Episode 211: On the final episode of season 2, Diversity Dialogue: CUB Edition Podcast host, Jacob Monastra, interview Mr. MoReno Taylor, grassroots politician, Michigan legislator, campaign organizer, and U of D Jesuit alumni of Class of 2001. Mr. Taylor shares why he thanks his mother for sending him to U of D Jesuit; what he would like to see changed in the Michigan Legislature; what he knows about the “inside and the outside” of the political world; why you cannot discount the importance of happiness; and why he thinks it is essential to have a diverse team around you.

Episode 208: On this episode, Diversity Dialogue: CUB Edition Podcast host, Jacob Monastra, interview Mr. Edward A. Bajoka, Esq., Attorney, U of D Jesuit Alumni of Class of 2000, and Deportation Activist. Mr. Bajoka shares with our listeners how a simple pizza order turned into his first legal case; why the Men for Others philosophy informs both his life and his approach to his work as a lawyer; what diversity, equity and inclusion means to him as he confronts and antiquated and dehumanizing legal system that is built on white supremacy; why he believes “individual stories” have so much power; and why he took the 2017 mass deportation raids on the Chaldean population personally.