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Ordinary Heroes Ep. 320

Guest:Jill Santiago, Director, Center for Social Justice & Human Understanding, Suffolk County Community College

In this powerful episode of Ordinary Heroes, host Bernie Furshpan sits down with educator and advocate Jill Santiago, a fierce champion for Holocaust education, tolerance, and human dignity at Suffolk County Community College.

Together, they explore the responsibility we share to confront rising hate, teach empathy through survivor testimony, and inspire young people to become upstanders in a world that desperately needs moral courage. From the importance of civic duty to the dangers of apathy, propaganda, and modern misinformation, this conversation connects history’s lessons to today’s urgent realities.

Jill and Bernie remind us that while hatred spreads quickly, kindness and humanity can move faster when we choose to act. Ordinary people have always held the power to change history—and the next generation holds that power now.

Listen, reflect, and feel inspired to do your part. Because extraordinary heroes aren’t born… they rise when the moment calls.

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