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In Memoriam: Mary Johnson-Roy

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In Memoriam: Mary Johnson-Roy

In Memoriam: Mary Johnson-Roy

At StoryCorps, we mourn the loss of Mary Johnson-Roy, a cherished member of our family, who passed away on March 27, 2024, at the age of 71 after a four-year battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Mary lost her only child, Laramiun Byrd, to gun violence in 1993. A dozen years later, she went to the […]

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Support the stories that bring us together.

Support the stories that bring us together.

StoryCorps–and the work we do to strengthen our ability to be empathetic and bridge divides–is critical for a healthy society, especially now when there are endless efforts to divide us all.

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Sibling Stories

Sibling Stories

A sibling relationship is special—filled with friendship, rivalry, and love. Whether they are inseparable from the start or share a bond that grows over time, siblings have a unique connection. From shared memories to shared clothes, explore stories that capture the joys and trials of growing up together. Do you have a cherished memory with your sibling that […]

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Staff Spotlight: Von Diaz, Senior Producer

Staff Spotlight: Von Diaz, Senior Producer

About Me: Von Diaz is an Emmy Award–winning documentarian, a food historian, and the author of Islas: a Celebration of Tropical Cooking, and Coconuts & Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she works at the intersections of food, culture, history, and social […]

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A Spotlight on Richmond Resident and OSS Participant Peter Wood

A Spotlight on Richmond Resident and OSS Participant Peter Wood

“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.”  That observation from the late author and educator Steven Covey might just have been uttered by Peter Wood — that is, before his One Small Step conversation. But talking to his partner recently served to renew his faith in being […]

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A Spotlight on Richmond Resident and OSS Participant Bill Oglesby

A Spotlight on Richmond Resident and OSS Participant Bill Oglesby

Bill Oglesby remembers the first time he got on Facebook.  It was back in the inchoate days of the platform, when it was restricted to those with a “dot.edu” email address. As a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, he qualified, despite his daughter’s protestations that he was interloping into her generation’s space. Even so, he […]

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The Business of Service: Shattering Assumptions in a One Small Step Conversation

The Business of Service: Shattering Assumptions in a One Small Step Conversation

Serial entrepreneur Will Melton is more than a businessman. The owner and founder of Xponent 21, a digital marketing agency based in Richmond, believes that giving back to the community is an inherent part of citizenship. “From a community perspective, I’ve always found it best to be involved, to be somebody who gives time to […]

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A conversation with One Small Step Facilitator, Stephanie Glaros

A conversation with One Small Step Facilitator, Stephanie Glaros

In the OSS conversations that Stephanie has facilitated, she is struck by the commonalities between participants. “The methodology that we developed creates a space where these conversations are not only possible, but probable. They are designed to create this container of safety and trust where people feel that they can be vulnerable and speak their […]

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Stories to Lift Your Spirit for Spring

Stories to Lift Your Spirit for Spring

This spring, let's shake off the winter cobwebs with some of our favorite uplifting, funny, and inspiring stories.

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Staff Spotlight: Martin Olson, Director of Technical & Digital Innovation

Staff Spotlight: Martin Olson, Director of Technical & Digital Innovation

About Me: I was born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Sweden and moved to suburban New Jersey when I was a kid—which was both exciting and traumatizing, in equal measure. I grew up playing in dumb bands, going into the city for shows whenever I could, getting into computers at a really young age, and diving into early […]

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