CPB’s Merritt: ‘Let’s stay in this fight together, and let’s prevail’
CPB COO Kathy Merritt encouraged attendees at the Public Media Business Association Conference Thursday to remain focused on community service amid the intensifying threats to federal funding.
“We certainly face danger with the potential loss of funding, and we recognize that this moment is a turning point,” Merritt said during a session at the conference. “Let’s use it to shake loose from old ways of doing things. Let’s lean into listening even harder to our communities to learn what they want and they need. Let’s use our resourcefulness and creativity to imagine how we might better serve our communities and our country in the days ahead. And let’s do it together.”
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