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One Small Step partners Robert Cornett (58) and Eduardo "Eddie" Resendiz-Moya (36) have a conversation about many social issues, immigration, and the second amendment.

Friends and coworkers Jaclyn Schwartz (36) and Catherine Hoyt (38) reflect on their experience as women in science, discussing some of the challenges they face as women in their field.

One Small Step conversation partners Rachel Douglas (46) and Ioan Ban (41) discuss about politics.

Friends and members of Out Loud Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus Trystan Craigo (47) and Connor "CJ" Woodward (62) come together to reflect on their experiences transitioning to male later in life.

[Recorded Tuesday, May 16, 2023] Cindy (63) and Bobby (51) have a One Small Step Conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Cindy is a writer and cares deeply about social justice, equity, and being involved with local nonprofits. Bobby is a husband...

Arturo Sandoval (75) and his daughter Oriana Sandoval (43) talk about their passion for social justice and share the challenges they face advocating for policy change.

Robin Rader (70) and her husband, Haven Miller (68), interview Robin's mother, Jane Hyde Rader (94), about what it was like growing up on a farm in Southwest Missouri in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Friends and colleagues Paulette Davis Horton (67) and Arthur L. Mack (67) have a conversation about the history of how freed slaves began being educated in post-Civil War Mobile, Alabama, and how some of those initial students impacted African-American education...

One Small Step partners, Jo Ann Graham (71) and Kathleen "Kathy" Brophy (58), discuss their upbringing and relationship with their families. They talk about sexuality, gender expression, and religion.

Debbie King (42) shares a conversation with her friend, El Campbell (31), about gender fluidity, coming out, community, capitalism, and living with a chronic illness.

Terry Brackett (73) shares a conversation with her friend Pamela Horowitz (75) one of the first lawyers at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Pamela talks about what drew her to civil rights and poverty litigation work, her career as an...

One Small Step conversation partners Cale Green (31) and Mathew Mulhelm (39) discuss influential moments in their lives, their political values, and pressing issues in Alaska.

One Small Step conversation partners Kathleen Gaffney (62) and Valerie Wood-Lewis (56) met virtually to discuss their views on feminism, abortion, animal rights, freedom of speech and Donald Trump.

One Small Step conversation partners, Dr. Fen Kennedy (32) and Sabrina Reynolds (49), discuss their relationship to the American South, how educational models influence politics, and the ways that they've become happier over the years.

Emma Fivek (28) talks to her friend Golara Haghtalab (30) about Golara's book, Immigrant: Turning 30 in America. The two discuss how Golara came to the US and her journey since arriving. Going from hostessing at a restaurant in Charlottesville,...

Friends Quay Williams (23) and Sharonda Edwards (22) share a conversation about growing up and being Black and queer in the Mississippi Delta.

Jonathan Chu (75) shares a conversation with Carol Berkin (78) about the ways in which academia led to a form of self fulfillment.

Janet Hogue Thompson (77) talks with her daughter Michelle Thompson (51) about the life of her mother Mary Maxine McAninch Hogue (1920-1993) in rural Casey County, Kentucky.

Michael (31) talks with Charla (30) about her recently published memoir, poverty, and radical honesty.

Melanie DeJoode (55) talks to her son Felix DeJoode (19) about how they both experienced Felix's coming out as transgender.

Dear pals, Lexie and Marina, talk about growing up in the Midwest, resonance with effeminate men, coming out as many things, hospitalization, the anthology "Written on the Body." The interview may or may not close with a lil song :)

Chaaski [no age given] and their significant other, Bobby Sanchez (24), reflect on their queer identities, the impact of their upbringing, and culture clash.

A brief conversation between two Black non-binary people (one who is also trans-identifying) and their struggles with society, growing up and coming to understand gender identity, expression & sexuality.

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The goal for this project is to broaden our perspectives on topics like language, gender, and politics by learning from other people’s life stories. We found that the connecting thread through all of our personal stories that dealt with these...