Embolden Media Group CEO Joins New Committee Focused on Increasing DEI in Christian Publishing

From Publisher’s Weekly - “Religion News Briefs: April 28, 2021”

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association has added a new standing committee to “direct, evaluate and advise” on crucial topics and initiatives for ECPA members “to enhance their publishing missions through diversity and inclusion,” according to a press announcement Monday. The committee, which begins meeting May 3 during the ECPA Virtual Leadership Summit, will be chaired by board member Tina Constable, executive v-p and publisher for WaterBrook and Multnomah.

Other members are: Peter Cerra, president of SEPA (Spanish Evangelical Publishers Association) and senior director of sales and marketing for Editorial Portavoz (Kregel); Jevon Bolden, author and CEO of the literary agency Embolden Media Group, as well as founder of Christian Publishing Professionals of Color; Joyce Dinkins, an executive editor at Our Daily Bread Ministries; Ed Gilbreath, founding editor of UrbanFaith.com, and v-p of strategic partnerships at Christianity Today; and Maila Kim, marketing manager at InterVarsity Press.

Read full press release here.