Over four million people a year in the U.S. mourn the tragic suicide deaths of family members.  Suicide devastates family members for many years; family survivors are at greater risk of suicide themselves and the pain ripples out to entire communities.  In this program, family survivors reveal their intimate stories and aching pain to assist other survivors and to help the broader community understand the unique and terrible grief of suicide.  The documentary explores Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Greek Orthodox responses to suicide.  The church can be a “healing station” in helping survivors find their way to recovery.  Hosted by folksinger, Judy Collins.

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NATIVE SON: THE Father Bailey Story - Meet Ricardo Xavier Bailey, considered by some sources to be one of the brightest African-American leaders of the future.  Father Ricardo Bailey is young, black, hip and a Catholic priest.  He is perhaps the first and only African-American Roman Catholic priest to be born and reared in Atlanta.  This documentary provides a look at Father Bailey’s call and response to the vocation through the eyes of the Atlanta Catholic Community. 

CONVERSATIONS AT THE CARTER CENTER: A RETROSPECTIVE - Conversations at The Carter Center is an annual series of programs designed to increase public awareness on issues of national and global importance. Since 2003, AIB has presented these distinguished panels to the Atlanta viewing audience.  Join us on August 13 at 2:30 P.M. as we present Corporate Philanthropy, a 2004 presentation of Conversation at the Carter Center featuring a panel of experts. On August 27, we present a 2005 Conversation on world conflict.

FAITH AND FEMINISM:  Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters in partnership with Atlanta Women’s Foundation present Faith and Feminism: The Native American Spiritual Tradition with hosts Dr. Laurie Patton of Emory University and Dr. Layli Phillips of Georgia State University. This episode premieres on August 22, 2008.