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A Woman's Right: The Story It Tells – Ginna of Edinburg, Texas speaks about her experiences with women's rights, human rights, immigration, and her recollection of the Women's March coverage.

In this interview we sit down with former college basketball champion, college administrator and high school principle as he discusses what it was like playing with former NBA champion, Bill Russel. Bill Russel was one of the first black superstar...

Colleagues Edward "Ed" Kaul (64) and Jim Copeland (70) discuss their careers working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They reflect on the changes they have seen in the way people with disabilities are treated and the changes that...

Person in Charlotte conversations were engaged in response to Black Lives Matter (BLM), as a way for us to learn more about racism in America. We are meeting with our friends who have graciously agreed to have an open conversation...

Petra Gertjegerdes (47) shares a conversation with her parents, Carol Gertjegerdes (78) and Helmut Gertjegerdes (86), about their childhoods, how Carol and Helmut ended up moving to Columbus, Georgia, and about running the newspaper The Columbus Times.

One Small Step conversation partners P "Scott" Dyvad (55) and David Ginsborg (54) discuss belief in government and media, being involved in their communities, and current political issues, such as the January 6th Capitol riot and the Defund the Police...

A Nana tells her grandson what it was like growing up in the country and city during the Second World War, being Black in segregated America, and other challenges she faced later in life.

One Small Step conversation partners Ouida Parker (78) and Constance Quinley (63) talk about the changing political landscape, equity, and Alaska.

My mother, Janet Lynn Coleman (Crawford) tells about her life, as a black child, growing up in the Deep South during a time of overt racism, bigotry, and segregation.

Heather shares with her cousin Bria her healthcare journey with sickle cell. This disease does not define her but it has impacted every aspect of her life. With all of the obstacles people with sickle face she says we are...

Interview with my Dad

[Recorded: Friday, July 21, 2023] This One Small Step conversation was recorded in Charlottesville, Virginia as part of the Sorensen Institute’s summer High School Leaders Program in 2023. Simone Nied (16) is from Virginia Beach and Diana Carlson (16) is...

Vic talks about life on a ranch in Bynum, Montana near Choteau and shares an interesting story of serving in the army and participating in the Ole Miss riot of 1962 reflecting on the event, "it changed me...how can you...

Mary Parnell Payne (99) is interviewed by her son Dr. Michael Payne (64) about growing up in rural Tennessee, her memories of her grandparents, voting, becoming a lab technician at the University of Chicago, and her thoughts on the current...

Me talking with my mom about her upbringing and her family’s impact on the world.

In this interview, conducted in Westminster, Colorado on May 19th 2019, Shaan Sharma interviews his father, Rajesh Sharma. Throughout the interview, Raj talks about his childhood and specifically how it was challenging being Indian in a rural small White Alabaman...