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Mary Isaacson (46) and Julie Summers (46) discuss their time spent with the CampFire organization. They have been involved in some capacity since high school and are both current Board Members

Akiba Shabazz talks with her daughters Naja and Zuri about her life growing up with her parents in Memphis, her marriages and travels.

Kathleen Wright, 41, interviews her father Kenneth Lynch, 67, about his childhood.

Joyce Hayes, 64, talks with her friend Tanene, 28, about growing up in Chicago and her involvement with social work, education and politics.

Friends Linda Barkenbush (43) and Sydney Lewis (43) share a conversation about how they first met, TV crushes, the value of camp, their work, game shows, snack foods, and their friendship.

Claire McCoy (58) sits down with her father, George Black (86), to ask him about his experiences as an actor and his career as a professor in the theater departments of various universities.

One Small Step Conversation partners Dina Wood (66) and Bailey Shepard (34) discuss experiences in college, major influences in their life, personal values, and political points view.

Martin Olson (45) interviews his mother Ulla Olson (75) about her childhood and life in Sweden and later her move to the United States.

Mother and daughter Chiq Teresa Edwards Spencer Spencer (70) and Leah Spencer (48) discuss being in college at the same time, Chiq's experience as a non-traditional student, and the importance of education.

Dolores Huerta, 80, speaks with two of her daughters, Camila Chavez, 34, and Lori Huerta de Leon, 57, about being a labor leader and organizer and being a mother.

Travis Hipp (28) and his brother Stuart Hipp (32) talk about memories from their childhood as siblings and how they have grown to be better communicators with each other over time.

Robert N. Morris, 82, is interviewed by his son, Robert “Myke” Morris, 54.

Woman tells her daughter what it was like growing up on a farm.

Alice Rapallo talks about living in Boston, raising kids, and being married to an alcoholic.

Betty Olson-Zajichek (85) and Susan Zajicheck (60) interviewed by their granddaughter and daughter Maria Kemp (28). Betty and Susan talk about Betty’s childhood and young adult life, Betty’s late husband Hal, and favorite family memories.

Ann Wales (49) interviews her mother Joyce Ostergren about growing up during the Great Depression, their family, and how Joyce met her husband.

Melvin Taylor (49) asks his associate Doris Green about her career as an ethnomusicologist, her creation of Greenotation (an integrated score of percussive music and dance notation), and the time she spent traveling in Africa to learn more about the...

Kelly Rouba (30) talks to her friend Karen Palazzini (30) about learning to become an advocate for other people with juvenile diabetes, and what it’s like to live a normal life with a disability.

Friends Yvonne Rodriguez (47) and Jesús Pando (54) talk about going to college in their 30s, majoring in Physics, their ethnic backgrounds and their family.

Crosby deMenocal (35) interviews his grandfather, Dolph Simons, Jr. (93), about their family's newspaper business in Lawrence, Kansas. Dolph describes the history of the business beginning with his grandfather, W.C. Simons, and details the transformation of The Lawrence Journal-World through...

Audrey, 51, interviews her mother, Maria, about growing up in Shanghai, immigrating to the United States, and her family.

Phillip Goetz (47) interviews his wife, Monica Goetz (44), about her experiences as a student and staffer at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. She shares her family’s history and connection to the university,...

Colleagues and friends Margo Bubb (54) and Stacey DelVecchio (44) discuss the early history of the Society of Women engineers, their work with Caterpillar (CAT), and their paths to the engineering field.