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Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Sisters Rebekah Sager (55) and Julie Varee (63) talk about their deep bond despite growing up in separate households.

We talked about her family heritage. We talked about her past life and how she would like to be remembered.

One Small Step conversation partners Douglas "Doug" Nye (74) and Barbara Kates (69) talk about religion and spiritual life, the Back to the Land Movement, sobriety, activism, differences in views on government, and hopes for their future generations.

Jackson Kurth: 2021-10-15 19:55:05 Jackson Kurth (20) interviews Lisa Brakebill (53) on how communication has changed over time. She gives an insightful view of how communication has changed over time. We come to a conclusion at the end of the...

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Part 1 of interview. We talked about his life growing up, his friends, high school, and his hobbies

Colleagues Mike Harmon (55) and Ev Schultz (64) reflect on their long-lasting careers as organ recovery coordinators.

We talked about my grandfather’s family history and his childhood.

Talking to gramps

Sandra’s life and parents

My mom sat down to talk to me about how growing up in a big midwestern family shaped her into who she is today and how moving to California changed her life for the better.

We discussed the significance of an heirloom family quilt and the memories it conjures up of our grandmothers and the impact they’ve had on our lives.

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

On a snowy December afternoon I, Juanita Douglas, interviewed my favorite aunt Lillie Bea Douglas Calhoune in my hometown Gary, Indiana. We talked about her life farming cotton as a teenager in Tennessee before she migrated in 1945 to Gary....

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

My grandmother, Nancy Pena, recalls her time working at US Steel in Gary, IN.

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

This is an interview about my father’s life

Alexia Dukes (25) and her mentor, Maria Rivera (47), talk about their work as high school teachers, how the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted their work and their students' lives, and their hopes for the next school year.

Nicholas Denysenko (46) interviews his church member Michael Gruszyk (55) about how he started coming to the Eastern Orthodox Church as a teenager, his education at Valparaiso University, and how the death of family members influenced his faith.