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Rachel Barnard and John Duval

One Small Step partners, Rachel Barnard (52) and John Duvall (63), discuss privilege and racism. They examine how each of these is reflected in their own life experiences, and John brings some new ways of looking at these concepts to...

Mary Miaisha Simmons Mitchell and Claudia Blackburn

Claudia Blackburn (65) interviews community leader and activist, Mary Miaisha Simmons Mitchell (75) about growing up in a close-knit community of extended family torn apart by urban renewal. Her early experiences sparked a thirst for equity, justice and steered her...

Griswold Project On Resilience: Giving Makes Life Worth Living

Sandra Ann Nolfo, president of the Friends of the Bigelow Senior Center in Fairfield, shares her battles with two timely topics we are now wrestling with as a nation: prejudice and the coronavirus. Listen for tips on how to build...

Questions with a fellow Classmate

This interview is between two classmates while they converse about questions that are important to them.

The Life of My Grandmother: A Woman of Grace, Faith, and Strength

Today we discussed the life, times, and legacy of my Grandmother Muriel Burke. We cover a range of topics from throughout her life, including her trials and tragedies, her overcoming of these and emerging triumphant from them. She is forever...

Revealing Authenticity Through Experience: An Interview with Elizabeth Perez.

In this discussion between a mother and daughter, Christina and Elizabeth Perez discuss the facets of Elizabeth’s life that have shaped her into who she is today. Beginning with her multiple moves as a child and her various exposure to...

TheGreatListen2018

In this interview Alyssa Norton and Mary Matthews talked about Mary’s past and some of her greatest memories. Mary shared her stories of when she was a child and how she met her first love.

Wheeler – Peer

In this interview I talked with Alex about race, which he expanded upon in regards to how he likes to be part of the solution and how everybody can help to make a change.

MacDonald-Influencer

My mother, Diane MacDonald, describes how racism affects her life from when she was young up to today’s society, and how that there needs to be a change.