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A few interesting topics with some sensitivity talked about with two ELS students.

One Small Step conversation partners Arlana Reaves (30) and Randi Brasfield (33) discuss their upbringing in more conservative areas, and both share their stories of learning more about themselves.

One Small Step partners Kunal Patel (29) and Dasia Clemons (24) talk about the Black Lives Matter protests and different ways to create effective social change in their conversation.

One Small Step conversation partners Rasheeda Larkin (35) and Neil McCormick (67) talk about their families, the Black Lives Matter movement and abortion.

[Recorded: January 5, 2022] Bill Farrell (70) and Juhi Desai (28) sit down to record a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Juhi is a current UVA Law student working towards a career as a public defender. Bill underwent...

One Small Step partners Arline Erven (38) and Joseph Loftus (67) discuss fiscal conservatism, loss of faith, voter responsibility, government involvement in people's lives, transgender rights, and the 2nd Amendment.

An open conversation about what is BLM and and the personally perspective from a young African American.

Person in Charlotte conversations were engaged in response to Black Lives Matter (BLM), as a way for us to learn more about racism in America. We are meeting with our friends who have graciously agreed to have an open conversation...

Long time friends Denise Jackson Ford (54) and Renoir Finizio (74) recall how they met and became friends through a women's group, and share some of their personal beliefs surrounding politics and current events.

Theodore and his mother Colleen talk about attending marches in support of Black rights in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

Discussion between Pace Academy senior Isabel Battista and Pace Academy biology teacher Dr. Kaylan Haizlip about the events of 2020, from COVID-19, to the renewed racial justice and BLM movement, to the 2020 election.

Akacia Corbin’s grandfather Sye Smith talks about his past experiences in the military, other careers, and living during segregation with his family.

One Small Step conversation partners Diane Brown (57) and Loren "Brad" Armstrong (74) talk about their views around different topics, like representation, influences, and current political policies.

Person in Charlotte conversations were engaged in response to Black Lives Matter (BLM), as a way for us to learn more about racism in America. We are meeting with our friends who have graciously agreed to have an open conversation...

Blaire Washington (16) interviews Blair Imani (26), a historian, educator, author, and influencer, about her life as a black queer Muslim woman. They talk about why Blair decided to educate people and what she educates them about, her struggles and...

Khalil Ayed (25) interviews his friend Tijay Mohammed (34) about growing up in Ghana, moving to New York and his life's work as an artist, including designing the word "Black" in the Black Lives Matter mural in Manhattan in 2020.

One Small Step partners Karla Westfall Hunt (69) and James Ford (52) have a conversation about how they feed their souls in ministry work, the marvels of the marriages in their lives, and their shared belief in speaking across differences.

One Small Step conversation partners Clara O'Daniel (62) and Hannah Livingstone (21) talk about their experience with homeschool, passions for history, the importance of forgiveness, and the complexities in library censorship.

One Small Step partners John Liposky (81) and Eric Reed (80) discuss Black Lives Matter, the Constitution, and the importance of teachers and teaching.

Person in Charlotte conversations were engaged in response to Black Lives Matter (BLM), as a way for us to learn more about racism in America. We are meeting with our friends who have graciously agreed to have an open conversation...

Friends and coworkers at The Environmental Charter School, Ashley Capps (31) and Michelle King (48), speak about being members of the Guerrilla Teacher Academy, reinventing traditional teaching methods, and trying to do right by all students.

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

Friends Michaela McGee (29) and Marisela Milian (28) share a conversation about their time spent at Crossroads MA and how the camp changed them and led them to become the people they are today.

A 12 year old who organized a Black Lives Matter protest speaks with her mom who immigrated alone to the United States about how each of them have experienced race and how this has shaped their lives.

Iris Brito Stevens (59) talks with Rena Oppenheimer (30s) about her experience during the Black Lives Matter Uprising that took place in Oakland, California (aka Ohlone land) in the summer of 2020. The goal is to learn something meaningful about...