Columbus Resident Shares His OSS Experience

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Columbus Resident Shares His OSS Experience

In an effort to understand the impact of One Small Step (OSS) in the OSS Model Community of Columbus, Georgia, we sat down with Ryan Chitwood—a Columbus native who recently participated in the program. Here’s what he had to share about his experience. Can you share a personal story or experience from your OSS conversation […]

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A Richmond Resident Finds Common Ground Through OSS

David Botkins and his conversation partner knew they had tripped onto some mutual experiences when they learned that they both had connections to the funeral home industry. Talk about finding common ground. “That was uncanny,” he remembers. From a relatively young age, David had an interest in politics, an interest that was […]

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Stories to Honor Women’s History Month

Tune into the voices of women who changed the world around them through powerful love, unwavering determination, and incredible strength.

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Dartmouth Students Take One Small Step

On February 20, StoryCorps and Dartmouth announced a three-year partnership that will bring StoryCorps’ One Small Step (OSS) initiative to campus. OSS brings strangers together for a 50-minute conversation—not to debate politics—but to get to know each other as people. As part of Dartmouth’s new Dialogue Project, this collaboration is StoryCorps’ first-ever, institution-wide OSS partnership […]

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Gleanings from U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger

From previously working as a CIA operative tasked with solving international crises on foreign soil—to currently helping Virginians have access to affordable healthcare, safer communities without gun violence, and continued support from the Child Tax Credit—U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is no stranger to meeting new people or answering tough questions, especially from those on the […]

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Staff Spotlight: Dominique Troy, Associate Director, Public Support & Solutions

About Me: I grew up in a multi-generational household on Long Island. Dancing, summer camp, and late nights at the diner were a big part of my life. In college at Santa Clara University, I’d book late-night sessions in the theater, building to scratch that itch of my younger years. I have lived in a […]

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Stories to Celebrate Black History Month

A collection of stories that center Black voices in conversations about Black history, identity, struggles, and joy.

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Stories to Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day honors the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism. January 27 marks the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp. Join us in commemorating the stories of survivors, victims, and their loved ones. We invite you to connect with […]

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Spotlight on One Small Step Hubs Station: WERU-FM

As part of our ongoing blog series about the One Small Step (OSS) Radio Station Hubs Program, we talked to WERU-FM in Maine—the most rural station in in the 2023 Hubs cohort. Last year WERU was selected as one of five Hubs stations, who helped raise awareness of the initiative and facilitate OSS conversations in […]

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Staff Spotlight: Bess Ser, Associate Director of Community Engagement, OSS

About Me: I grew up in a Bruce Springsteen song of a town, the youngest child of a barber and hairdresser. I graduated from a tiny hippie college in southwestern Ohio, and moved to Chicago over 20 years ago, where I earned a master’s degree in education and teaching license from DePaul University. I live […]