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Coming Up On Connections: Friday, March 11th

NPR

First hour: Can Bernie Sanders win the New York primary?

Second hour: Religious tolerance and the Global Citizenship Conference at Nazareth College

This week, for the first time, Senator Bernie Sanders said he thinks he can win New York State's presidential primary. Can he? Secretary Clinton maintains a healthy delegate lead, but Sanders is trying to parlay his Michigan upset victory into more success in northern states. Our panel is composed of organizers and supporters from both sides, who will discuss what we can expect as we finally creep toward the April 19th primary. And we'll discuss whether the Sanders and Clinton camps will be able to unify for the general election, no matter the nominee. In studio:

  • Larry Knox and Trish Lepel, supporting Clinton
  • Jason Peck and Karen Vitale, supporting Sanders

In our second hour, 550 local high school students gathered this week for the largest-ever interfaith day at Nazareth College's Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies. We'll discuss what the students learned, and what they shared about their own experiences regarding religious tolerance. Our guests:

  • Reverend Gordon V. Webster, co-chair of the Hickey Center's Global Citizenship Conference 
  • Nora Bradbury-Haehl, co-chair of the Hickey Center's Global Citizenship Conference
  • Awal Deu, junior at Bishop Kearney High School
  • Jake Evans, sophomore at Victor High School
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.