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One Small Step partners Leigh Carlson (67) and Donald Doyle (38) connect over a mutual passion for helping others.

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 conversation partners Beverly Light (67) and Pamela Bridgmon (52) discuss why they wanted to participate in One Small Step, their personal political beliefs, and influences on their life.

Tim Young (61) and One Small Step partner, Paul Lewis (71), exchange personal experiences, religious beliefs, and political concerns.

One Small Step conversation partners Mary Aldridge (75) and Dalton Glasscock (25) talked about their values, travel, historical events they'll never forget, and being too aware, or not aware enough, of politics.

One Small Step conversation partners Jill White (52) and Holly [No Name Give] (55) exchange their lived experiences and find many parallels. They relate as mothers over having children struggling on social media, considering online learning, and being independent thinkers.

One Small Step partners Bethany Byrd (62) and RosaMaria Henry (75) talk about owning non-profit organizations, COVID-19, and politics.

One Small Step conversation partners John Kirk (57) and Lou Donkle (70) workers, unions, personal responsibility and systemic injustice.

One Small Step conversation partners Donna Becker (74) and Nicholas Reno (35) talk about their experiences with gun ownership in their families, and address their concerns with what the right level of legislation is for them. They bond over their...

One Small Step conversation partners Pat George (65) and Edgar Pando (30) discussed being a public servant and giving back to the community, the current political climate, compromise, sobriety, the impact their families had on their values and worldview as...

One Small Step conversation partners, Mary Hill [no age given] and Wealthia Jackson [no age given], discuss their backgrounds and experiences and how those shaped their beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Kelley Nelson (62) and Franklin Strum (39) talk about the media's impact on people's understanding of politics and truth, politicians, and how we might come together or stay divided.

One Small Step conversation partners Neil Suter (60) and Ann Foley (52) talk about corporations, homelessness, libertarianism, and Islam.

One Small Step conversation partners Patricia Jordan (66) and Geneele Crump (64) talk about the influences in their lives, their political values and their choice of careers in healthcare.

One Small Step conversation partners Luke Catlin (49) and Jaclyn McAnarney (35) talk about fearing what we don't know, the wisdom of being uncertain, patriarchy, being a true patriot, and "following the money."

One Small Step conversation partners Niki Gedroic (58) and Lydia Gibb (64) have a conversation about Women's Rights, social media, and the Electoral College.

One Small Step conversation partners Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards (56) and Rabbi Laurence "Larry" Schlesinger (72) have a conversation about Israel, religion, and fostering connection between religions.

Anja Thomas (49) speaks with her One Small Step conversation partner Alisson Klaiber (37) about how their personal experiences shaped their beliefs.

One Small Step partners, Joanna Bjerum (41) and Lyndia DeShazer (79) are natives Kansans that share their experiences in their careers, their family histories, and a love for their state.

One Small Step conversation partners Alexandra Wohlgemuth (34) and Jack Wilkin (27) talk about being open, Christianity and how we see the world, questioning things, having tough conversations, and the difference one person can make.

One Small Step conversation partners Linda Adams (65) and Ruth Ellen Lynch (59) speak of influential people, political views, "anti-vaxers," human misunderstandings, and what they thought could be important conversations.

Acquaintances and One Small Step conversation partners Susan Caldwell (64) and Troy Jones (39) talk about parents, traveling and mixed denominations in family backgrounds, as well as not putting people into "cookie cutter" political categories.

One Small Step conversation partners Joel Anderson (60) and Cia Verschelden (66) discuss major influences in their life, the civil rights movement, serving in the military and political points of view.

One Small Step conversation partners Harry "Jess" Frieze (75) and Phillip Journey (64) discuss guns, pragmatism in politics, family businesses, the American Dream.

One Small Step partners Scott Benolken (54) and Martha Marnocha (68) share a conversation about their mutual love of the North Shore, the disappearance of the middle class, over-tourism, and finding spirituality in nature.