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Cawanna Stonewall [no age given] talks to her son, Keven Stonewall, Jr. (25), about their favorite memories together, Keven's curiosity, and how Cawanna supported and encouraged him since he was very young. Keven talks about what he has learned from...

John Elliott (67) talks to Credell Walls (40) about how public education has change in the Cook County Forest Preserves over his 43 year career.

Thomas Leavens (70) and his daughter Emily Leavens (22) talk about their memories of Emily's early childhood illness. They share what they remember about her symptoms, the diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), her hospitalizations and treatments, side effects, and...

William M. Daley talks about his experience in the 1968 Democratic Convention

Nash Christian (age 20) interviews his friend Don Millar (89) about Washington Island, WI and how important an education is.

Horacio Esparza (56) tells friend and mentor Fabricio Balcazar (59) about his life as a blind man, discovering his first blind school, and coming to the United States from Mexico.

Susan Hambourger (96) talks to her daughter, Judy Sherr (67), about her memories and her life at 96 years old.

I asked my Grandma about her childhood and life growing up.

My mom( Marcia Alston) talks about he greatest accomplishments and how the world needs to be a better place.

Kay Caraher (84) speaks to her granddaughter, Emily Alexander (28) about different moments in her life.

story of immigration form Cuba.

Elizabeth Pontikes (40) speaks to George Pontikes (80) about his childhood experience and his work as a lawyer.

Ahmed "Flex" Omar (39) interviews Nedal Kawash (28) about his early life in Jordan, immigrating to the Chicago suburbs as a teen, adapting to the US, and his life since.

Michael Chad St. John (28) and Andrew Freemire (68) talk about their relationship as artists and their collaborative art practice.

Richard "Rich" Robertson (64) is interviewed by his daughter Shauna Robertson (27) about his life, growing up in Italy, and his career in the consumer products industry.

I talked about my dads family and all of his siblings. I also talked about his parents, grandparents, and great grandparents.

what we talked about was her childhood. also someone she would remember.

Tallat Choudry (68) talks to her daughter Seemi Choudry (30) about her childhood in Pakistan, her family and education, early married life in the US and Venezuela, her career, and being a mother of four.

Michelle Leff (60) talks with her mother, Claire Kim (88), about Claire’s upbringing in Seoul, her love of reading, her decision to come to the United States, her career, and her family.

Sara Fay Saltzman (85) talks to her grandsons, Zack Saltzman (21) and his brother Jake Saltzman (25) about growing up in Chicago, her husband's business on Maxwell Street, her career as a teacher, and motherhood.

Julia Mayer (56) speaks with colleague Peter Vega (34) about their journeys to being Executive Directors of two non-profit arts organizations.

A tale of a black American married couple making their way forward in the civil rights era.

Destiny Brown (18) talks to her teacher, Nancy Zook (55), about her life, her family, her experience at CCA Academy, and her plans for the future after graduation.

Alorah is going to describe her personal life experience and what you can do to avoid some of the mistakes she’d made.

Pidgeon Pagonis (34) and their friend and cofounder of the Intersex Justice Project, Sean Saifa Wall (42), reflect on the cost and the gains of their activism, their fight against the medical establishment at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago to...