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One Small Step conversation partners Derek Scheuerman (23) and Jay Russell (27) are acquaintances who learn more about each other discussing the commonalities and differences in their upbringings, hardships they've faced, religious identities, gender identities, and goals for the future.

One Small Step conversation partners Patrick Tyrrell (20) and Charlotte Hammond (18) find many commonalities and differences in their life experiences, general attitudes towards life and dreams of the future. They discuss religion, their parents, abortion and sex ed, and...

One Small Step conversation partners Christopher "Chris" Allen (53) and Andrea Edwards (55) discuss encounters with cyber-stalking with their kids, speaking across political differences with family, and influential people in their lives.

One Small Step conversation partners Marie Thompson (51) and Rosalind "Roz" Watkins (60) share coping mechanisms from childhood and as adults, loss of loved ones, addiction and recovery, political policies and conversing with people who disagree with them.

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 Carson Berrier (23) and Anna Koutsouftikis (18) talk about how they grew up, their religious beliefs, politics, their interests and what they see and hope for their futures.

One Small Step conversation partners Dolores Sheff (63) and Nancy Jones (70) discuss voting for different parties, but sharing many common interests and opinions around being compassionate towards others, education, money in politics, abortion, gun control, anti-depressants and joy.

Kasey Madden (35) and Brian McGill (50) find commonality from opposite coasts, sharing similar feelings on being raised Catholic and moving away from organized religion, community service, worries about societal and political divisiveness, safety for women and trans people and...

One Small Step conversation partners Sara Tickel (41) and and Robert A. "Bob" Tuttle (76) talk about drug and alcohol addiction as well as gender and identity issues relating to labels and stereotypes.

Melvin Johnson (65) and Darryl Hicks (67) share their common experiences driving trucks, growing up black, and the joy and importance of having conversations with different kinds of people and not making assumptions.

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 conversation partners Judith "Judy" Sherk (72) and Darlene Dabbs (68) discussed parenting, the adoption process, COVID-19's impact on their faith, and their experience with the One Small Step conversation.

Austin [No name given] (42) from Kentucky and Michel [No name given] (50) from Belgium both moved to Atlanta, Georgia recently, and used their different backgrounds to discuss U.S. and world politics.

One Small Step partners Patty Carpenter (63) and Bill Mears (79) reflect on open-mindedness, their experiences in their church communities, and the state of meritocracy and access to opportunity in the United States.

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...

One Small Step conversation partners Adrianna Benson (51) and Phoebe Wagner (68) discuss labels, assumptions and mental health. They talk about seeing what's inside a person, rather than putting people in "boxes".

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.