Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) October 28, 2021 Public Broadcasting Atlanta (PBA), Atlanta’s choice for NPR and PBS, announced today that Grammy Award-winning
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Participants in the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative greet each other. Photo courtesy of The Riley Institute at Furman University.
As public media leaders nationwide navigate how to best foster diversity and equity in their workplaces and communities, new Arizona PBS general manager Adrienne Fairwell is among the first group to participate in a program exploring opportunities and challenges related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Today, 31 public media professionals from across the country were part of the inaugural class to graduate from the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute® at Furman University offered in partnership with South Carolina ETV and modeled after the Institute’s award-winning South Carolina Diversity Leaders Initiative.
Georgia’s two U.S. Senate runoff races on Jan. 5 continue to bring national politicians to the state to stump for their party’s candidate.
On Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden was in Atlanta for a drive-in rally calling for the same turnout that elected him to elect Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.
Vice President Pence waves to supporters during a Nov. 20 rally in Canton, Ga. Pence appeared alongside U.S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. The Republican incumbents are defending their seats in a Jan. 5 runoff. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“Now you’re going to have to do it again,” said Biden. “Come Jan. 5, you’ve got to vote in record numbers again. Because yes, the lives of every Georgian still depend on what you do. And yes, you still need to vote as if your life depends on it because it does.”