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Interfaith Meeting On Poverty In Albany

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published March 7, 2015 at 10:56 AM EST

On Sunday, faith leaders will gather in Albany to have an integrated "Call For Justice" around issues of poverty and inequality. The gathering is being billed as a "meeting addressing poverty from a truly interfaith perspective."

Mark Emanatian is the Capital District Organizer with Citizen Action of New York: "Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups are coming together to an interfaith call for justice to work on the issues of poverty, what causes poverty, how we can solve poverty."

Folks are invited to attend 3:30 to 5pm Sunday at St. Vincent's Church on Madison Avenue.

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Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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