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Valley Edition: July 14 - Sex Education; ISIS Vs. Islam; Medi-Cal; Saroyan Exhibit

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This week on Valley Edition KVPR Reporter Diana Aguilera interviews a Fresno teenager about the lack of sex education in Fresno Unified schools. Later in the program Valley Edition Host Joe Moore speaks with Shana Alex Charles with the UCLA Center For Healthy Policy Research and the California HealthCare Foundation about gaps in care for Valley Medi-Cal recipients

Also on the program Moore is joined by Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno and Reverend Norman Broadbent of the First Congregational Church to talk about a recent event called "Isis vs. Islam."

Ending the program Moore speaks with Fresno County Librarian Lisa Lindsay about a new gallery featuring art and artifacts ofWilliam Saroyan at the Central Library in Downtown Fresno. The exhibit opens Saturday July 18. 

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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.