Supporting the Physically & Emotionally Challenged
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Puerto Rico’s Continued Struggles Almost Two Years After Hurricane Maria and Disability and Social Inclusion
On this weekend’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the current status of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and the protests on the island; and he discusses Disability and Social Inclusion during the week we remember the 29th Anniversary of the Signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Dr. Edwin Melendez, Ph.D. is a Professor of Urban Affairs and the Director of The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York City. Nearly two years since Hurricane Maria made its devastating landfall on the island of Puerto Rico back on September 20, 2017, the island and its people continue to struggle to recover. Dr.…
- JustLove, Supporting the Physically & Emotionally Challenged, Welcoming and Integrating Immigrants and Refugees
Xavier Society for the Blind and Assisting South Asian Immigrant Women
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about Xavier Society for the Blind and SAPNA NYC. Malachy Fallon is the Executive Director of Xavier Society for the Blind and shares the mission of Xavier Society for the Blind to enable the blind and visually impaired to learn, develop and practice their Catholic faith. Robert White is a retired teacher who is visually impaired and a long-time client of Xavier Society for the Blind. Robert talks to us about what the services of the Xavier Society for the Blind mean to him in the practice of his Catholic Faith. Diya Basu-Sen is the Executive Director of SAPNA…
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Children with Disabilities and International Down Syndrome Day
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the play “All Our Children” and International Down Syndrome Day. Stephen Unwin is a Theater and Opera Director, a Teacher and writer, and the author of the play “All Our Children,” a play about the often forgotten chapter of the Holocaust: the persecution, sterilization, and murder of hundreds of thousands of disabled people in Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. Stephen talks to Monsignor about the few courageous souls that spoke out against these atrocities, and what compelled him to write this play on this topic in the first place. Jeanne Alter is the Executive Director of Kennedy…
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The Midterm Elections and GiGi’s Playhouse NYC
On this week’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the upcoming midterm elections, as well as the work of GiGi’s Playhouse NYC. Senator Nicholas Spano is a former New York State Senator and Assembly-member is currently the President of Empire Strategic Planning, a professional, non-partisan, full service consulting firm specializing in government advocacy, public affairs, and business development. Senator Spano spent almost 30 years in New York State government representing the people of Yonkers, New York. He talks to Monsignor Sullivan about his experience in government and any insights and predictions he might have for the upcoming midterm elections taking place on this upcoming Election Day: Tuesday, November…
- JustLove, Protecting & Nurturing Children & Youth, Supporting the Physically & Emotionally Challenged
International Day of the Older Person and the Youth Synod on “Young People, the Faith and the Discernment of Vocation”
On this week’s show of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks to us about International Day of the Older Person and the Youth Synod on “Young People, the Faith and the Discernment of Vocation.” Lisa Marsh Ryerson is the President of the AARP Foundation, the affiliated charity of the American Association of Retired Persons. Lisa talks to Monsignor Sullivan about a survey on loneliness among older adults ages 45 years and older that the AARP Foundation commissioned entitled “Loneliness and Social Conditions: A National Survey of Adults 45 and Older.” The survey was released back on Monday, September 24th. Lisa shares some of the findings of that survey as well as…
