Louisville Public Media Joins PM4A

Stephen George, President of Louisville Public Media, offered the following about why they decided to participate.

“Louisville Public Media strives for a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion intended to embody and reflect our community, making our work richer and more resonant. We seek out and embrace people of all races, ethnicities and origins, heritages, characteristics and circumstances with intention in our work. Therefore, our staff, board of directors and community advisory board must fully reflect the community we serve.

For LPM to grow, we must embrace more of our community, more intentionally, where they are. For many years, mainstream media has promoted racist narratives and under-represented Black people and people of color in our coverage and on our staffs. LPM has long been committed to the core values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and we must work to live and promote those values every day. We commit to being an organization where similarities and difference are respected and celebrated, multiple perspectives and diversity of thought are embraced, and people are engaged in intercultural experiences. We acknowledge the challenges faced by people from historically marginalized groups and in our work, we seek to challenge systems of oppression.

We are proud to stand with our colleagues across public media in committing to an anti-racist future.”