Join TAGS as we discuss the important subject, “Redistricting,” equitable redistricting, the impact of the 2020 Census. The discussion follows the press briefing on “Arizona’s Communities of Color Fight for Fair Redistricting” sponsored by Ethnic Media Services and One Arizona.

TAGS’ guest for the first half-hour is Arizona State Representative Reginald Bolding.

Rep. Bolding is the Democratic leader of the “Arizona House.” He is the Co-Executive Director at Arizona Coalition for Change and is a candidate for Arizona Secretary of State. Bolding is an educator, community leader, and social entrepreneur. Bolding a first generation college student is an outstanding scholar in both education and justice.

TAGS’ guest for the second-half of the hour is journalist Sandy Close.

Close has been traveling the country getting a pulse on the ethnic communities response to the Redistricting.

She is a veteran journalist and the founder of Ethnic Media Services. She was the Executive Director of Pacific News Services from 1974 to 2017 and of New American Media from 1996 to 2017.

She served as the Executive Director of Pacific News Service from 1974 to the publication's closing in 2017. In 1996, she founded New America Media, which involved up to 3,000 ethnic news organizations in California, and served as its Executive Director until its closure in 2017.

In 2018, Close founded Ethnic Media Services, a non-profit agency focused on developing cross-cultural journalism and marketing projects to promote inclusive public discourse.

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African American Father Leads Search for Missing Son

The Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS), on radiophoenix.org., guest is David Robinson of South Carolina.

Mr. Robinson’s son, Daniel, 24, a geologist, has been missing since June 23, 2021, after leaving his work site in the west valley desert near Buckeye AZ.

Join us as we discuss his son, the search for his missing son and the various challenges he and his family have faced in this effort, and how the public can help.

The outgoing Daniel has been in the Valley about two years, landing his dream job of a geologist, right after graduating from college.

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TAGS guests are Tempe Black Employee Alliance (T.B.E.A.) members Lisa Groom and Kelly Lovell-Taylor.

Join us as we discuss the Tempe Black Employee Alliance (T.B.E.A.), its formation and the goals and objectives of the organization.

Lisa Groom is president of the Tempe Black Employee Alliance, which she is a founding member of the organization. TBEA, the first Black employee group established in any government organization in the state of Arizona, was founded on Juneteenth of 2020. 

Groom, a Chicago native is the community affairs specialist for the Tempe Police Department. She has previously worked as the executive assistant to the Tempe City Manager’s Office.

She has been a volunteer at the forefront of her community most of her life. She volunteered as a patient advocate for Planned Parenthood of Chicago for 10 years. She also served as a volunteer during the AIDS’s movement, as a development and outreach coordinator for Howard Brown Health Center – the Midwest’s largest, most comprehensive HIV/AIDS health care provider, educating the black community about their services and HIV/AIDS testing and prevention.

Since moving to Arizona, she has made diligent efforts to build solid community relations through her advocacy with the Arizona Commission on African American Affairs Justice Pillar, East Valley NAACP and several other community organizations. 

Kelly Lovell-Taylor is vice-president of the T.B.E.A. She is also a founding member the Marketing and Public Relations Officer for Tempe Center for the Arts and has been with the City of Tempe for over 6 years. 

Taylor, a native of Toronto Ontario, is a charismatic, creative and results-oriented marketing professional with 27+ years of sports, performing arts and live entertainment industry success. Before joining the city, she served as a Marketing Manager for Cirque du Soleil, Vice President of Marketing for the Harlem Globetrotters, and was principal of Junxion Marketing + Media; her own boutique marketing and communications agency whose clients included the Radio City Rockettes, Bodies the Exhibition and the Titanic Exhibition.

Taylor has a strong belief in and commitment to service and volunteering in her community. She is passionate about her faith, and is a champion for social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. In addition to her work with T.B.E.A., she also sits on Grand Canyon University’s Strategic Employer Initiative & Internships Advisory Committee and assists with the Tempe History Museum's African American Advisory Committee. She also is a member of several community organizations.

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TAGS guest is Berdetta Hodge, Tempe City Council candidate.

The history making Hodge is the first African American woman to be elected to any office in Tempe.

