About Us

Centering the voices of our community:

This community-led preservation and documentary work has taken various shapes since 2013. 

Some projects have culminated in books, magazines, radio programs, musical archives, and exhibits.

Our Mission

The Louisville Story Program collaborates with historically under-supported communities in their efforts to document and preserve their stories and heritage in ways that advance equity and deepen connections.

Learn More: A Special PBS NewsHour Segment

Staff

Board Members

  • Mia Cooper

    Mia Cooper

    Director of Equity and Community

    Sacred Heart Schools

  • Kate Lacy Crosby

    Kate Lacy Crosby

    Partner

    Tachau Meek PLC

  • Amber Duke

    Amber Duke

    Deputy Director

    American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky

  • LaTanya Henry

    LaTanya Henry

    President

    LMH Accounting & Consulting

  • Stephen Kertis

    Stephen Kertis

    Founder and President

    Kertis Creative

  • Judy Look

    Judy Look

    Community Volunteer

    Retired from Congressman John Yarmuth's Office

Partners

  • American Printing House for the Blind
  • Backside Learning Center
  • Central High School
  • Cities United
  • Dismas Charities
  • Festival of Faiths
  • Iroquois High School
  • Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
  • Kentucky School for the Blind
  • Kertis Creative
  • Louisville Free Public Library
  • Louisville Writing Project
  • Muhammad Ali Center
  • Rock Paper Jones LLC
  • Spalding University
  • St. John Center for Homeless Men
  • StudioWorks by Zoom Group
  • The Academy @ Shawnee
  • University of Louisville Oral History Center and Archives
  • University of Louisville Photographic Archives

Financial Supporters

  • Arthur K. Smith Family Foundation
  • Brown-Forman
  • C. E. and S. Foundation
  • Community Foundation of Louisville
  • Cralle Foundation
  • Emily Bingham and Stephen Reily
  • Fund for the Arts
  • Gheens Foundation
  • Impact100 Louisville
  • Kentucky Arts Council
  • Kentucky Colonels
  • Kentucky Oral History Commission
  • Louisville Metro Government
  • Matthew Barzun & Brooke Brown Barzun
  • National Book Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Norton Foundation
  • Owsley Brown II Family Foundation
  • Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Foundation
  • Porter Watkins & George Bailey
  • Republic Bank Foundation
  • Snowy Owl Foundation
  • Sociable Weaver Foundation
  • South Arts
  • Starlight Racing
  • Ted & Mary Nixon