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The Role of Baseball in the Labor and Civil Rights Movements
On today’s edition of JustLove, we begin with the sobering topic of human trafficking. We talk with Tony Talbott of the University of Dayton about the nature of the illicit business and what can be done to disrupt and confront its perpetrators and the demand for it. We are then joined by Professor Peter Dreier, Ph.D., of Occidental College in Los Angeles about the history of Baseball, specifically its role as a setting in which the Labor and Civil Rights movements found cultural impact in the 20th century. Tony Talbott is the Director of Advocacy at the Human Rights Center, and is Co-Founder and Director of Abolition Ohio; he is…
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Discussing 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Case from the Colorado Website Designer
On today’s edition of JustLove, we have a conversation with Professor Charles J. Russo, M.Div., J.D., Ed.D., a Professor of Law at the University of Dayton Law School about the holding of the recent Supreme Court Case – 303 Creative v. Elenis – which held that the First Amendment prohibits the state of Colorado from compelling a website designer to create expressive designs with messages with which the designer disagrees – such as same-sex marriage – and the tensions between the fundamental rights of free speech and the interests of same-sex couples receiving services free from discrimination. We are also joined by the Catholic Charities New York Director of Public…
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A Conversation About Labor Standards and Community Safety
Today on JustLove, we are joined by Denise Iglesias, who is the Assistant Director for the Wage and Hour Division of the Hudson Valley Area for the Department of Labor. She talks with us about promoting and achieving compliance with labor standards and protecting and enhancing the welfare of the nation’s workforce. We are also joined by the Jeremy Molina, who is the Director of Bronx Rises Against Gun-Violence (BRAG) West, of Good Shepherd Services. He leads an organization that works to curb gun violence in the Bronx by building coalitions and providing interventions to young disenfranchised persons in the community. Denise Iglesias is the Assistant Director for the Wage…
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The Mission for International Religious Freedom and the History of the Cooperative Movement
To begin our conversation today about religious liberty, a core value associated with the upcoming Independence Day, we are joined by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Ph.D. Rabbi Cooper is the Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and shares with us the findings of their most recent Annual Report. We are then joined by Assistant Professor Nathan Schneider, M.A., who shares with us the history of the Cooperative Movement, its strong Catholic connections, and the challenges to the movement today. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Ph.D., is the Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Prof. Nathan Schneider, M.A., is an assistant professor at the University of…
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The Catholic Relief Services National Gathering and the Place of LGBTQ+ within the Church
On today’s episode of JustLove, we open the conversation with Desire Findlay, a trainer and facilitator at Catholic Relief Services. She talks with us about how this week, she and other chapter members head to Washington DC and take part in the Catholic Relief Services National Gathering at Catholic University. Afterward, marking the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969, we are joined by Stan J.R. Zerkowski, the Executive Director of Fortunate Families. Fortunate Families is a Lexington, Kentucky based Catholic Ministry dedicated to facilitating respectful conversations within the church about the dignity of LGBTQ+ individuals and how we can go about expanding the tent to include them…
