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Earth Day; and Ramadan
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan has a conversation on the impact that the coronavirus pandemic shut-downs have had on climate change, and a conversation on how the observance of Ramadan has been impacted by this difficult pandemic year, and how the practice of Ramadan gives hope to the Muslim community. Dean Benjamin Houlton, Ph.D. is the Ronald P. Lynch Dean and Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Global Development at The College of Agriculture and Life Science at Cornell University. During this week when we commemorated Earth Day on Thursday, April 22nd, Dean Houlton shares with us a bit about how the…
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Academy Award Nominee “Minari”; and Immigrant Workers Disinfect Subways during COVID-19
During this run-up to the 93rd Academy Awards taking place Sunday, April 25th, JustLove takes a look at one of the films nominated for several Academy Awards this Year, including “Best Picture,” “Minari” (pronounced “Muh-Naa-Ree”); and a look at the situation of immigrant contract workers who were hired at the height of the pandemic to clean and disinfect subway cars for third party contractors to the Metropolitan Transit Authority under what were often difficult and hazardous conditions. Harry Yoon is a professional film editor based in Los Angeles. During this week when we are approaching the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, April 25th, Harry Yoon shares with us a…
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The Global Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change; and a Look at Immigration Law, Policies and Procedures
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan has a discussion with the Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network on the recent roundtable regarding the global economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty, inequality and climate change; and a look at immigration law, policies and procedures, and the approach that the Biden Administration is taking to address the immigration issues at the border and elsewhere. Eric LeCompte is the Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network – a non-profit coalition that advocates for financial reforms that improve impoverished communities. During this week that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are holding their Spring Meeting, Eric LeCompte shares…
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COVID-19 through the Lense of Easter; and the Work of Abraham House
On this Easter weekend when Christians around the world celebrate Jesus’s Resurrection, JustLove looks at the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic through the Lens of Easter; and we have a discussion on the restorative work of Abraham House, where the incarcerated, ex-offenders and their relatives find a place of hope and community in the South Bronx. Rev. Al B. Fuertes, Ph.D. is a Covenant Minister at Wellspring United Church of Christ in Centerville, Virginia, as well as an Associate Professor at the School of Integrative Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. On this Easter weekend, Dr. Fuertes shares with us some reflections on what this Easter brings to mind after…
