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One Small Step partners John Hammer (59) and Jessica DePrest Rhine (44) have a conversation about how they deal with political divisiveness inside their relationships and experiences they have had with religion.

One Small Step conversation partners Mackenzie Babichenko (40) and Greta Harris (63) have a conversation about their experience working on the Virginia Redistricting Committee and how they bridge their political divide and became friends.

One Small Step conversation partners Amy Tingle (54) and Trish Aylward (61) talk about art, community building, loss, baking, and cats.

One Small Step conversation partners Marianne Vermeer [no age given] and Michelle Branson Johann [no age given] discuss about politics.

One Small Step partners and long time friends Elizabeth Brady (58) and Jennifer Perrow (53) discuss what they are most proud of in the past year, working in HR and accommodating the hardships people are facing in their jobs, and...

One Small Step Partners, Marc Bady (38) and Keith Bergthold (72), discuss their community involvement in Fresno and reflect on the role that music, arts, and culture can play in being unifying forces.

One Small Step Partners Cheryl Henry (60) and Cindy Martin (70) share stories about their families, political beliefs, and their home state of Virginia, and student loan forgiveness.

One Small Step partners Vanessa Schoon Smith (45) and Heather Brownlie (50) discuss the assumptions people make about them, political extremism drowning out moderatism, social media encouraging divisiveness, and their hopes for the future.

One Small Step partners Gretchen Wallisch (38) and Thomas Ketchum (59) sit down for a conversation about Roe v. Wade and libertarianism.

One Small Step partners Cindi Gould (66) and Susan Kleto (66) sit down for a conversation about growing up and the changing tides of political and social issues.

Tom Labeau (69) and Cathy Payne (69) discuss their midwestern roots, early memories of politics, and the role that politics play in their familial relationships.

One Small Step partners Lindsay Komline (31) and Teresa Dominick (58) have a conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic and immigration reform.

One Small Step conversation partners Leslie Hoyt (66) and Emily Hatch (34) discuss their differing political beliefs, feelings around motherhood, and find common ground around experiences of loss and grief.

One Small Step conversation partners Abigail "Abby" Arthur (51) and Sheena Belcher-Hubbard (40) spend the better part of an hour discussing motherhood, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the heightened division in our country.

One Small Step partners Johanna Winkler (41) and Sharon Craig (51) talk about motherhood and the similarities and differences of their experiences as mothers.

One Small Step conversation partners Sally Gilbert (67) and Jeri Thompson (63) discuss their shared experiences growing up in the South, raising children, and reckoning with their race. They reflect on their generational connection and their hopes for the future.

One Small Step partners Wendy Lambert (56) and Tia Carlton (48) talk about religion, motherhood, and the changes in their careers.

One Small Step participants Tyler Beam (44) and Sarah Davis (40) discuss their experiences living abroad, what it's like pursuing a second career and master's degree in their forties, their political beliefs, and their spiritual identities.

One Small Step partners JoAnn McCarthy (60) and Amy Mack (63) discuss teaching, the COVID-19 pandemic, and motherhood.

One Small Step partners Julie Ann Sullivan (71) and George Lynch (61) talk about parenthood, political values, and grief.

One Small Step conversation partners Angela Mayer (51) and Venita Blackburn (38) talk about their shared curiosity about other people, impactful moments from their youth, the importance of education, and their frustrations with their political parties.

One Small Step participants Deborah Briggs (68) and Melanie Reeves (55) talk about their differing views on Democrats and the "victim mentality."

One Small Step partners Kate Uhlir (82) and Andrew Duxbury [no age given] inquire about each other's lives, one being a mother of six and the other a Geriatrics doctor.

One Small Step conversation partners Tara Casey (48) and Nicole Unice (43) discuss family, faith and raising their children with awareness.

In their One Small Step conversation, Sue Kelly (48) and Hallie Tischendorf (20) talk about their different perspectives on politics due to their age and relationship to other generations.