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My sister-in-law Ann O'Keefe is now retired from a mostly D.C.-based career, primarily with federal agencies and the Pentagon, where she was involved with the beginnings of Head Start as well as with the start of the Dept of the...

Carrie Wade (27) interviews her mother, Jan Wildman (65), about meeting her husband, how he came out to her, and how that helped her accept Carrie when she came out.

Taylor Landry (26) and Brianna Salazar (36) remember how they met and fell in love and talk about their decision to postpone getting married until all US states recognize gay marriage.

Leah Bishop (60) and her husband Gary Yale (62) talk to their friend and colleague Carol Bradford (52) about their history in philanthropy, what they hope for their children and the future.

Donald Gargas (71) and Jane Gargas (67) have a conversation about Donald's work as a pediatrician in the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic.

"Remembering Orangeburg"

Karthik Pandian (31) and Paige Johnston (31) talk about how they met and how he proposed.

William Alexander Stewart (WS) speaks with Silvia Robles (SR) about their work with Community Coalition for South L.A. as well as their experiences as young people.

Kon Nak "Ronnie" Choe is interviewed by Julia Stern about his military service in the Marine Corps and his deployments overseas.

Ray Owen (90) tells his son Ray H. Owen and his daughter Mary Streeter (64) about his time in the service and meeting their mother, Isabelle Mahoney.

Michael Woo (60) talks with facilitator, Anaid Reyes (25), about his former role in Los Angeles politics and the LA riots of 1992.

Edward Chang (55) tells SC Facilitator, Virginia Lora (26), about his experience living through the 1992 L.A. Riots and how the Korean community changed and redefined itself after the riots.

Guy Aoki (49) tells SC Facilitator Virginia Lora (26) about the negative portrayal of Asians in the media before and during the 1992 L.A. Riots. Guy talks about starting the Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) in order to...

Prabha V. Gutheti (71) talks with her friend, Kerri Feazell (31), about the Los Angeles Term Program, religion and life lessons she's gathered along the way.

Marjan Vayghan (27) and Christy Roberts (29) talk about becoming artists and activists and the moments that have shaped them. They also talk about the Occupied movement and their part in it.

Rene Garza Davila (75) tells his daughter-in-law Denise Hamilton (52) and son David Garza (46) about arriving in Los Angeles from Mexico when he was 20 and working as a cook and eventually becoming a restaurant owner in different locations...