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Sara Skinner (49) interviews her friend and colleague Chantale Niyonkuru (23) about her upbringing, culture, life experiences, and journey from a refugee camp in Tanzania to graduating college in Boise, Idaho.

Damiana "Lael" Francisca Ruth Uberuaga-Rodgers (35) interviews her mother, Damiana Louise Uberuaga (70), about her upbringing, Basque heritage, childhood, education, and private practice.

One Small Step partners Melva Curry (75) and La-Verna Fountain (64) discuss their personal values, identities, religious beliefs, motherhood, and potential solutions to social ills.

[Recorded Tuesday, May 17, 2022] Sam Heath (35) and Julia Kwiatkowski (27) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Sam Heath discusses his experience working towards criminal justice reform, while Julia discusses her time as a social worker...

Colleagues Virginia Avery (44) and Rohanna Erin (36) reflect on their work with young mothers. Virginia shares how her experience as a young mother impacts her work and worldview.

Friends Selina X [no age given] and Teronia C (60) talks about how they each ended up in prison, what their sentencing was like, and what the re-entry journey looked like for each of them.

I have experienced a difficult childhood in the foster care system.I want to help children like me.

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.

Lynn Fremed [no age given] and her One Small Step partner, Cristina Ramirez (46), discuss their experiences in Richmond and issues of class struggle, diversity, and education accessibility.

Spouses, Julia Summers (59) and Gina Woods (61), talk about their childhood, what influenced their careers, and their faith journey.

Friends and colleagues Katelyn Jurney (30) and Renee’ Sites-Erwin (48) share a conversation about advocating for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. They talk about the importance of both language and cultural access to public services and about...

Coworkers Claire Judkins (52) and Renetta Mosley [no age given] discuss their work with Acadia and the importance of sharing stories about Parkinson’s Disease through the Yours, Truly campaign.

For many years, John Cosgrove, MSW, P.H. D, has been a trailblazer in the social work profession. His reach impacted Fordham GSS students' professional lives for over 30 years. With international social work and partnership with the United Nations, Dr....

Rosemarie Poverman, MSW, LCSW, grew up with a mindset of alleviating social problems. Having over four decades of expertise shares the impact of therapeutic humor in the mental health of clients and the value that clinicians offer with just a...

Hope Winship (40) has a conversation with her father, Jim Winship (73), about college, friendships, El Salvador, and the importance of friends and family given recent health challenges.

As a social work pioneer in New Jersey, Mitchell Kahn, MSW, shares the heart behind community organizing and grassroots movements. After spending over 40 years at Ramapo College of New Jersey and serving as the director of the Baccalaureate Social...

Phylis Peterman is a highly respected teacher and mentor, awarded Rutgers' highest honor for innovative teaching. She shares her story of work in the community and why giving back to students and the community is academic.

Jeff Feldman shares his story of social work--from clinical to advocacy and working on behalf of his colleagues at the National Association of Social Workers New Jersey.

Fred Sampson shares his work in advocacy, view on activism and his approach in working with legislators, moving critical work forward and why being a "nudge" is an effective tool in our social work toolkit.

Bill Goldberg shares his story of social work and a career centered on working with people involved in cults and destructive groups.

Bill Waldman shares his social work journey in the public space leading the State of New Jersey's Child Welfare Agency.

Barbara Milton, MSW, PhD, LCSW shares her passion for giving "live and breath" to the social work profession. She is a clinical social worker, passionate volunteer and leads advocacy efforts across the State of New Jersey. Named Social Worker of...

Mit Joyner, President of the National Association of Social Workers is a social work pioneer, innovator, scholar, author, organizer and passionate leader of the profession. She shares the story of how she found the profession, her journey and work and...

Isabella Mukankusi (46) talks to her new friend Zazil Davis-Vazquez (27) about her experiences growing up in Uganda, being a mother, and as a lawyer who is studying in Columbia's Human Rights Advocates Program.

Carmella Spinelli Miller (51) interviews her friend Shantina Evans (49) about how she escaped a cycle of crime to start her own beauty business, the school she has created to mentor young girls, and the life lessons that she has...