KZUM was part of a national conversation with dozens of other community radio stations, facilitated by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. The goal was to seek out roadblocks, create support and define a path toward a more equitable industry. The result was the formation of a nationwide cohort of stations who are committing to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as organizational priorities. On July 16, 2020, the KZUM Board of Directors unanimously voted to join this important cohort.

Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit fair trade retail organization that works with artisans in over 30 countries all over the world. Learn more about this local KZUM Partner in the first of our Underwriter Spotlight videos.

This will be the second year of the Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival which aims to create transformative musical performances reflective of the strong, musical roots, diversity, community and history in Nebraska and especially in Lincoln. How it seeks to do this is by gathering international and local musicians for concerts of innovative programming from the classical repertoire and folk traditions from all over the globe that have found their home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Gauthier lives and breathes art, quite literally. Since he was young, he was always drawing but it wasn’t until high school that he begun taking it seriously when he honed in on his love for abstract using charcoal and oil paint.