Today on JustLove, we are joined by Dr. Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D., who is the Executive Director and Chair of the New York City Civic Engagement Commission. She joins us to discuss the connection between democracy and civic engagement. Her mission is to encourage all New Yorkers to participate in civic affairs through activities such as participatory budgeting. Dr. Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D., is the Executive Director and Chair of the New York City Civic Engagement Commission. Listen now.

On today’s episode of JustLove, we are joined by Helen Jaccard, the Project Manager of the Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project. She talks to us about “The Golden Rule Sailboat,” which originally set sail in 1958 and recently arrived in New York Harbor, the mission of the project, and the future of peace activism. We also speak with Prof. Paul Marshall, Ph.D., who is the Director of the Religious Freedom Insitute’s South & Southeast Asia Action Team about the recent designation by the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom of India as a “Country of Particular Concern.” Helen Jaccard is the Project Manager for the Golden Rule Project by Veterans…

On today’s recording of JustLove, we observe Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in a conversation with Wayne Ho, CEO and President of the Chinese American Planning Council. He speaks with us about persistent challenges that confront AAPI communities in this country. An occurrence that has affected too many in our nation, we turn our attention to the horrific number of over 200 mass shootings that have taken place so far this year. Professor Emeritus of the State University of New York, Cortland, Robert J. Spitzer, Ph.D., joins our call to talk about the surprising history of gun rights, regulations, and the current state of political discourse on the…

On today’s recording of JustLove, we are taking a moment to celebrate something years in the making – the dedication of the new Catholic Charities Day Laborer’s Center in Yonkers that took place on May 1st. Lucia Goyen, Director of the Day Laborer Program within CCCS, an agency of Catholic Charities New York, has a conversation with us about the importance of this new establishment in the first week of May in honor of Saint Joseph, the Patron Saint of Workers. Being May, it’s prom season! Another guest on today’s recording is Samiyah Green, a student at Innovation Diploma Plus High School, who speaks with us about the recent 17th…

For today’s episode of JustLove, we are joined by Prof. Xiaolin Shi, Ph.D., Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University. Dr. Shi is a professor of Labor, Demographics, and Economics and discusses with us the shrinking population of China, its causes, and its social and economic ramifications. We are also joined by Prof. Kevin Ahern, Ph.D., Co-Chair of the Dorothy Day Guild and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College. He now serves as the Director of the Dorothy Day Center at the college and provides some insight into the recent developments in the cause for her canonization. Dr. Xiaolin Shi is a Professor of Labor, Demographics, and Economics at…