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One Small Step conversation participants Eve Rea-Cork (65) and Bonnie Diddle (65) discuss their parents impacts on their lives, agendas in the media, and times when politicians compromised.

One Small Step partners Jim Candelaria (62) and Armida Huerta (56) share a conversation about their family histories and the roots of their political beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Jason Wood (43) and Tracy Roe (58) have a conversation about their backgrounds, political views, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and abortion. They find value in respectfully discussing differing perspectives.

One Small Step partners Tom Compton (80) and Liv MacKenzie (50) talk about their differing beliefs on gun control, their shared interests, and their shared belief that politicians should focus more on understanding one another.

One Small Step Partners Kimberly Vinson (58) and Heidi Hendricks (59) have a conversation about the impacts that their disabilities on their lives.

One Small Step partners Kath Van Winkle (66) and Barron Evans (68) have a conversation about their mutual desire for clarity in political conversations, politics in their communities and families, and the role of faith in their viewpoints.

One Small Step partners Liz Hamor (44) and Amy Sheldon (29) discuss their Christian faiths, their pandemic experiences, and how their upbringings and family shaped their political views.

One Small Step partners Wendy Brooking (52) and Brian Speer (45) have a conversation about their childhoods, political polarization, and patriotism.

One Small Step conversation partners Carol Odinzoff (66) and Pamela Bergmann (69) discuss their relationship to Alaska, their political beliefs and their concerns for the future.

One Small Step partners Ken Hoeppner (79) and Karina Ckless (53) talk about their political values, who influenced their viewpoints, and their transition to living in rural Vermont.

One Small Step Partners Katheryn "Kathy" McCoskey (57) and Noreen Carrocci (67) discuss their religious and political beliefs and how the current divided nature of the United States is not something either anticipated experiencing at this point in their lives.

One Small Step partners Jerica Newby (35) and Wendy Johnson (56) talk about the roles they hold in their families and their political values.

One Small Step partners Jennifer Yox (37) and Pat Keebler (75) have a conversation about titling memoirs, history being written by the victors, and learning to give people the benefit of the doubt.

One Small Step partners Jan Manlove (69) and Charlie Claycomb (75) have a conversation about their careers, local politics, and their lives since retirement.

One Small Step partners Wilbur "Ben" Cousins (66) and Laura King (63) sit down for a conversation about their desire for civil conversations, the pivotal differences between them like their views on abortion, and patriotism.

One Small Step conversation partners Carmaine Ternes (62) and Tom Phillips (65) share their political values, such as education and tolerance, as well as their work in their communities.

One Small Step conversation partners Debra Dowdy (69) and Caitlin McCarthy (70) build a conversation on the incredible amount they discover they have in common with each other. Connecting as nurses, they talk about their similar political upbringings, politicians not...

One Small Step conversation partners Lily Wu (39) and Sarah Lopez (36) talk about local government, divisiveness, changing for the better, and community.