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Rebecca Jones Gaston talks with her colleague, Katherine Chon, reflecting on her experiences in social work supporting children and families, the advice she received along the way, and what she has learned about trauma, change, and resilience.

One Small Step conversation partners Denise Ellis (70) and Carol Burch (82) discuss Buddhism and yoga, growing older, and what about their own political "side" makes them uncomfortable.

Sisters Lupe Salgado (60) and Luzcelina "Lucy" Garcia (62) speak about their experience as undocumented youth in the United States, their careers and accomplishments, and how they’ve been able to support one another through it all.

Dr. Carolyn Daniels (no age given) speaks with Sara Barkouli (24) on her career in social work and teaching, meeting a memorable friend and colleague that influenced her work, and the future of the profession.

Samantha Garcia (37) speaks with her mother Luzcelina “Lucy” Garcia (60) on her journey to the United States, her educational accomplishments, and her career in social work and migrant justice.

Today I interviewed Andrea White who is 68 years old, and she is my Aunt. We talked about what inspired her to work with homeless people and why she felt that it was her calling. She also shared some really...

Kathy Haaga (73) interviews her friend Emerald "Emmi" Dunn [no age given] on their work documenting the history of Chinese-Americans in the Mid-South region.

ENDVR Fellow Roz King shares how the ENA Foundation supported her journey in emergency nursing research and the doors it opened for her career.

One Small Step conversation partners Eric Davis (64) & Mary Lewis (78) discuss their lifelong witnessing of race relations, racism, and working for change.

I sit down with Rachel Hansen, a 22-year-old social worker at CareForReal who works directly with migrant clients in Chicago. We discuss Chicago's sanctuary city status, their work at CareForReal, and ways to interact with migrants in a social work...

Friends and peers Emma "Scout" Wood (22) and Amanda Mullennix (23) talk about their paths to their religious studies academic program, their research interests, and their personal relationships with ritual and spirituality.

One Small Step conversation partners Janet Oneal (71) and Laura Lewis (57) have a conversation about the political divide, Social Media, and raising children.

One Small Step conversation partners Don Linscheid (76) and Joyce Estes (64) talk about their experiences caring for individuals with disabilities, and their frustrations with the current state of US politics.

One Small Step conversation partners Sarah White (53) and Margaret "Frances" Avery (62) have a conversation about their rural childhoods, their parents as big influences in their lives, and monuments coming down in Richmond.

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.

Rascal Roubos, author the Social Work Master's thesis "Antidotes to White Fragility" reflects with collaborators Zara Zimbardo and Toran Ailisheva of White Noise Collective on the creation of the popular and transformative somatic Antidotes curriculum.

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...

Dick Lachman remembers Bruce Heppenstall’s influence on his career and the 20th Century Orthopaedic Association

One Small Step partners Jennifer Weston (56) and Paul Wood (59) discuss the people and events that have most influenced their beliefs, why they are often troubled by people with similar beliefs, and why they are scared about the current...

Carroll Green (54) interviews her aunt Kathy Haynes (70) about growing up in a world where she was punished for being different and how her discrimination continues to impact her through adulthood.

Research collaborators Amber Christ (43) and Teresa Nguyen (35) talk about their personal paths to aging and disability advocacy, respectively, and their current collaboration to intersect the two fields into one research study. They also share how these topics relate...

Sandy and Lenny Spiegel tell about their determination to pursue higher education despite socio-economic challenges. A surprising union - Sandy, a social worker and Lenny, a physicist - met each other in Chicago in the late 1980s and followed their...

One Small Step partners Kenneth Sharrock (60) and Leslie Kaplan (56) talk about religion, ancestry, and the guiding influences of their political beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Zubair Hassan (84) and Henry Gordon (50) cover a range of political and miscellaneous topics. They find they both changed their political views in adulthood, regard medicine as poison, and believe religion should not other...

One Small Step conversation partners Jennifer Kingsby (49) and Rachelle McFeely (52) share stories and insights from from their respective careers in sports medicine and business management. The two go on to discuss topics such as social work, adjusting to...