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The activism happened inside the Astro Restaurant as well as outside. The waitresses were allies to the gay community.

In this interview, Jacqueline Walker, an English professor in Denton, Texas, discusses her upbringings in rural Georgia and her political activism from an early age. As an African American woman, she offers a very unique historical perspective on several presidencies...

Her favorite things and what she likes to do

Nancy Blanchard was 44 at the time of the Stonewall Uprising.

Talking about her shift towards loving beautiful, natural African American hair, and wondering about the roots of identity.

Mother and son, Anna and Thomas, unpacked family history and Anna’s journey from growing up in a small, atypical family to creating one of her own and a life of community activism.

Ann Hein of Bayou Teche talks about language, family, activism, education, and her roots in Cajun country.

Anya San Nicolas: 2021-12-04 21:51:23

Me interviewing my mother for the great Thanksgiving listen. In the Interview

In this interview, conducted on November 2019 in Chicago, Illinois, Karen Salgado(17) interview my old friend and peer, Geovanni Celaya(17) about his about his plans for his future tomorrow. He talks about what Mark he would like to leave when...

In this interview, Kylee Johnson (16) at Egg Harbor Township High School in Egg Harbor Township New Jersey interviews Linda Peterson (69), her grandmother, on her life growing up, relationships, and her children today for the 2018 Great Thanksgiving Listen....

John Friedrich (56) talks with his friend Bob Alpern (92) talks about his work over 30 years with the Unitarian Universalist Association and Friends Committee on National Legislation, traveling across the United States conducting advocacy training workshops to “pollinate citizen...

Joan D. talks to Elijah Wiseman about growing up as one of the only African-American children in her neighborhood and school

we talked about my grandfather Garry A Mendez Jr. who was an activist for black people. We talked about his love for the people and how he always cared about people who were underserved. We also talked a little bit...

WeRISE launch team member Vashitta Johnson shares her journey through advocacy work, her commitment to racial justice, and her hopes for an equitable future. This interview is part of Westerville Public Library's Westerville Voices project.

Yetzali Peña (16) interviews their mom, Lorenza Triana-Peña, about the time she met Cesar Chavez. She shares what it was like to meet and talk to Cesar Chavez and how the meeting affected her.

I️ talked to my mom about her past experiences in life and school. She gave me advice for life and told me things about her past I’d never known.

Grandma describes her role in the women in art movement in the 1970s in DC to her three grandchildren

An interview with my roommate, Amanda, where we discuss various topics related to race and politics, and why they matter

Mike tells Sam about growing up Irish Catholic in Detroit, training to be a priest, coming to terms with his sexuality while in the church, and leading Dignity Detroit (a group for gay Catholics) in the early 70s. Mike describes...

Jackie Neale talks with her student, Lila Chapman about how she is feeling in the time of the Coronavirus global pandemic. Lila is Jackie's ungrad photography student at the New York Film Academy and upon being given the stay-at-home mandate...

In this interview, we talked about life growing up and how it affected us gowing into the future. We wanted to know how relationships in high school could, in turn, affect the outcome of who we are and what we...

Martha Ward — a remarkable woman who has grown in so many ways through different phases in her life — discusses her childhood, raising a family, career, and values to live by.

Molly Tittemore (15) talks with her Noni (Sicilian slang term for "grandmother"), who is 79 years old. They discussed her childhood, and how the events of her childhood transformed her into the dynamic woman she is today. Her Noni believes...

Food is more than a source of sustenance, it is a tool for socioeconomic advancement, and a symbol that generates individual or collective memories that help establish identity. Food highlights cultural identity because it is a force that defines social...