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The Quarantine Tapes 006: Sister Judy Vaughan

The Quarantine Tapes 006: Sister Judy Vaughan

FromThe Quarantine Tapes


The Quarantine Tapes 006: Sister Judy Vaughan

FromThe Quarantine Tapes

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Mar 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For over 40 years, Judy Vaughan, csj has worked at the national, state, and city levels to promote social change, improve economic justice and enhance human rights. She has dedicated her personal and professional life towards addressing the systemic injustices that keep women and children homeless and living in poverty. She has worked tirelessly on welfare, childcare, immigration, affordable housing, and issues related to prejudice and discrimination. Her efforts to restore the inherent dignity and provide hope to homeless women is evident in her work as previous Director of House of Ruth, an East L.A. emergency shelter, and as the Founding Director of Alexandria House, a transitional residence and neighborhood center for women and children in need. She has co-facilitated over 100 “Multicultural Look at Racism” anti-racism workshops and was an adjunct faculty member for the “Socio-Economic and Cultural Diversity” class at Mount St. Mary’s College.https://www.alexandriahouse.org/help Paul Holdengräber is an interviewer and curator of public curiosity. He is the Founder and Director of Onassis LA (OLA), a center for dialogue. Previously he was the Founder and Director of LIVE from the NYPL, a cultural series at the New York Public Library, where he hosted over 600 events, holding conversations with everyone from Patti Smith to Zadie Smith, Ricky Jay to Jay-Z, Errol Morris to Jan Morris, Wes Anderson to Helen Mirren, Christopher Hitchens to Mike Tyson. He is the host of "A Phone Call From Paul," a podcast for The Literary Hub. https://twitter.com/holdengraberCredits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team
Released:
Mar 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.“ - Blaise Pascal. The Quarantine Tapes: A week-day program from Onassis LA and dublab. Hosted by Paul Holdengräber, the series chronicles shifting paradigms in the age of social distancing. Each day, Paul calls a guest for a brief discussion about how they are experiencing the global pandemic.