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Interview with Jackie Goldberg

Jackie Goldberg is a politician, teacher, member of the Democratic Party, a former member of the California State Assembly, and was president of the Los Angeles School Board. Goldberg was a founder member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus and of the Progressive Caucus in Sacramento. She has ...

Interview with Jackie and John Visser

Jackie is a lecturer in Education at Binghamton University; John was more of a stay-at-home father.

Interview with Jack Smith

Jack Smith (1945-2004) was an Emmy Award-Winning former correspondent for ABC News. Smith is known for reporting on the Iran-Contra affair, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and technology in the Silicon Valley. He received Bachelor's degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in 1971 and from Oxford University in 1974.

Interview with Jack Injajigian

Jack Injajigian is the child of Armenian parents who grew up in Greece before immigrating to the United States in the 1950's. Injajigian was ordained and has been a deacon for thirteen years. After college, he served on Parish Council and helped organize and work many Armenian events withi...

Interview with Ivan Synevsky

Father Ivan Synevsky was born in Western Ukraine region in 1982. He lived in Ukraine until 2001, when he moved to Canada. He lived in Canada for six years, then got married in the United States in 2007. He attended Holy Cross Greek Theological School in Boston from 2008 to 2010, then was ordained in...

Interview with Irina Kirichuk

Irina Kirichuk was born in Kurganinsk, Russia and moved to Ukraine when she was three. She is of Russian, Ukrainian, and Armenian ancestry. She is hearing impaired. She came to the United States in 1993, works as a hairstylist, and lives with her family in Binghamton.

Interview with Howard Ruffner

Howard Ruffner was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After high school, he joined the Air Force in 1965. His experience with photography started when he worked at the Air Force headquarters in Waco, Texas. After leaving the Air Force, he started college in 1969. While studying at Kent State University, Ruffn...

Interview with Howard Means

Howard Means, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is an award winning author, editor and collaborator. He is the author/co author of several books, including The 500 Year Delta; The Visionary's Handbook; Colin Powell: A Biography; The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer; and...

Interview with Hoshyar Kareem

Interview with Holly Near

Holly Near, born in Ukiah, California, is a singer, songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist. She was on various TV shows including The Mod Squad, Room 222, All in the Family, and The Partridge Family. Near is the founder of an independent recording label called...