Currents correspondent Michelle Powers reports on what the Diocese of Brooklyn looks forward to as it begins a new pastoral year.
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New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade Changes Rules
Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach gets reaction to the change that will allow homosexuals to march in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade with a banner identifying themselves.
New York Muslims Fight Bigotry, Speak Out Against Terrorism
Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer spoke with American Muslims in Brooklyn about the prejudice they face in the U.S. and the victimization of Muslims like them at the hands of terrorists in Iraq and Syria.
UPDATE: Shortly after being interviewed, Linda Sarsour (pictured above) was attacked in Bay Ridge. Read more about it: http://nydn.us/1qA9ZJl
St. Camillus Students, Teachers Look Forward to New School Year
Currents education correspondent Marie Elena Giossi reports from St. Camillus Catholic Academy in Rockaway Park on the first day of classes for Fall 2014.
Williamsburg, Yesterday and Today
The Williamsburg of yesterday is not the Williamsburg of today. A pair of filmmakers discovered that when they looked for locations in the Brooklyn neighborhood for a movie set there in the year 1973. Currents correspondent Michelle Powers visited Williamsburg to get a sense of what of the neighborhood was, and what it is.
Edición de septiembre 2014 de Nuestra Voz
En Septiembre, celebramos con ustedes nuestro tercer aniversario con una edición especial: Monseñor Nicholas DiMarzio nos habló de la importancia de tener un periódico hispano en la Diócesis de Brooklyn, reconocida como la diócesis de los inmigrantes. Además, compartimos con nuestros lectores cómo se hace el periódico, paso a paso hasta llegar a sus hogares. En nuestra sección “Crónicas de Metro” verá una recopilación de las historias que encontramos en el Subway de Nueva York, experiencias de inmigrantes en su mayoría latinos. Esto y mucho más en Nuestra Voz, Tu fe en tu idioma. Encuéntranos cada mes en tu parroquia, y gratis!
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Church Represents at West Indian Parade
Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach was the Diocese of Brooklyn at the celebration, which takes place every Labor Day.
Reaching Out to Needy Families
Currents correspondent Michelle Powers reports on the Brooklyn food bank Reaching-Out Community Services that’s doing more than just put food on people’s tables.
Lady Rangers See Success On and Off the Field
Currents sports correspondent Jim Mancari caught up with a softball team made up of Queens’s best high school players.
Labor Day
Vincent Alvarez, President of the New York City Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO), and Joseph Dorismond, Recorder and Organizing Coordinator for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union join host Msgr. Kieran Harrington in-studio to celebrate workers, discuss labor challenges, and debate union policies. Msgr. Harrington also answers ITA viewer questions in the final Mailbag segment.