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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…
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Discussion on the State of Christianly in Iraq and the Faith-based Musical “A Week Away”
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the state of Christianity in Iraq, three weeks after Our Holy Father Pope Francis visited with the Christian Communities there; and a conversation with the writer and producer of the new family-friendly, faith-based musical “A Week Away,” which is premiering on Netflix this Friday, March 26th. Michael La Civita is the Director of Communications for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, an initiative of the Holy See that assists Eastern Churches as they address issues associated with conflict, injustice, poverty, and formation in the Middle East and other areas of the globe. During this weekend when Christians around…
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Current Conditions at the United States Border with Mexico and the Struggles of Running a Restaurant during the Pandemic
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the #Masks4Migrants Campaign and its Goal to Raise enough Money during this March’s Women’s History Month to Buy and Distribute 20,000 Facemasks at the Border, and – During this One Year Anniversary of the COVID-19 Related Shut-downs here in New York State, a Conversation about the Struggles of Running a Restaurant during the Pandemic. Tania Guerrero is the Project Attorney for the Estamos Unidos Asylum Project for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC). Tania talks to us a bit about her experiences working down at the border, and what she has witnessed in recent weeks and months…
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Celebration of Both Saint Patrick’s Day and Saint Joseph’s Day; and A Campaign to Organize Amazon Workers
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the Feast Days of St. Patrick and St. Joseph, and he also has a discussion with a union organizer from the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) about the union’s current campaign to organize Amazon workers at the company’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama. Paul Moses is currently a freelance writer and current contributor to Commonweal Magazine, and the author of the book “An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York’s Irish and Italians.”. During this weekend before the celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17 and Saint Joseph’s Day on March 19, Paul Moses…
