Lillian Rojas and Donna Price

[Recorded: Friday, September 2nd, 2022] Lillian (20) and Donna (68) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Lillian is a Third Year student at the University of Virginia studying public policy, leadership, and religious studies. Donna is the...

Walter Kasten

Listen as Walt tells us the story of his life, starting in New Jersey then traveling to Iowa and then landing in Flint Michigan and ending up here at Friendship Village.

Grandpa Interview

Interview of my Grandpa Zbigniew Zajac by Jonas Zajac

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Richard Kwiecien and Mitchelle Kmiec

Mitchelle Kmiec (61) interviews her godfather Richard Kwiecien (78) about his life growing up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, shares some of her own experiences with him, and reflect on how they've seen it change.

Trey Stade and Patricia Spiller

Trey(13)’s Grandma (70) talks about her family origins and Thanksgiving memories in this interview.

Evelyn Shelagowski, 96, Knows How To Live Happy

From managing the family farm at age 16 to becoming an accomplished accordion musician, artist, and featured elder in the film, “Whole Again”, Evelyn lives her joy in life every day.

Polish Heritage

Polish heritage, holidays, foods, traditions

Hedy Sanni and Christine Sanni

Hedy Sanni (78) of Lynnfield, Massachusetts talks with her daughter Christine Sanni (53) of Flourtown, PA about the Polish Christmas traditions she remembers, how she incorporated those into married life with Casper Sanni (deceased), who was from Italian descent, and...

Interview with my Mom

Mom talks about her inspirations and trip from Poland to the US at a young age.

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Katie Byers and Helen Suero

One Small Step conversation partners Katie Byers (61) and Helen Suero (58) take an hour to discuss their similar upbringings, political divisiveness, and their relationship to work.

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Lauren Korn, Mike Korn, and Alicia Crepps

Sisters Lauren Korn (34) and Alicia Crepps (34) have a conversation with their father, Mike Korn (69), about his family history, experiences as a parent, career, and legacy.

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Joseph Wesolowski and Wendy Wesolowski

Joseph Wesolowski (76) talks with his wife, Wendy Wesolowski (59), about growing up as a street kid in the East Village of New York City, high school, his career in Engineering and adoption of their children.

Grandma Cox

My grandma and I talked about growing up with Polish immigrants as grandparents, religion, love, and family.

A man with a dream

Stefan Czarnecki talks about his up bringing within the communist occupation on Poland, looking to make ends meet while supporting a family of three in a long distance relationship. Coming to America, only knowing two words, "OK" and "Tomorrow", navigating...