Kol Ami News

David Sanders wants to combine his love of radio and social ethics to engage students, staff and faculty in more philosophical discourse about issues important to him.

So, it was no surprise when Sanders, aka “DJ Dave Alive” when he’s on Radio SLCC, organized what he calls the Community of Peace Panel last November. In the Oak Room at Salt Lake Community College’s Taylorsville Redwood Campus, the international finance major brought together an impressive group to discuss spirituality, ethics and economics.

The panel engaged in “lively” discussion in front of 50 students and faculty members. “Rabbi Samuel Spector made spirituality very human, practical and enabling in ways that pointed toward solutions of learning and caring about each other, no matter the personal choice of living circumstance,” Sanders said. Spector, a rabbi with the local Congregation Kol Ami, specifically addressed the impact of the October 27 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

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