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    Catholic Schools Week 2021 and Immigration Law under the New Biden Administration

    In this week’s episode of Just Love, Michael J. Deegan is the Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York. During this week when we celebrate Catholic education during Catholic Schools Week from January 31st to February 6th, Mike Deegan talks about the Catholic schools in New York, which educate over 67,000 student’s annually from Pre-K to twelfth grade in rural, urban and suburban settings throughout the ten southern counties of New York State – as well as what some of the challenges have been facing Catholic Education – particularly in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic of the Past Year. C. Mario Russell, Esq. is the Director of the…

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    COVID-19 Vaccinations and Democrats for Life

    On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about how COVID-19 vaccinations are being made available in underserved communities and also a conversation with the president of Democrats for Life. Dr. Ramon Tallaj, M.D. is the Founder, and Chairman of SOMOS Community Care, a network of over 2,500 healthcare providers located in the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn who have come together to ensure better health care for Medicaid members in the New York City area. On today’s show, Dr. Tallaj will be sharing with our listeners the impact that COVID-19 has had on the communities that SOMOS Community Cares serves, as well as the plans it…

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    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and The Incursion of the Capital

    In this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and also the violent incursion into the United States Capital. Prof. Charles McKinney, Ph.D. is the Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of African Studies and an Associate Professor of History at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. During this weekend when we remember the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Prof. Charles McKinney shares with us what the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. means today in the context of the aftermath of the Killing a George Floyd and the rise of the “Black Lives Matter”…

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    Discussing Voter Turnout for Traditionally Underrepresented Groups in the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections, and How Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Nashville is Assisting Families and Businesses Impacted by the Tragic Christmas Day Bombing in that City

    On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan takes a closer look at voter turnout in Georgia, and he also talks to Catholic Charities of Nashville about their work after the Christmas Day bombing. Gilda Pedraza is the Founder and Executive Director for the Latino Community Center (LCF), a grant-making public charity supporting Latino-Led and Latino-serving community organizations with advocacy, technical assistance, and direct investments. Raphael Warnock and Jon Oddoff defeat incumbent Georgia Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue this week, granting Democrats control of the National Senate. Gigi Pedraza talks to us about what her organization the Latino Community Fund of Georgia, did to educate Latino…