Overcoming Struggles

Raul Espinosa (17) talks with one his church member, Saul Melendez (67) about his experience of life. The ways he surpasses obstacles.

Michael L. Scott talks with his friend Angela Prandini

Michael Scott talks about his father McKinley Scott, growing up below the Mason-Dixon Line, and a bombing of their house by the Ku Klux Klan in North East, MD.

The Early Childhood of Dr. Suvankar “Seve” Majumdar

A son asks his dad a few questions about his early childhood, to get a better understanding about who his dad is and how his dad’s actions and experiences as a child have shaped him into the man he is...

From Bombay to Mumbai: Shrutha and her mom discuss living in post-colonial India.

In this interview, conducted in June 2021 in Rockville, Maryland, Shrutha (17) interviews her mom, Ms. Pai, about growing up in India after the period of British colonialism. Ms. Pai describes what India looked like before the British arrived, painting...

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Tiffany Matthews-Lay and Donna Curtis

Tiffany Matthews-Lay (46) shares a conversation with her aunt Donna Curtis (69) about Tiffany’s son and the role that Tiffany’s mother, Donna’s sister, played in helping to raise him.

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Deborah Kleinmann and Nancy Goldring

Deborah “Spice” Kleinmann (58) shares a conversation with her friend and colleague, Nancy Goldring (57), about Nancy’s childhood, her experience growing up in Towson, Maryland, the history and legacy of slavery in Towson, and the implications of the proposed Red...

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Lisa Greenhouse and Scott Ancarrow

Lisa Greenhouse (59) shares a conversation with her neighbor, Scott Ancarrow (41), about how he became a pastor in Baltimore, his current church and congregation, and how his church adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.