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service learning project for civics 2024 Rigoberto Cabral

An 8 minute interview with my favorite person.

Connie Smith (65) has a conversation with her sister Virginia Haag (64) about growing up, work, raising children, hobbies, and faith.

Mom and I talk about how safety is important and how fear from 9/11 still remains

The interview with Irene about her difficult times in life and good times and how it’s pushed her to do better. The lessons that were learned that pushed her into a successful future.

Interview of Ann Kruss early life

My grandmother’s experience growing up in Germany during the end of World War 2, and her journey to the United States.

We talked about parents and history and cousins.

We talked about my life as a kid, and what my mother’s life was like. We also talked about times in both of our lives where we had been the most in trouble and when our parents were the most...

In this interview, made on December 13, 2020 in Naperville IL, Heidi Mick (13) interviews Deidre Mick (49) about important events and people in her life. Deidre talks about how her childhood has greatly affected her life, and what her...

This interview is about Gabriel’s childhood and connecting it to his military experience. He discusses his early life, school, basic training, and his actually military service. #SHSCOWBOYS

I talked to my dad a month into my freshmen year at college over zoom

This interview of LaVerne was taken in kalamazoo at Friendship village

We talked about Michael’s important memories and the lessons and wisdom he has gained from those. We also talked about the influential people in his lives and how they helped shaped who he is today.

I interviewed Christine DeMordaunt (my mom) and she is always been a person I look up to and want to know more about her work experience and about her mom, whom I never got to meet. Christine shares life lessons...

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in South Barrington, Illinois, Raj Patel (16) interviews his grandfather Prabhudas Patel (70) about his childhood from living in a poor village in Western India and to discuss how he immigrated to America....

Susan Soric talks about her life and the path that led her to becoming a lesbian mother and minister.

“My childhood was actually great!” In November of 2018, ninth grade student, Olivia Foxman interviewed her grandmother, Shelly Foxman. Olivia learns about Shelly’s admirable  childhood post World War ll. Shelly’s story starts in 1951 in Chicago, but her family's story originates...

In this interview, conducted on November 25th, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois, Lucas Humberto Castro-Hurmpfner(15) interviews Dr. Jose Castro-Urioste (56) about the United States. He first shares about coming to the United States and how he first felt about it. Next...

In this interview, recorded November 23, 2016 in Urbana, Illinois, I, Jack Larson age 16, talk to my Grandpa, Carl S Larson age 84, about his life and experiences. Born in 1934, he attended University of Illinois and became a...

Liam Gebert (17) and Susan Snyder (54) talk about their heritage, christmas and family. Susan talks of her fathers effect of her life, her hobbies and job today. She talks of how the great depression effected her father. And how...

November 25 2018 in Chicago IL I Interviewed Mary Thomas about her life. Mary Thomas is 61 Years old and this my grandma I am 15 years old. Mary had a good childhood she grown to be an intelligent women....

I talked about life with my mother and things she did with her life. I also talked her beliefs and things she wanted to change about her life.

We talked about how he started his career, older family members, and favorite holidays.

I interviewed my father who helped gave great advice for young couples, raising children, etc