Aaron Leggett, curator of Alaska history and culture at the Anchorage Museum, speaks with Addison Field, chief curator of the Alaska State Museums in Juneau and Sitka, about growing up as an Alaskan Native and not being represented in the exhibits he viewed in Alaskan museums.

Alaska Public Museums - “...there wasn't a lot I could look to in the way of representation..."

Coworkers and friends Daniel Martinez and Manny Doron talk about their experiences working as guides at the Aspen Art Museum and how it's expanded their views and appreciation of contemporary art.

Aspen Art Museum - "...you were one of the first guides I ever met…”

Librarians Nancy Geiger and Yongan Wu, an immigrant from China, talk about their early visits to public libraries, why they love their jobs, and their day-to-day experiences interacting with patrons at the Cedar Rapids Public Library.

Cedar Rapids Public Library - "When I first came to the states, I spent all my days in the library."

Friends Aaron Elster and Henry Cervantes talk about how their childhoods, surviving the Holocaust and dealing with neighborhood violence in Chicago, respectively, has inspired them to work with young people to build peace.

Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center - "...it gives me a reason for my survival..."

Hunter Kelch speaks to his mother, Sandi Kelch, about living with Cerebral Palsy and their first visit to the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,where they learned the meaning of a "barrier free" experience.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - "...we had never heard the term ‘barrier free’."

Kim Ing tells with her daughter, Susana Sngiem, about her life in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge Genocide, living in a Thai refugee camp, and eventually moving to Long Beach, CA and raising her family.

Long Beach - “You took that risk - you had that courage and that resiliency..."

Israel Fuentes habla con su amiga Holly Alonso de su experiencia cruzando la frontera entre Guatemala y Mexico, y después entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos. Habla del sufrimiento de la gente que no cumple la cruzada, y de su sentido de orgullo de haber llegado a los E.U.

Peralta Hacienda Historical Park - "Es un viaje demasiado triste..."

Friends Anne Cox and Randy Heath talk about “Let’s Talk Race," the interracial dialogue program they co-founded and run at the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina.

Richland Library - "...it's empowering and freeing..."

Junauda Petrus talks with friend and colleague Cecily Marucs about working with the Givens Collection of African American Literature at the University of Minnesota. The Givens Collection recently launched an Umbra Search documenting African American history from more than 1,000 libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions across the United States. Junauda speaks about the historical power of an archive dedicated to black literature and also how it has been a rewarding personal experience for her as a black queer artist.

University of Minnesota Libraries - "This room wasn’t supposed to exist..."

Spouses Sandra "Sam" Sanborn and Alan Sanborn speak with their daughter, Serena Sanborn about growing up in the hippie movement, their decision to build their own house without any prior construction knowledge, the theater they founded, and the antics they got into as young hippies.

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