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Inspiration, Information
and Inclusion
Ken Burns Photo Credit: Evan Barlow
The Library of Congress National Book Festival:
Celebrating American Ingenuity Host, Hoda Kotb
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PBS Books, DPTV’s national initiative, has
captured the literary imagination of book
lovers everywhere. Working with libraries
and PBS affiliates across the nation and
connected to PBS content, it has presented
author talks with celebrated authors and
thinkers–Isabel Wilkerson, Ken Burns,
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Ishmael Reed, Amy
Tan, Sonja Sanchez, Joy Harjo, Viet Thanh
Nguyen, the list goes on and on. It also
produced a prime-time TV special in
collaboration with the Library of Congress,
celebrating the National Book Festival.
Partnering with the Investor Protection
Trust and state securities regulators across
the country, DPTV has launched a series of
“When I’m 65” virtual events in which
financial experts address issues of personal
finance and investor education. Highly interactive with lively question-and-answer
sessions, they reach wide audiences through
the PBS Books platform. The advice is
topical, reliable and easy to understand,
providing viewers with trusted guidance on
real-life financial concerns, no matter what
their age.
A foundational element for all of this is DPTV’s
abiding dedication to the principles of diversity,
equity, inclusion and accessibility. It is a strand
that ties everything the station does together.
There is total buy-in from the board, volunteers
and committees. And staff members? They
have formed working groups to study each
aspect of our operations, internally and
externally, through a DEIA lens.
Detroit Public TV is Big, Bold, Boundless and
committed to serving the rich, complex,
wonderfully diverse communities of this,
the most important city in America.
What truly counts is
knowing our community
and understanding
its needs.