The Alvin Galloway Show

The Alvin Galloway Show, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on www.radiophoenix.org. TAGS's guest is Mr. Luther Patton, owner of Compac Design, an electronics company in Arizona.

Listen in as we reflect on the life of human rights advocate Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, the Dean of the Civil Rights Movement." Patton's family and Lowery's family are longtime friends. Dr. Lowery officiated Patton's wedding in Mississippi.

Dr. Lowery, "The Dean of the Civil Rights Movement," who passed on March 28 at the age of 98, was co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 2009, Lowery was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the highest American civilian award by President Barack Obama.

The veteran civil rights leader was on the battlefield for over half-a century fighting for equality and justice, an advocate for the poor and downtrodden, despite numerous attempts on his life.

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The Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS), from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on radiophoenix.org, TAGS guests are Lynn Johnson, Health and Human Services'

assistant secretary Administration for Children and Families, and Clarence H. Carter HHS's Director of the Office of Family Assistance and the Acting Director of the Office of Community Services at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families.

Join us as we discuss their responsibilities and how it affects children and families. The interview was happened during the mid-February Fathers and Families Coalition of America's annual four-day conference in Los Angeles, in which Sect. Johnson was presented the Hon. John S. Martinez National Leadership award, which is named after the late Connecticut state representative and former FFCA board member.

Asst. Secretary Lynn Johnson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 28, 2018.

Before joining the Trump administration, Mrs. Johnson served as the executive director of Jefferson County Human Services in Colorado, overseeing the county’s Head Start program, as well as programs on the workforce, career and family services, child welfare, justice services and community assistance.

Prior to this position, Mrs. Johnson ran her own consulting firm, which dealt with mental health, high risk youth, developmental disabilities, child welfare and early childhood education.

She was the chief of staff to Colorado Lt. Gov. Jane E. Norton in 2003, and from 1999 to 2002 was a policy advisor to Colorado Governor Bill Owens. Before joining the Owens administration, Mrs. Johnson served as a senior specialist with the United States Courts as a probation and parole officer. She was responsible for direct supervision of offenders with mental health problems and offenders convicted of sex offenses.

Mrs. Johnson has a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation from the University of Northern Colorado and a master’s degree in social work from Arizona State University. She is a graduate of the Federal Judicial Center National Leadership Development Program and Harvard Executive Education for State and Local Governments. Mrs. Johnson has been happily married for 32 years and is the mother of three adult children.

Director Carter comes from the Institute for the Improvement of the Human Condition, which he founded. At that organization, he worked with state and local safety net agencies to meet the emergency needs of socially and economically vulnerable citizens.

Carter served as the Director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security, in addition to other state, federal and local human services management positions.

During his service in the Bush Administration, he managed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and served as the Director of the Office of Community Services. As Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services, his program was instrumental in growing the capacity of its citizens. In his first five years, more than 25,000 public assistance recipients obtained gainful employment, earning in excess of $200 million. During his tenure, Virginia’s public assistance rolls were reduced by more than half, from an all-time high of 74,000 families to a 30-year low of 31,000.

On the local level, while serving as the Director of the Washington, D.C., Department of Human Services, Carter led the design and operation of an initiative to house more than 1,000 homeless residents. It was this effort that transformed the District’s shelter-based homeless system to one based in permanent supportive housing as the primary mechanism to reduce homelessness.

Both Sect. Johnson and Director Carter have ties to Arizona.

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The Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS), 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on www.radiophoenix.org. My guest is Dr. James Rodriguez MSW, Chief Executive Officer and President of Fathers & Families Coalition of America, Inc (FFCA)

Listen in as we discuss the recent FFCA conference held in Los Angeles February, 24-27, its goals and objectives.

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 headquarter in California. James 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 Kingdome, China, Bolivia, and over fifty affiliates throughout the United States.

His vision to champion healthy families through increased professional development led to supportive curricula with a proven foundation of twenty years hosting the Families and Fathers Annual Conference The continuous professional development extensions of FFCA have formed well over 75 regional conferences in rural communities, tribal nations, inner-city and the first Caribbean fatherhood and families’ conference in Puerto Rico and Jamaica as well as into African and Australia. These professional development conferences have trained over 30,000 attendees from over 500 U.S. cities and 90 nations with a global increase of 10000 additional using virtual platforms.

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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The Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS) on radiophoenix.org. My guests are USS Oscar Austin's Commanding Officer Wesley Brown and Master Chief Clayton Finkleman, and  DL White, Oscar P. Austin Recognition Committee founder.

Join us as we discuss the heroic life of the late Phoenix resident, Pvt 1st Class Oscar P. Austin and the special tributes for Austin at the Greenwood Cemetery and special recognition from State leaders at the Arizona Capital. 

Pvt. Austin was killed in 1969 in the line of duty during the Viet Nam War. He was awarded the Medal Honor and Purple Heart, for his life sacrifice that saved many of his fellow Marines and has a battleship named in his honor. 51st anniversary of his sacrifice and 7th Annual Day of Remembrance in honor of Pfc. Oscar P. Austin, Sunday, was held February 23,, Greenwood Cemetery's " Field of Honor" in Phoenix.

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The Alvin Galloway Show, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on radiophoenix.org. Our guest is Renaldo Fowler, AZ Center for Disability Law senior staff advocate. Join us as we discuss the upcoming African American Conference on Disabilities, Feb. 15. The 9th annual conference was founded by Fowler and David Carey, Advocacy specialist at Ability 360, to make the Black community aware of laws and resources that can impact lives.

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This segment of TAGS is an ENCORE REBROADCAST of a 2017 interview on radiophoenix.org., with Dr.Barbara Williams Emerson.

The Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS), 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on radiphoenix.org. Join us as we pay tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King would have celebrated his 91st birthday on January 15, if not gunned down by an assassin's bullet April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee.

TAGS, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on www.radiophoenix.org. TAGS broadcast of Part 2 of a panel discussion held December 8, 2019, at the Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix entitled " How To Grow Diversity Within the Secular Movement." featuring moderator Robert Peoples, and panelist Mandisa Thomas and Dr. Neal Lester.

Robert Peoples is founder and Chair of Affinis Humanity Coalition (AHC); a nonprofit organization and a Board Member of Secular Coalition for Arizona.

Mandisa Lateefah Thomas is president of Black Nonbelievers Inc., which she co-founded in 2011. Thomas serves on the board for American Atheists and the American Humanist Association.

NEAL A. LESTER, Ph.D. is Foundation Professor of English and Founding Director of Project Humanities at Arizona State University. His areas of specialization are African American literature and cultural studies.

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The Alvin Galloway Show, Sundays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on www.radiophoenix.org. My guest is ME, Alvin Galloway.

Join me as I celebrate the Holiday Season with some Christmas music as you enjoy your time with family, friends and sports. Oh and of course food.

TIS DA SEASON!!

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The Alvin Galloway Show, Sundays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on www.radiophoenix.org. My guest is radio host Tashema Shanae Oats, "Lady T."

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