SCR 10 Summary

• Recognizes "Broadway Joe" Booker, a radio personality and Director of Programming at Cumulus Media-Little Rock, for his public efforts to encourage Arkansas residents to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

• Highlights Booker's broadcasting career beginning in 1976 with the Armed Forces Korean Network and his subsequent role as a leading Central Arkansas radio personality hosting the Broadway Joe Talk Show and Broadway Joe Video Show.

• Notes Governor Asa Hutchinson's public recognition of Booker's influence in promoting vaccine uptake, particularly within the Black community, and Booker's creation of a public service announcement for the Arkansas Department of Health.

• Acknowledges Booker's 30-year marriage to his wife Freddie and his status as a parent and grandparent, emphasizing family as central to his success and motivation for vaccine advocacy.

• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide a copy of the resolution to Broadway Joe Booker upon adoption.