One Small Step
One Small Step brings community members with different beliefs and backgrounds to talk and discover common ground. The goal is to help mend division in our country and in our community. One Small Step was created by StoryCorps, the national nonprofit dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs.
“You’re a person I feel honored to have in my state, to be a fellow citizen with me.”
For the 2026 election sesaon we will be pairing candidates running for office with the consituents they aim to represent. If you are intersted in participating in a conversation, please fill out this form.
Strategic partners for KHOL’s One Small Step initiative encompass a diverse set of ideologies and beliefs: The 2024 effort involved the Teton County GOP and the Teton County Democratic Party, St. John’s Episcopal Church, The Jackson Hole Jewish Community, and Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church. The Teton County Library generously allowed us to use their new Wonder Institute Recording Studio for conversations.
Conversations are archived at the Library of Congress and on the StoryCorps website.
If you have any questions about the program, please contact Lauren Grossman, lauren@jhcr.org.
Example of a One Small Step Conversation
About StoryCorps
Founded in 2003, StoryCorps has given over 625,000 people, in all 50 states, the chance to record interviews about their lives. The award-winning organization preserves the recordings in its archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered, and shares select stories with the public through StoryCorps’ podcast, NPR broadcasts, animated shorts, digital platforms, and best-selling books. These powerful human stories reflect the vast range of American experiences, engender empathy and connection, and remind us how much more we have in common than what divides us. StoryCorps is especially committed to capturing and amplifying voices least heard in the media. The StoryCorps MobileBooth, an Airstream trailer that has been transformed into a traveling recording booth, crisscrosses the country year-round gathering the stories of people nationwide. 2023 marks StoryCorps’ 20th anniversary. Learn more at storycorps.org.
StoryCorps’ One Small Step and the Radio Station Hubs were made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.