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    Exploring the CRS Rice Bowl Program and the Bronx Community Foundation’s Work and Impact That Affirmative Action Has Caused

    This week on JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined by Chris West the Senior Trainer for Chapter Building at Catholic Relief Services about “CRS Rice Bowl” – Catholic Relief Services’ Annual Lenten Program for families and Faith Communities who want to put their Faith into Action during Lent through Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving to help change the lives of those who live in poverty across the world. In addition, he is also joined by Dr. Meisha Porter, Ed.D. President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bronx Community Foundation about the work of the Foundation that she leads, her experiences as an educational leader, and how the Supreme Court’s decision last…

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    Dedication of the Dorothy Day Center and the Life Legacies of Dorothy Day and Malcolm X

    This week on JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined by Prof. Kevin Ahern, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Co-Chair of the Dorothy Day Guild & Director of the Dorothy Day Center at Manhattan College. He talks about the Dedication of the Dorothy Day Center for the Promotion of Social Catholicism at Manhattan College back on Thursday, February 22nd, as well as some updates on the Cause of Canonization of Dorothy Day. He is also joined by Tamara Payne, Pulitzer Prize winning co-author of “The Dead are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X ” written with her late Father, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Les Payne – about the Life and…

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    Empowering Women in Politics and Celebrating Black History Month on President’s Day Weekend

    Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined by Debbie Walsh who is Director of the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. She talks about the women who have run for the presidency of the United States and what the center for American Women and Politics does to encourage women to get involved with and run for political office from the local to the national level. In addition, Charlene Gayle, who is Executive Director of the New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislators; discusses the work, history and significance of the historic association she leads, as well as the…

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    Understanding Sports Wagering, Problem Gambling, and the Significance of Food in Faith

    On this Super Bowl Weekend, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined by Dr. Shane Kraus, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The University of Nevada, Las Vegas; about Sports Wagering, Problem Gambling and what resources are available to those who may have a problem with gambling. He is also joined by Prof. Norman Wirzba Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Theology at Duke University and author of the book “Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating” on this weekend before Ash Wednesday to talk about why food and the practices of eating have mattered so much to people of faith across the centuries.

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    The Devastating Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: Humanitarian Response, Rebuilding Efforts, and the Future Aspirations of a Majority-Minority Community College

    This week on JustLove Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined by David Lillie, MPA, Executive Director of the Syrian American Medical Society to talk about the devastating Earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria back on February 6th 2023 that killed over 37,000 people and impacted 26 million in both countries, and the situation on the ground there and how his organization has responded and continues to respond to the tragedy. He is also joined by Dr. Larry Johnson, Jr. President, Stella and Charles Guttman Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) about this newest Community College in the CUNY System in four decades which serves a Majority-Minority Population,…

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