Search Interviews

One Small Step partners Victor Acevedo (61) and Ajax Greene (66) discuss understanding LGBTQ identities as straight cis men, whether businesses should take political stands, and their fears around aging and disability.

One Small Step partners Suzi [No Name Given] (75) and Charles "Roger" Bolton (68) discuss their views on abortion, how history will view January 6, and whether impeachment proceedings against presidents help our country.

One Small Step partners Manuel Lopez (38) and Jason Wood (43) discuss immigration, transgender children, and cultural differences around mental health.

Karen Kiefer (53), Juliet "Ebiere" Cole (75), and Femi Cole (52) discuss building community in Green Bay, WI, culture shock, diversity, and cross-cultural interactions.

One Small Step conversation partners Dolores Sheff (63) and Nancy Jones (70) discuss voting for different parties, but sharing many common interests and opinions around being compassionate towards others, education, money in politics, abortion, gun control, anti-depressants and joy.

Heather Williams (47) has a conversation with her mother, Gladys Huenink (74), about their family history dating back to the 1830s.

Stepmother and stepson Tobi Hanna-Davies (76) and Justin Davies (52) talk about their shared experiences with Micronesia and their mutual desire to educate the United States about different cultures.

The Penza Family, Evelyn & Tony discuss their family history, their immigrant experience in South Jersey, and the dynamic way their Italian-American immigrant-family legacy was created using the foodways of Southern New Jersey.

Kathy Purnell (54) interviews her colleague, Bita Edraki (57), about her childhood in Iran before the Iranian Revolution, her journey to the United States, and her Bahá’í faith that has guided her through many transitions in life.

One Small Step partners Sasha Lewis (45) and Julius "Jules" Rothlein (74) discuss their faith backgrounds, raising a transgender child, and some of the experiences that shaped their political views.

One Small Step partners Mei Lun "Jessica" Chau (50) and Stephan Lowy (64) discuss their personal and professional backgrounds, experiences with travel, and the problems with extreme views in politics.

Monica Ennis (61) has a conversation with her father, Wolfgang Lauck (94), about him growing up in Germany during World War II and immigrating to the United States.

One Small Step Partners, William Oliver (36) and Sukaina Hussain (38) discuss their families and their journey's to doing work within their communities.

Friends Dallis Anderson (66) and William "Bill" Toulios (43) discuss equity in the school system. Dallis was Bill's basketball coach at the school where Bill is now the superintendent.

Nadine Lutz (49) talks with her husband John Lutz (52) about her experience coming to the United States from Lebanon and the challenges she faced.

One Small Step partners Jayme Hightower (41) and Steve LaPorta (60) discuss missionary work, systemic racism, and how to improve schools in our country.

On May 14th, I, Stephany Gonzalez (16), interviewed my older cousin, Catarina Juan (20) for my Service Learning Project about Institutional Racism. She talked about the struggles of race and ethnicy she faced when she migrated to the United States...

My aunt was speaking on behalf of my grandmother and grandfather (Nonno and Nonna). They had left Italy during the year of 1968, and traveled to Brooklyn NY, in order to provide for their family by working.

Tammam "Tom" Abouassaf (53) talks with his daughter Amal Abouassaf (21) about immigrating to the United States, his experience of culture shock, and what he is most proud of in his life.

Friends Randy Williams [no age given] and Jess Lucero [no age given] discuss how they met and their work with the Cache Refugee Immigrant Connection (CRIC).

One Small Step partners Cecilia Lucero (61) and Julie Gee (56) discuss immigration, cancel culture, and concerns about the government.

One Small Step partners Beckie Hernandez (46) and Loni Jenks (40) have a conversation about religion, politics, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yefim Ostrozhansky (75) and Vicki Ostrozhansky (74) speak of the ways antisemitism affected their life in the Soviet Union.

Nicole Tindall (16) talks to her mother Amy Chen (49) about her experience being a Taiwanese immigrant in America.

One Small Step partners G. "Randy" Tate (69) and Dan Simpson (56) discuss their mutual connection to the golfing industry, conservation, and what makes them uncomfortable about their respective political "side."