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Xail Hernandez (33) has a conversation with her colleague Devon Snyder (28) about what it means for them to be part of the cycling community as women, and how their roles have shaped community building as educators at Working Bikes...

Danae Davis (64) discusses with her colleague, Parvathi Santhosh-Kumar (30), her career trajectory and her hopes for the city of Milwaukee.

Atrayus Goode (34) has a conversation with his colleague David Shapiro (44) about their trajectory building mentoring relationships.

Betty A. Welch Thompson (65) and her husband Robert Scott (75) discuss the effects of housing segregation in the City of Chicago.

Cristina Pacione-Zayas (41) has a conversation with her friend and comrade Steven Rosado (34) about how they apply their "Chicagoism" to their work in the community.

Pavlos Msaouel (37) interviews his mentor, Nizar Tannir (65), about their work with rare cancers and what inspires their work.

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.

Joe Schroeder (61) speaks to his mentor and best friend, Benny Bunting (61) about Benny's work as an advocate for farmers.

Allison Schuette (45) interviews Dave Overholt (73) about the life he made in Kouts, Indiana after he decided to move there in the 1960s with his wife. He describes how farming and other industries have changed as the area's residents...

James Peters interviewed Richard Lanyon regarding childhood and young adult memories of living in Ravenswood Manor.

Vantner Cruz (24) talks with his friend Michael Glasser (56) about his experiences growing up Latino in Chicago. Vantner discusses his impactful encounter with the criminal justice system.

Tom discusses jazz as a thread running through his life, relationships and cultural consciousness.

Tim Curran (52) talks with his partner, Noel Parks (51), about being expelled from the Boys Scouts of America for being gay. He talks about suing the organization, and eventually losing after 18 years of litigation.

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...

Francine Washington (64) and her husband Larry Washington (66) talk about life in the Stateway Gardens community and their experiences working for CHA over the course of many years, throughout changes in leadership.

Michael Tanimura (63) and Michael Takada (61) engage in a conversation about their experiences growing up in Chicago as third (and 2.5) generation Japanese Americans. Anna Takada (25) facilitates their conversation as the oral history studio manager at Alphawood Gallery.

Salyndrea B. Bishop Jones (26) and her friend Shakira Johnson (23) talk about growing up in public housing, their families, the schools they attended, the importance of youth programming, their jobs, and their creative interests and professional goals.

Friends and colleagues Scott Nance (40) and Adam Ballard (33) talk about how they each became involved in the disability community and how they became friends.

Louise Williams (73) and her friend and colleague Lisa Polito (52) talk about growing up on farms, how that shaped their religious beliefs, and their work as deaconesses.

From Siberia to America story. Tartar ethnic background. Diversity and cultural openness is key.

A woman changes careers from PR to social work after being raped in her home.

Kenneth "Ken" Best (63) and his friend, Carla Bruni (42), talk about Community Glue Workshop, a free monthly repair clinic in Chicago. Carla is one of the co-founders and Ken is a volunteer fixer.

Edith Hirsch (100) talks with her friend, Arielle Lewis (28), about coming to the United States from Poland with her mother, growing up in the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, becoming a teacher and librarian, and her...

Friends Corky Jones (84) and David Senter (67) talk about their decades of activism on behalf of American farms and farmers.