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Asking my grandpa about his life, in chronological order.

In this interview, conducted in November 2016 in Elgin, IL, Maddey O’Connell (16) interviewed her friend, Alex Burton (18) about his adoption journey from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Russia. Alex shares his family story behind his adoption and his connection to his grandfather...

A Nana tells her grandson what it was like growing up in the country and city during the Second World War, being Black in segregated America, and other challenges she faced later in life.

Rosalee Landry, at age 74, shares memories of her childhood, dealing with the death of a spouse due to war, becoming a Baha’i, remarrying her now husband and having three children.

the story of Kay Berken and adopting her children the struggle the emotions and feelings and the process of adopting .

Well we talked about her growing up. Also the people that influenced here life from a younge age

One Small Step conversation partners, David Durovy (71) and Peggy Watts Gup (67), discuss their experiences as adoptive and foster parents. Peggy talks about being a life-long activist how the 2016 election prompted her to make major changes in her...

I interviewed my mother about her childhood, current life, and hopes for the future.

A meaningful talk with my adoptive mom about us, 9/11, and my adoptive Dad Jon.

I had an interview with my lovely mother on October 7, 2018. We discussed what it is like to be a parent, her favorite memories of me, and more. We discussed snippets of her childhood and other parts of her...

One Small Step conversation partners Ree Ann Steep (71) and Lori Izykowski (63) discussed about politics.

A talk about childhood, sisters, hopes and dreams.

One Small Step partners David Charpentier (52) and Troy Teeboom (54) acknowledge influential people in their lives, discuss national versus local politics, share their adoptions stories amongst various other topics.

Talking to my grandparents about their marriage and lives

A very short interview, with my aunt.

Bryce interviews his Dad who is also an administrator at the school

We spoke about her early life as a child. And how that eventually lead to where she is now in life

My interview with my mother, Milly Torres, consists of a description of her life from her childhood to the present. There was much said about the difficulties in her life and how that led her to her beliefs and to...

One Small Step conversation partners Andy Weenig (46) and Mark Houser (70) talk about their families, their faith and how both influence their sense of social justice.

Interview with my dad on adoption

We talked about a little about my life and my dad’s life.

In this interview I got to know things about my mom I didn’t know before.

In this interview we talked about my parents’ journey of adopting me and everything that happened before and after.

I talk with my Bubbe about her life, beliefs, and experiences.

This interview is about getting to know a friends occupation and how she works and helps adopted children (specifically those with trauma in their life) and their family.