her sorority sister Martha Saunders (93) about her upbringing, education, and work with the community.

One Small Step conversation partners Christina Vogler (65) and Tawanna Jamison (52) discuss life in the city of Columbus, Georgia, their relationship to the military, and their hopes for the future.

Interview with Phyllis Kivett about literacy artifacts.

Connie Norgren (76) interviews her friend, Joan Pleune (83), about her time as a Freedom Rider and her continued anti-racist, anti-war, and anti-solitary confinement activism.

Yeah story behind a cheap, plastic trophy.

Friends and colleagues, Erma Banks [no age given] and Callie McGinnis (77), discuss their former workplace: Columbus Area Library Association (CALA). They talk about the formation of the organization, pivotal characters in its development, and the events they created to...

Vera, an ESOL teacher, and Brooklynite reflects on being 3 years old and her father.

Jean talks about Auggie, her dog, who plays hide and seek. And her future plan to join the Peace Corps.

Kaiwen 28. I was asking him about how digital and emotional literacy has affected him.

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Nick (15), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship to secondary school (high school). Nick shares about his childhood being raised by a single mother and grandmother, and his inspiring educational...

Owen and Bobby muse over topics of literacy, education, service, and life.

Interviewing my mom over Thanksgiving holiday on the importance of literacy, education, and languages as a bridge to cultures.

How my father began his path to reading.

Liduvina Rivera (83) speaks with her son, Jose Aguinaga (45) about her happy childhood, her leadership in local organizations, and her faith.

Nancy shares her memory of volunteering for the library and what libraries have meant to her.

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Brighton (13), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship to secondary school. Brighton shares a traditional Teso folktale about the hyena and hare—a folktale that was told to him by his...

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Maureen (17), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship for secondary school (high school). Maureen shares about being raised by absent grandparents and Kiwimbi’s role in getting her to a competitive...

Coworkers Silvia Alemañy (58) and Delilah Santamaria (25) share some of their favorite memories of working at Literacy, Inc. and reflect on the power of reading.

Eliana Godoy (48) interviews her colleague Debora Mulrain (66) about her time at Literacy, Inc. and the changes she's seen in the organization.

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Melissa (15), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship to secondary school. Melissa shares about her childhood swimming and gathering water from the river that runs between Amagoro and Kocholia and...

Kiwimbi International summer interns Claire (21) and Katherine (20) interview Meshack (16), the recipient of a Kiwimbi scholarship for secondary school. Meshack tells us about his struggles through primary school with neighbors who practiced witchcraft and his experience in secondary...

Interview with someone that participated in Lighting For Literacy

My sister, Emily, sits down with me to discuss her own relationship with reading and how it’s been a vital part of her culinary career in several ways.