Category: Struggle

Erin Ryan remembers her father, Congressman Leo Ryan, who was assassinated in 1978 while on a fact-finding mission to Jonestown, Guyana.

Recorded in Washington, D.C.

Rob Littlefield remembers being bullied in junior high school for being gay.

Recorded in Oklahoma City, OK.

Robert Patterson, who has Alzheimer's disease, speaks with his wife, Karen.

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

Jean Braca talks with her son David about losing her husband, Alfred Braca, on September 11, 2001.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Priya Morganstern and Bhavani Jaroff interview their father, Ken Morganstern, who has Alzheimer's disease.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Gladys and Carolina de la Torre remember their older sister Azucena who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Recorded in Orlando, FL.

Joan DeLevie (R) tells her daughter, Sharon (L), how she met her husband, Ari at a party in 1959.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Sy Saliba talks to his daughter, Yvette, about her mother, Pat, who passed away from multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in 2005.

See a photo of Pat Saliba here.

Recorded in partnership with Florida Hospital in Orlando, FL.

Sylvia Mendez (L), 73, talks to her sister Sandra Mendez Duran (R), 59, about Mendez v. Westminster, their family's 1945 lawsuit that won Mexican-American children the right to attend white schools.

Recorded in Walnut, CA.

Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer talks to his wife, Janus, about how he started working with Miami's homeless.

Recorded in partnership with WDNA in Miami, FL.