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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...

In this interview I talked to my mom that is 40 years old about our family. We went deep in the history of our family and the last jobs that my late grandfather took place in. Also about my grandmother...

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.

Samantha Blake talks with her mother, Dawn Blake about her heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest of 2006 and her advocacy for AED and CPR training across the country.

My mother is among the first women computer programmers. She started her journey as a programmer and ended as CIO. Amazing journey for an African American woman in the 1960s.

James "Jim" Taylor (75) speaks with his wife, Geraldine "Geri" Taylor (77), about her experience living with Dementia. They discuss finding the joy in every day living and their hopes for the future.

Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia (33) talks with his friend and colleague Kathleen Sexsmith (36) about his work advocating for farmers' rights and immigrant rights as it relates to human trafficking work. He talks about how he came to the work,...

What is it like for my father to be a black cop in America.

One Small Step partners Donte Data [no age given] and Theresa Davidson [no age given] discuss their community work, their racial and ethnic identities, and their personal political values.

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.

Raphael Pantet, 24, visiting San Francisco from Brazil, talks with facilitator Frank Kingman, 64, about his several trips throughout the U.S., having dual Swiss/Brazilian citizenship, and compares how race is talked about in the U.S. and Brazil.

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...

Ismail Moharam [no age given] speaks with Lily Lipman [no age given] about living with a visual disability, arriving to the United States from Yemen, and the ways he supports himself and his friends.

Las amigas Crystal Sandoval (35) y Gabby Munoz (36) hablan de cómo se conocieron, sus vidas en la frontera, su trabajo de brindar servicios legales a inmigrantes y refugiados, y su amistad. [Friends Crystal Sandoval (35) and Gabby Munoz (36)...

Dr. L.C. Myles Jr. (54) interviews his wife, Ambassador Dr. Sharron J. Brown (51), about her life, touching on her experiences with abuse and human trafficking, and her life now writing and speaking on those topics.

Yana Lee-Fong (62) talks with her friend Marvin Lim (39) about their community and their experiences.

Linda Ginzel (56) tells Nancy Cowles (56) how losing her 16month-old baby to a crib accident at a local daycare, inspired her to start her own organization called Kids in Danger, an organization dedicated to protect children by improving the...

Friends Bronwyn Miller [no age given] and Maleica [No Name Given] [no age given] discuss Maleica having HIV, survival, and hope.

Dot Jackson (65) talks about her life, legacy, and the way she wants to be remembered with her daughter Kelly Underwood (45).

The life and struggles of the african american people in Mississippi and the hero’s that are often not talked about in these cities and the impacts they had on the occupants of those towns lives and influence on them to...

Andrew Cook (22), his mother Karen Cook (64), and Andrew's teacher Dr. Michelle Haney (50) talks about their relationships to each other, Andrew's self-advocacy and self-determination, access to education and opportunities for people with disabilities, and Andrew's future goals.

Coworkers Amy Petkovsek (39) and Stuart Simms (70) talk about their childhood dreams, their careers, the advocacy work they are doing to serve the people of Maryland, and their future goals.

One Small Step conversation partners Laura Keadle (64) and Kathleen Peake (65) talk about their shared sense of adventure, rebelling against spaces that do not traditionally welcome women, and desiring civility in political discussions.

Camdyn (19), sits down with friend Abe (19), to discuss what it’s like growing up as an adopted child, as well as discussing being black in America.