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Sherwood Regional Library customer, Loretta, discusses kindness from strangers. This conversation was a part of the “All Together Now: Share Your Stories” program for the Fairfax County Public Library’s 2023 Summer Reading Adventure for adults. You can learn more about...

Elijah Poile age 16 talks with his Mom: Belinda Poile age 41 about her past.

Leonie volunteers for the Villages of San Mateo County to give back after her experience caring for her mother.

One Small Step conversation partners Leslie (53) and Ladonne (52) talk about Buddhism, missionary work, travel, "church hurt," different kinds of Republicans, and personal choice.

In this interview, Mihailo Jovanovic speaks with his daughter, Anka Jovanovic, about his immigration to the United States from Serbia, the challenges that came with it, and how he grew as a person in the process. The interview focuses on...

Kaylei Knight talks with Katie Wilson, a nurse and mother of three boys, about her experience with her family before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Austin Laufersweiler, 18, talks with school counselor, Maru Gonzalez, 26, about Austin’s advocacy work for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning and queer youth in his high school. Austin was named the student advocate of the year for his work to...

I, Blake, interview my Grandpa Raymond on his life growing up in Virginia, and his perspective on life today.

Michelle Brenard, 62, tells facilitator Sarah Geis, 28, about the lesbian group she founded for women over 40 and her family.

Ariana Ramos (14) talks to her grandmother, Naomi Ramos (77) about her childhood. They also talk about how she wants to be remembered, and about the life that she has lived and continues to live.

Friend talks with friend about Hepatitis outbreak in Fremont, Nebraska, how she contracted the virus and the lawsuits and organization that have come out of this outbreak.

Nephew interviews aunt about her life growing up in the Ozarks and in Nebraska as well as family stories.

Emelie C. Gill (91), tells her daughter, Alicia (50), about growing up in Kansas City, meeting her husband Pat, working during WWII, and moving to Houston so that Pat could work for the space program.

Larry Wolfson, 55, is interviewed by his partner of 22 years, Dave Fong, 42, about his experience coming out as gay in San Francisco during the late 70’s.

Courtney and Mary have been friends since the 1970s and they came in to memorialize the 2 men who they apprenticed with as carpenters.

James Ritter, 85, tells his daughter Mary Wolfe, 49, about his work as a public school music education teacher.

Karen DeShazer (53) interviews her friend, Lewis Turner (78) about his ties to the Mohave Valley area. Lewis remembers the first time he visited Arizona and talks about his work developing agricultural land.

Martin Everall and Mike Hughes talk about coming to America from the UK 35 years ago, and how the two countries are similar and different.

Rebecca Salant, 16, and her brother Max Salant, 16, talk with their siblings, Ilana Salant, 16, and Jacob Salant, 17, about their trip to Mexico.

Friends Sheri Bancroft [no age given] and Jenn Hall King (49) describe their friendship and notable work together as dancers, choreographers, and creatives “dancing through life.”

Mary “Wisher” Barthelman and her daughter Meg Reuthe talk about their mother-daughter relationship.

One Small Step conversation partners Larry Kirchmer (76) and Grace Dang (23) talk about mental health, generational differences, and agnosticism.

My Grandmother had grown up during a period of Navajo re-education during the 40s'- and 50's-. She had gotten herself off the Reservation and was able to get a Highschool and College level education. She found herself raising a family...

Betty Standfill (65) and her daughter Tiffany Laposi (40) have a conversation about BS’s children, her mother, her husband Clyde, and the place she grew up, Amboy, WA.