In 2016 she was elected to the Tempe Union High School District (TUHSD) Governing Board. She currently serves as the president of the board. She has served on the TUHSD board since 2016.

For over 27 years she has served as a proud leader in the community and schools - first as a student, and now as a parent and advocate. Hodge has had the honor to serve on several site and district advisory committees, booster clubs, and parental engagement groups for Tempe and Phoenix schools.

She is very active with the Black Students Union groups in the Tempe Union schools, where she volunteers as mentor and assists with their community engagement efforts.

She lives and breathes education and has served as a board member of the Booker T. Washington Child Development Center. She also serves on the board for Save Our Schools Arizona, former board member of Mesa Art Center Foundation, a member of the East Valley NAACP leadership team as an education liaison, and as the First Vice Chairwoman of the Legislative District 26 Democrats. Hodge actively works to help women get elected around the state of Arizona.

Hodge is the mother of two successful sons, Jevin and Jazin, both graduates of Tempe schools, both of whom are following in their mother's footsteps as change agents.

Hodge's favorite quote is “Our fingertips never fade from the lives we touch.”

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TAGS guests are Salvation Army Kroc Center-Phoenix officials, Caroline Rowe and Mr. Raymond Burden.  

Join us as we discuss the Salvation Army and its upcoming financial literacy classes which begin August 4. The free classes are geared for participants 18 to 100 years old or older. The classes will teach the basics on managing a checking account, reducing debt, purchasing a home, improving credit scores, and other key tools to ensure you are successful in life. 

Capt. Rowe, the Corps Officer of the Phoenix Kroc Center in the Southwest Division, was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. She grew up in The Salvation Army, and has loved Jesus since she was 6 years old. 

The married mother of three loves the mission of the Army, and feels like there is no greater joy than living out the calling that God has placed on her life to be a Salvation Army officer. 

Colonel (Ret) Burden is a Salvation Army Kroc Center advisory council member and serves as the finance committee chair. Col Burden, served in the Army Medical Department for 30 years of distinguished service around the globe in multiple leadership roles in medical aviation operations and healthcare administration. His last position prior to retirement was as Director of Tricare, the military health plan, for the Surgeon General in the Pentagon, Washington, DC.

Col. Burdan and his wife reside in Fountain Hills, is very active in the community. He also served as executive director of the Wellcare Foundation in Phoenix, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provided free healthcare services to single working mothers and their children.

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Join The Alvin Galloway Show, TAGS, conversation with our guest Mr. Warren Trent, investigative Producer/Reporter at 3TV and a three-time Rocky Mountain Emmy award nominee.

Trent is a former president of AZ Association of Black Journalist, AZABJ. AZABJ is a member of the National Association of Black Journalist, NABJ. He is also a board member of the National Academy of Television of Arts and Sciences.

Join us as we discuss the AZABJ/NABJ, journalism and top news stories.

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TAGS guests are “Three Extraordinary Women,” Dr. Pearlette Ramos, Tammy Johnson and Terry Ahwal.

Join us as we discuss the three women of color's endeavor to climb the highest mountain in the continent of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and the documentary which will document their journey. 

The three women have overcome numerous life challenges to become successful business women, community activists and outstanding mothers.

Dr. Ramos, born in poverty in Ohio, left home to escape, domestic violence, became pregnant at 16. Her first child died four months later, she channeled her grief to get her GED, go on to law school, and obtain her doctorate in psychology. 

Dr. Ramos has raised two daughters, ages 24 and 33, while globetrotting around the world—having visited the seven continents and more than 60 countries. She currently serves on several boards--including OneAZ Credit Union, the Arizona Black Bar, Phoenix Rotary 100, Sisters Talk About Race, and the US Global Leadership Coalition-Arizona Advisory Committee. She is the documentary' producer.

Ms Johnson, at the of six, witnessed the murder of her mother by a stalker. After losing her mother and receiving no mental health support, she was left to find ways to cope with her trauma. Through her childhood trauma, She developed true grit and learned how to turn life challenges into life affirmation. Johnson put herself through college and aimed even higher. 

