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Since 1967, The Fortune Society, has advocated on criminal justice issues and helped people with criminal justice histories become assets to their communities. Andre Ward, Associate Vice President of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, discusses a new tool kit for prosecutors focused on a public health response to drug use, and The Fair Chance Housing Act, designed to protect people with conviction records from discrimination. For more, visit fortunesociety.org.

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A POCKET GUIDE TO PIGEON WATCHING: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird, by author and naturalist Rosemary Mosco, tells the story of how these seemingly mundane birds are actually marvels of creation.

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The Salvation Army is a leading NGO in the fight against human trafficking, a form of modern slavery. The short film “Hope: Stories of Survival” is a first person story of three women trafficked since they were young children. Our guests are the documentary’s director, Joe Pritchard, and Arielle Curry, the Salvation Army’s Eastern Territory Anti-Human Trafficking Program Coordinator. For more, visit hopefilm.org and salvationarmyusa.org.

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RUNNING IS A KIND OF DREAMING: A Young Man’s Descent Into Madness & How Running Saved His Life, by Dr. J.M. Thompson, a staff psychologist at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, is a personal story about how long distance running led the author from despair to wellness.

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A SHOT TO SAVE THE WORLD: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine, by award winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman is the behind-the-scenes-story of the cast of scientists racing to turn their life’s work into a life saving solution.

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Dr. Chanelle Coble, specializing adolescent medicine at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, discusses her role in treating young adults and offers guidance for parents of teenage children. Find out how to help support the children and families of Hassenfeld during our Hope For The Holidays Radiothon at Litefm.com/hope.

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106.7 Lite FM is proud to again be a partner of Hungerthon. Noreen Springstead, Executive Director of Why Hunger, talks about how and why the annual event raises critical funds to end hunger in America. The Hungerthon auction is Live! Make your donation and bid on celebrity donated auction items at hungerthon.org through December 31st.

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SISTERS ARE ALRIGHT: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America, by Tamara Winfrey-Harris, a book that has been described as touchstone of Black Feminist thought, confronts how black women are perceived and how they perceive themselves.

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David Leventhal of the Mark Morris Dance Group, discusses Dance for PD: A program for people living with Parkinson’s disease, used as model for classes in more than 300 communities in 25 countries. Queens Theater will host both in-person and virtual classes in 2022. For more, visit MarkMorrisDanceGroup.org, QueensTheater.org, and danceforpd.org.

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10 RULES FOR RESILIENCE: Mental Toughness for Families, is a guidebook for families to raise more resilient kids, from Joe De Sena, Founder and CEO of Spartan and The Death Race, a leading sports and wellness brand with a community of over 10 million strong.

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