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Jul 2020
36m 34s

Let’s Speak Truth

JACK
About this episode
Our politics is under enormous strain and right now, whether it’s combatting COVID-19 or corruption in politics, we are facing the fight of our lives. Whilst things are bleak, we have to be hopeful. Why? Because we have so much more in common than that which divides us. I hope you can be part of the fight for justice. So, let’s speak truth. 
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