TRUTH TO POWER PODCAST: WHERE WE’RE GOING
Press Release- June 3, 2021
In this fourth “Truth to Power” presentation — including three prior virtual panels — project cofounders Alicia Hughes, Teresa Genaro, and Frank Vespe take a step back, a year after the killing of George Floyd kicked off a national reckoning with issues of race, diversity and inclusion.
Where has racing been on these matters? Where is it going? How will it get there?
Today’s discussion includes analysis and opinion, of course, and also some deeply personal stories that get to the critical question: why diversity matters, and what racing can do about it?
- Road to Kentucky Derby, Oaks to go through New KentThe road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks will make stops in New Kent in 2025, when the Virginia Derby and Oaks become points races.
This discussion builds on the three previous panels. Those panels addressed issues including why some businesses perceive increasing diversity as critical to their bottom line, what grassroots efforts have been underway in racing and other sports to create more welcoming spaces for underrepresented people, and how horseplayers have confronted (or been confronted by) these issues.
To see previous “Truth to Power” panels, click here.
(Music in the podcast is: “Backbay Lounge” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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