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One Small Step partners Catherine Powell (60) and Joseph "Joe" Gabriszeski (70) talk about poverty in the US, share who their biggest influences are, and discuss their political views.

Zakaria Davis (19) talks to her new acquaintance, Nancy Zook (55), about her life, her family and friends, how she feels to be graduating from high school, and her hopes and goals for the future.

Asking my mom about her life

The busy life of a Financial Center Manager and mother of three

We talked about my mother's life growing up as a greek othadox and how she became muslim.

Louis spoke about his father and his memories and admiration for his father Harold Milton Joannes.

What it’s Like

Some questions about their childhood, children, and memories.

Talking about her childhood

Tattianna Howard (28) and her friend, Tracy Kostenbader (52), talk about community art, intergenerational art spaces, past collaborations, future project ideas, and their friendship.

I talked to my dad about his childood and where he grew up . We also talked about his job.

My Mom and Step Dad are getting married soon. I wanted to ask a few questions that might not be remembered. I also wanted things that are not sad every day to be told today. My parents won't get to...

Josh Korby (42), shop manager of Working Bikes, talks with colleague and Working Bikes volunteer Chris Newman (42) about the early days of Working Bikes, and how the organization has grown since 2000. He also talks about the international donation...

One Small Step conversation partners Eric Davis (64) & Mary Lewis (78) discuss their lifelong witnessing of race relations, racism, and working for change.

Barbara (Bunny) Sims (73) and her husband, Bruce Sims (74), remember Bunny's father and the role he played in World War II while serving in the U.S. Navy. They also discuss their family, their careers, and the places they've lived.

My father, Chas Peterson, describes his childhood and growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, in the D.C area. He now works in telecommunications.

My mother’s side of the family

Jawaun Stamps (20) talks to his mentor at Lawndale Christian Legal Center, Heather Saunders (36), about his family, and growing up in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.

One Small Step conversation partners Rev. Kristin McAtee (53) and Dr. Marc Dreyer (75) met for the first time virtually for a conversation. In it, they discuss what brought them to a career in the church, what the phrase "defunding...

Ellen Boone (82) and her daughter Karen Bahow (54) record a remembrance for Grandma Olga, who passed away 10 years ago at 104 years old. The two share stories of Olga and Olga's parents who journeyed to the U.S. from...

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.

I interviewed my endeared grandmother who I call my Nana. She has lived a full and wonderful life. She is an example of a hard working woman and a loving friend and mother figure to all. I’m blessed to be...

Musicians and colleagues, Robert Dillon (41), and Peter Martin (41), talk about their percussion ensemble, Third Coast Percussion. They talk about their mentors over the years and the Chicago music scene.

The story of how Nicu Pasca’s experience finding his way to America

Words from my father, a role model in my life.