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Valley Edition: Dec. 23 - Native American Veterans; Fresno State's Joseph Castro; Library For London

Ezra David Romero
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Valley Public Radio

On this week's show  we talk to Fresno State President Joseph Castro. He just returned from a White House event with President Obama that aims to boost college opportunity for low income and minority students. We'll find out how the university aims to boost its graduation rate over the next decade, and plan a new future after years of drastically reduced budgets. 

We'll also learn how valley Native American veterans are sharing their stories across generations in an effort to connect with their heritage and heal the wounds of war. It's part of our series Common Threads: Veterans Still Fighting the War. 

And later in the program we'll talk to the man who wants to transform London - and it doesn't have anything to do with the Queen or the British Museum - but it does start with a library.

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).
Ezra David Romero is an award-winning radio reporter and producer. His stories have run on Morning Edition, Morning Edition Saturday, Morning Edition Sunday, All Things Considered, Here & Now, The Salt, Latino USA, KQED, KALW, Harvest Public Radio, etc.
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