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Sonya Hollins (55) interviews her mother Elvira Bernard [no age given] about Elvira’s decision to go back to school as single mother of four children in order to become a nurse. They also discuss hurdles Elvira faced in the nursing...

Colleagues and friends Terry Batey (46) and Sandra Shimon (50) talk about the successes and challenges of the equity work that they have taken on at the Chicago high school at which they work. They reflect on the lessons they've...

Tiffany Baker (48) and her former mentor, Terri Treiman (66), talk about their previous StoryCorps interview, Terri’s career in social work, and Tiffany’s career helping youth in the foster system.

Fadil Lee (49) and his wife, Megan Lee (50), have a conversation about their lives, including reconnecting and marrying after having met in college 25 years earlier and adopting a daughter in the past year.

StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus (62) has a conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar (54) about his book, America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy.

As a creative scholar she explored how her background informs her creative practice.

Old friends Vonnie McMillan (74) and George Moore (90) recall how they met and share thoughts on the legacies they hope to leave behind.

Curtis Young (81) and his son, Mike Strautmanis (50), talk about their relationship, which had been distant earlier in Mike's life but came to develop and deepen decades later.

Nicole Bond (56) has a conversation with her classmate Alisha Williams (25) about their observations on the disparities in two areas in Chicago's South Side for their project "Justice in the City."

Friends and collaborators, Rhonda Chandler (49), Ingrid Parker-Hill (49), and Tia Sirmans (50) discuss their involvement with Lovin’ The Skin I’m In, an organization aimed at empowering and uplifting girls of color in Northeast Wisconsin.

Dorris Calhoun (73) talks to her friend Jonathan Kelley (48) about her memories of growing up in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, being a choir director at Stone Temple Baptist Church, her education, her work as a medical transcriptionist,...

Shana [No Name Given] (43) interviews her friend Angela Effinger [no age given] about her experiences as a nurse's assistant.

Tojanai Peterson-Colon (18) talks to her new acquaintance Nancy Zook (55) about graduating from high school and her plans for the future.

Friends Jeanette "Mz. Beatrice" Taylor (48) and Angela Ross (40) discuss their work in response to a local school closing and the need for changes within schooling systems.

Cousins Yvette Chestang (56) and Letitia Mabien (49) discuss their family's involvement in Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile and their perspectives on keeping traditions and the deep sense of community in their family alive.

Carlo B (46) talks to his daughter Isabella B (21) about his life, family, and his work as an operating room nurse.

Vivian Moore (60) talks with her significant other, Johnny Gilliam (62), about her career as a nurse and about working in hospice care.

Freida Curry (71) talks to her daughter Jordan Curry (32) about her childhood, her family, her career, travel, motherhood, and what she is most proud of.

Sharon Moore (53) asks her father Nathaniel Moore (91) to recall his childhood, moving to Chicago, and his experience raising a family.

Makinde Adedapo (37) talks to his sister, Aryorinde Iranlowo-Ifatunji (23) about growing up, moving to New York, and her relationship to spirituality.

Annette Nance-Holt [no age given] talks to her friend, Pamela Bosley [no age given], about their son's lives, and the impact their deaths have had on their families. They also talk about their organization, "Purpose Over Pain" and the work...

Kevin Mitchell (41) and his mother Brenda Mitchell (64) talk about Kevin's brother and Brenda's oldest son, Kenneth, who was killed in 2005, and how his death has impacted each of them personally and as a family.

Xavier McElrath-Bey (43) and James Dold (36) reflect on their childhood and the people that helped them become the men they are today.

One Small Step conversation partners Hannah Mitchell [no age given] and Arlene El-Amin [no age given] discuss growing up in Montreal and Chicago. They also discuss their Unitarian and Muslim beliefs and the ways that their beliefs are similar.

Friends and collaborators Cam Be (41) and Andre "Add-2" Daniels (37) talk about their school experiences, their development as artists, and their current work mentoring young people.