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My dad’s coming to America was not as easy as I once thought. My dad, his parents, and his grandparents all immigrated from Russia/Ukraine to Cleveland, Ohio in the year 1997 because they were exiled. I’ve never heard this story...

Karen grandma life

One Small Step Partners Jane McKenna (76) and Carmen Brown (48) connect over a desire to not put people in boxes and discuss how their views have shifted over time.

Lina talks with SAGE Elder Judy at the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland about her experience being gay over the last 50 years

Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Student, Tiffany Mims, interviews Professor Celeste Terry, Assistant Executive Director of United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc. to talk about her life, her work, her projects, and her insights about resilience, healing, and...

I did an interview with my mom

One Small Step conversation partners Bonnie Clause (79) and Rev. Arnold Thomas [no age given] have an open and honest discussion about race.

His grandparents stories and his aunts and uncles and a little about his childhood and most of meeting his wife.

Steve Russo and Leslie Russo Yates interview their Uncle Len Russo about family life in the years following his parent’s emigration to Cleveland, Ohio from Longi Sicily.

Interview with my Uncle Bud

Two high school students went to the food bank to interview the volunteer services manager to learn more about how the food bank operates and how it helps people in need. In this interview, we asked how the food bank...

Jim Shearer (51) interviews his friend and mentor, William Clark (78) about his career in music, his time as a band director, and his legacy.

We mostly talked about his childhood and life growing up

I interview my grandfather about his childhood and adulthood, since my knowledge of it was shaky at best.

My father, a professional musician, describes how he got into music when he was younger and the people who influenced him along the way.

Recording the answers to questions from my kids, covering 84+ years

K A (30) and Farrah Aburaad (29) discuss parenting, Islam, and how they want to present Islam to their children.

Alex ask Leo, his father, about where he grew up and some questions about his life.

Today, I interviewed my grandmother, Natalie Nedoma. When she was only 5 years old, Natalie’s mother died which left her and her 3 siblings in the care of her ailing father. When he died at the age of 10, her...

Sharifah Parks Al-Amin (48) talks with her mother, Carolyne J Parks (78), about their relationship.

Talking about family heritage and history with our Great Aunt Celia O'Malley. Our Aunt Celia was 98 years young at the time of the interview. She passed away on December 4, 2018.

Talks about Jaclyn, Ray, Brooke, Brooke, Matthew (grandchildren). in Ohio.

Peyton discusses growing up across the country and around the world.

What Gloria is grateful for and her reflecting on the past.

Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Student, Tiffany Mims, interviews Professor Celeste Terry, Assistant Executive Director of United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc. to talk about her life, her work, her projects, and her insights about resilience, healing, and...