JustLove
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Using Technology to Fulfill Our Civic Duties & Counter Gun Violence
On this week’s JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with two guests focused on civic duties and countering gun violence in the U.S. Kathryn Peters, Co-Founder of Democracy Works will be talking about the work and mission of her organization. Democracy Works is a Brooklyn based non-partisan non-profit organization founded in 2010 with the goal of “making voting fit the way we live.” The nonprofit aims to make voting a simple, seamless experience for all Americans so that no eligible voter misses an election. Its team of software developers, public policy wonks and civic organizers design tools meant to upgrade the tech infrastructure of our democracy, thus improving the voting experience for voters and election…
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International Trade & the Re-negotiation of NAFTA
International trade and the re-negotiation of NAFTA is the focus on this week’s JustLove show on Sirius XM 129. Monsignor Kevin Sullivan invites two guests to speak: Raj Bhala, J.D., Associate Dean of International and Comparative Law and Rice Distinguished Professor of the University of Kansas’s School of Law; and Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of the Jubilee USA Network , a development coalition of more than 650 religious groups and U.S. civil society organizations. On the show Professor Bhala will be talking about plans for re-negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the Mexican and Canadian governments. Monsignor Sullivan and Bhala will discuss what these negotiations will mean for industries like sugar production and…
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JustLove’s Show on Father’s Day
On this week’s JustLove episode, Monsignor Sullivan focuses on Father’s Day with two guests on the phone: Lance Somerfeld Co-Founder of City Dad’s Group – a nation-wide network for fathers that use Meetup.com to bring together a diverse community of gatherings. These Meetups provide social interaction and support, including play dates, outings, “Dad’s nights out”, educational workshops and special events. Msgr. and Lance will talk about the founding of the first City Dad’s Group, called NYC Dad’s in 2008 and how this concept grew from a small gathering of just a few fathers to its current 9,000 participants in 28 metropolitan areas Also on the show is, Laura Tropp, PhD Professor of Communication…
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Training Today’s Workers & Students for the Jobs of Tomorrow
On this week’s broadcast JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan will be speaking with two guests on training today’s workers and students for the jobs of tomorrow. On the phone Charles Russell “Rusty” Justice Co-Founder and Managing Member of Bit Source LLC will be joining the show Bit Source LLC is a Pikeville, Kentucky based web development company located in the heart of Appalachia. Msgr. Sullivan and Rusty will be talking about his founding of “Bit Source” and how his company endeavors to tap the region’s workforce of laid off coal miners to teach them a new skill of computer coding. Justin Reich, Executive Director of Teaching Lab Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be speaking…
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Economy of the Future
On this week’s episode of JustLove Monsignor Sullivan speaks with Amy Webb author of “Futurist” and Founder of Future Today Institute; and Michael Shui, Partner at McKinsey Global Institute (San Francisco). Michael Chui speaks about his professional journey and how McKinsey’s Global Institute has been a frequent speaker at global conferences on information technology. On the show, Michael and Monsignor question if robots will replace workers in the economy of the future. Amy Webb focuses on the Future Today Institute and how it is a leading future forecasting and strategy firm that researches technology and answers the question “what is next?” for a global client base. Monsignor and Amy also discuss what…