Johnson earned a Master’s of Science degree in Business Administration (MBA)/Marketing. During the next 20 years she would help Fortune 500 companies develop their brands. The fierce courage and determination Tammy developed as a child has helped transform her into a fierce community activist and avid scuba diver who travels the world studying and advocating for the natural world. Tammy is the mother of an adult son,Trey, and a grandmother to her granddaughter, Ahnoni.

Ms Ahwal was born in Ramallah (Palestine) just north of Jerusalem where she and her family lived under the Israeli occupation.  At a young age Terry found her voice and spoke out against the inhumanity she witnessed. Because of her outspoken nature on social justice issues, Terry’s parents feared for her young life, and at the age of 14 sent her to live with relatives in America. 

Coerced by family into quitting school in the 10th grade, Ahwal returned when she was 18 and graduated with a high school diploma at the age of 21. She worked three jobs for 12 years to support herself and her family while she attended college at night. Eventually, She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Public Administration.

The 64-year-old Ahwal walks 10 miles per day when she’s not contributing to her community or traveling the world extensively. Ahwal is barred from entering Israel. She has been married for more than twenty years to her husband Bob, who is of Jewish descent.

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TAGS' guest is Dr. James Rodriguez MSW, Chief Executive Officer and President of Fathers & Families Coalition of America, Inc (FFCA).

Join us as we discuss the FFCA organization's goals and objectives and its upcoming 22nd  FFCA international conference, "New beginnings 2021," to be held in Los Angeles, May 17-19.

Dr. James C. Rodríguez, MSW serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Fathers & Families Coalition of America, Inc, a national and international agency, committed to delivering services, education, training, and advocacy to make a difference in the fatherhood field.

Dr. Rodriguez cultivated the vision to form a group of service providers in Arizona to improve the lives of children and families serving over 5000 young parents annually for a decade. In 2007, he embraced the paradigm shift of direct services into what is now FFCA an international membership base with the executive leadership of over 50 Affiliates in the U.S., Jamaica, Australia, Puerto Rico, Africa, Bermuda, United Kingdom, China, Bolivia, and over fifty affiliates throughout the United States.

He is a recipient of several awards for his professional service including professional service The Presidential Lifetime Call to Service Recipient – Office of the President of the United States of America – Hon. President Barack Obama and recognition from several Congressional leaders for developing programs to enrich families and children.

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TAGS guest is Ms Erica Maxwell, a lifelong educator, administrator and equity and inclusion advocate.

Join us as we discuss her controversial dismissal from AZ Dept of Education, education in AZ and her first children's book.

Ms. Erica Maxwell served as the first Associate Superintendent of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Arizona Department of Education. In her education tenure, Maxwell has served as a school administrator, adjunct faculty member at Chandler-Gilbert Community College and as a faculty associate at Arizona State University.

Additionally, Maxwell is a co-founder of the annual Arizona Multicultural Education Conference. She also facilitated a series of community book discussions for Arizona State University’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy.

Maxwell was recently appointed to the Arizona Juvenile Justice Commission and serves as a Board Member for Children’s Action Alliance and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

Recognized for her community involvement and excellence in education, Maxwell received the 2016 Outstanding Adjunct Award from Chandler-Gilbert Community College and the 2015 East Valley NAACP Education Advocacy Award.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Ms. Maxwell resides in Chandler and has a son who attends Arizona State University, and a daughter who is a high school junior.

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My guests are members of Oscar Grant III’s family, his mother - Wanda Johnson, his uncle - Cephas X Johnson (Uncle Bobby) , aunt - Beatrice X Johnson; and supporters, civil rights attorney Charles Bonner, Min. Abdul Sabur Muhammad and Elaine Brown, former Black Panther national president.

Join us as we discuss their continued fight to seek justice for Oscar Grant III, 22, who was murdered by Bart police officer Johannes Mehserle  on New Years day 2009, on the Bart rapid transit Fruitvale  station platform in Oakland California.

On July 8, 2010, Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and not guilty of the murder charge and voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but only served 11 months.

The case was reopened last October by District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, only to have her close it, without her filing any additional charges against former Bart officer Anthony Pirone, who lied in his report and instigated the whole incident that got Grant killed. Pirone was never charged for his actions that led to Grant’s death.

Grant’s family and supporters are on a national campaign to change the district attorney’s “decision,” and finally get Grant the justice he deserves.

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