Your Morning Boost: Karrah Herring ‘honored’ to be Indiana’s first-ever diversity chief
The South Bend native spoke to Josh Short in her first local interview as Indiana’s Chief Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity officer.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - 16 News Now’s Joshua Short spoke to South Bend native Karrah Herring on Wednesday. It was Herring’s first, local TV interview as Indiana’s Chief Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity officer.
She joined Josh for a new segment 16 News Now is launching every morning, exclusively on Facebook Live called Your Morning Boost. The segment will feature live interviews, updates on breaking news and so much more. Just turn on your Facebook alerts so you won’t miss a minute.
For those wondering, Herring explained in the nearly 15-minute Facebook Live about her new job and what it means for Hoosiers going forward.
“It really and truly is a big deal that Gov. Holcomb and his team took the initiative to create this position,” she told Josh. “You know, a lot of people were a little skeptical at first like ‘What does this mean?’ or ‘Are you only gonna be focused on race?’ and there are so many different categories within the state of Indiana that need some acute attention to making sure that the processes that they face is equitable.”
She continued by expressing her profound gratitude and impact she will have on Hoosiers and those in her hometown of South Bend. “I’ve been so blessed to have an impact there locally in South Bend and in St. Joseph County. I am just, you know, thrilled that I’ll be able to really work with a team to have an impact for the entire state. It is a huge honor, I cannot stress that enough.”
Although today’s Facebook Live started with some technical difficulties, the conversation quickly turned into her speaking on her own life’s difficulties and how she triumphed those hardships. She had this to say to young women.
“It’s important for me that young women understand that there will be challenges in life especially young women of color because we’re grappling with the intersection of our race and our gender and so many other layers of complexity,” she said passionately. “Regardless of what those challenges are, there’s so much to you, there’s a purpose on your life and you can achieve great things when you use those challenges as teachable moments to move in to what you’ve been created to do on this earth.
She candidly explained to viewers that life is a journey and full of successes and failures.
“So that’s what I want people to know, it ain’t always look like this. There’s a process to get to this space,” she said pointing at herself smiling.
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