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Welcome Home Jersey City is a non-profit providing educational, employment and material support for refugees and asylum-seekers in the Jersey City area. Founder Alain Mentha talks about their current focus on assisting Afghan refugees and how volunteers contribute to helping new arrivals make a successful start in the U.S. For more, including volunteer opportunities, visit welcomehomerefugees.org.

TRILLIONS: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever, by Financial Times correspondent Robin Wigglesworth, tells the story of how a passive investment created in the 1970’s permanently reshaped modern finance—and answers whether or not actually need a financial advisor.

While delivery by app can be both a convenience and a life-line, the people who make those deliveries often face huge challenges. Hildalyn Hernandez, Director of Policy & Strategic Partnerships for Los Deliveristas Unidos, a campaign fighting for app-based delivery workers, discusses why the essential workers who fed New Yorkers during the pandemic are asking for improved conditions and regulation of delivery apps—a life-line of their own. For more, visit losdeliveristasunidos.org.

In THE ULTIMATE STAY-AT-HOME DAD: Your Essential Manual for Being an Awesome Full-Time Father, Shannon Carpenter, a stay-at-home dad since 2008, writes about his experiences with humor and empathy, and gives practical advice for this growing group of primary caregivers.

Noah Rubeinstein, Clinic Director of the YinOva Institute in the East Village, discusses the basics of acupuncture, how Chinese Medicine can compliment conventional treatments, and discussing alternative therapies with your doctor. For more, visit yinovacenter.com.

PEACEFUL PARENT, HAPPY SIBLINGS: How to stop the fighting and raise friends for life, by Dr. Laura Markham, is a guide to help parents to manage the challenges of siblings relationships. For more, visit ahaparenting.com

As an iHeart station, 106.7 Lite-FM is proud to once again partner with The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walks. Nitisha Moore of The American Cancer Society explains how the walks fund vital research and support programs, and the significance of Making Strides for families and survivors. For more, visit makingstrideswalk.org, or call their 24-hour helpline at 800-227-2345.

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, by attorney and New York Times and Washington Post op-ed writer Qian Julie Wang, tells her personal story of growing up in New York City as an undocumented immigrant in America.

Brooklyn based Epic Players is a non-profit dedicated to creating professional performing arts opportunities and supportive social communities for persons with developmental disabilities. Our guest is Epic Players Founder & Executive Artistic Director Aubrie Therrien. For more, visit epicplayersnyc.org.

From Certified Life Coach Andrea Owen, the book MAKE SOME NOISE: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength, directs women how to let go of traditional beliefs that don’t work for them, and lay a stake in the ground for what they want. For more, visit AndreaOwen.com