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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...

Friends Stephanie [No Name Given] (41) and Megan Day (38) talk about their bonding experience during their time at treatment this past November. The two reflect on the things they miss about treatment, the difficulties of returning to normal life,...

One Small Step conversation partners Reza Nekumanesh (46) and Linda Gleason (63) talk about their work in the Fresno community, interfaith work, and their hopes for Fresno's future.

Carla Orellana [no age given] shares her experience as a blue star mother. She talks about what it was like learning that her son had been severely injured. She speaks about the practices and programs that help her and her...

Shelly Mariposa (52) and Jessica Zaffarano (33) talk about living on a commune during Jessica’s childhood.

Atra Flemons (61) interviews her friend Khadijah Shabazz (62) about her experience with mass incarceration and how she has become an advocate for families who have lost loved ones to police violence.

Friends Marina Labarthe de Solar (24) and Reagan Holiday (28) discuss trauma, healing and trans identity.

One Small Step conversation partners Margaret Woody (62) and Claudia Marshel (59) discuss their upbringings and how politics have influenced their lives.

Precious Jones (40) remembers the loved ones she has lost: Preston Jones, Corey Blackwell, Paul Jones, Montay McLaurin, and Eddie Robinson. She talks with conversation partner Delilah [No Name Given] (25) about her organization Breaking Generational Poverty and her work...

[Recorded Wednesday, February 16, 2022] Hillary (71) and Haydon (27) recorded a One Small Step conversation together about their experiences related to serving as a first responder (Haydon) and clergy (Hillary) at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in...

Charlene Kiyuna (67) interviews her friend Marion Masada (87) about her childhood experience of being imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during WWII and the subsequent struggles she faced after her and her family were released.

May Moe Tun (22) interviews her friend and colleague, Toya Williams (49), about her relationship with cooking, something she learned from her mother growing up. Toya also describes her journey navigating health and disability while reflecting on the importance of...

Susan "Susie" Lipton (65) talks about surviving a severe illness with the love and support of her spouse and friend, John "Jack" Spitznagel (70).

Andover Stories of American Identity: Andover resident Kevin O'Leary shares his story about his worldly upbringing, and how it all led to his profession of becoming a psychologist to help wounded veterans heal.

Marion Greenup (74) interviews her friend, Nancy Hannah Levy Torres (76), about her life, faith, and at times, fraught relationship to her Jewishness.

Friends Hadi Eldebek (34) and Layale Chaker (32) discuss their relationship to music as a means of connecting to their Lebanese culture. They consider how translation, drawing from different musical influences, and their audience's reactions shape their musical practices.

Friends Leonardo Juarez (31) and DeAndra Edwards (30) discuss their relationship to LGBTQ+ identity, the idea of "coming out," and finding queer community.

New friends Drake LeBlanc [no age given] and Maaliyah Papillion [no age given] discuss their creative processes and the importance of sharing their cultural heritage through art.

Andrea Weahkee (41) and Michael Langford (61) reflect on their time together at the ARCA rehabilitation facility and emphasize the importance of kindness, positivity, and gratitude.

Jess Torres (35) talks with their friend, colleague and mentor, Dr. Susie Baldwin (54), about their work in anti-trafficking and the vision they have for how the work should evolve. Jess talks about some of their mentors, shares proud moments...

Siblings Michael Bingham (60) and LeAnna Carrier (38) speak about what it was like growing up with a 22-year age gap, their memories with their parents, and how their relationship with each other has grown and evolved.

Georgett shares her feeling about life. Mentioned her father George Edward Lovey and Rosemary Kirstein, Theresa Mullins, Timothy Mullins, God, Jesus Christ, Ocarian cancer.

Douglas "Doug" Cumming (71) talks with his daughter Sarah Cumming (32) about her experience with cancer. She shares how he has influenced her, and they talk about creativity as part of the healing journey.

Friends Elizabeth "Liz" Roskey (27) and Mia "La Espía" Raquel (25) reflect on their friendship that started with a chance meeting at a farmers market over cheese. They unpack queer friendship stereotypes and talk about the importance of belonging, what...

The Vesey Girls Queenie Marie Vesey (40) and her daughter Na’Myiah Nevaeh Vesey (18) talk about hard truths and healing, Na’Myiah’s journey navigating school, and making a difference.