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>>GERRY: PACERS SPORTS &
ENTERTAINMENT IS OF COURSE
TRYING TO DRIVE ON-COURT SUCCESS
FOR THE PACERS AND FEVER, BUT

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THE ORGANIZATION SAYS IT IS ALSO
WORKING HARD, AND ALLOCATING
RESOURCES, TO DRIVE COMMUNITY
IMPACT.

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BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
BILL ...
>>BILL: GERRY, THANKS.

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LIKE HIGH PROFILE SPORTS
ORGANIZATIONS HERE AND ACROSS
THE COUNTY, PS&E HAS SPENT THE
PAST YEAR FOCUSED ON WHAT IT

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CALLS INTENTIONAL GENEROSITY AND
INTENTIONAL GEOGRAPHY, A
WIDE-RANGING ARRAY OF
INITIATIVES AIMED AT MAKING A

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SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE FOR OUR
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
AND JOINING US TODAY TO DISCUSS
WHAT HAS OCCURRED, AND WHAT LIES

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AHEAD, IS RICK FUSON, PRESIDENT
AND COO OF PS&E.
RICK, WELCOME ...
GREAT TO SEE YOU MY FRIEND.

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>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
COULD NOT BE HAPPIER TO BE WITH
YOU TODAY.

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>> A WIDE RANGING ARRAY OF
INITIATIVES THE PACERS AND
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN
COMMUNITY WITH THE OWNERSHIP,

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BUT TOOK ON SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN
THE WAKE OF LAST YEAR'S
UNFORTUNATE ACTIVITIES.
TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE

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BEE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN THE
SPORTS BUSINESS AND WE HAVE A
PLATFORM NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

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WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO BE PART TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY
BETTER.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AT 68 YEARS

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OLD IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE
THE SECOND OR THIRD I'VE
PERSONALLY HAD TO REALLY HELP
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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AS A LEADER ON A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS I THINK WE ALL WANT TO
JOIN AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP.
IT CHANGED OUR LIVES I THINK AND

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CERTAINLY AFTER THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND THE ENSUING
SITUATIONS ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY.

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WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR OWN
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES TO MAKE
SURE WE DON'T FORGET.
MALCOLM MADE A TERRIFIC

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STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO
SUSTAIN THE OUTRAGE ABOUT
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND ABOUT
INJUSTICE SO PACER SPORT

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ENTERTAINMENT IS COMMITTED TO
DOING WHAT WE CAN IN OUR'S CITY
OVER THE ENTIRE BASIS AND FROM
YEARS ON AS WELL.

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>> MORE THAN 200 ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE REACHED OUT TO END MORE
THAN 100,000 LIVES AND THE
MAJORITY OF THE DOLLARS FOCUSED

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ON EQUITY INCLUSION AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE SO, AGAIN, INTENTIONAL
GENEROSITY AND GEOGRAPHY.
>> THE ASSIGNMENTS HAVE THE

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SIMON FAMILY HAS BEEN VERY
GENEROUS AND WE HAD -- WE SET A
SOCIAL JUSTICE AGENDA THAT WE
WOULD BE NEARING OUR FOCUS AND

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WE REALLY SET A ONE IN FIVE
DIFFERENT AREAS MENTORSHIP GAPS
AND FOOD DESERTS AND OUR
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE

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COMMUNITY AND POLICE AND OTHERS
AND SUPPORT FROM MINORITY
BUSINESSES IT IS SO IMPORTANT WE
HAVE TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR

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MOUTH IS AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE
WE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT
HELPING THESE ORGANIZATIONS AS
WE GO FORWARD.

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WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE AND WE HAVE
TO HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS AND
CREATE EVEN MORE PARTNERSHIPS AS
WE GO FORWARD.

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>> THE INCLUDE THE CENTER FOR
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THE CICF
ANTHEM AND OTHERS AND YOU ARE
REACHING OUT AND HOOKING ARM AND

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ARM WITH LOCAL ENTITIES.
>> THE FEVER AND OUR FOLKS ARE
STARTING TO DEAL WITH ANTHEM AND
I USED LILLY FAMILY SCHOOL AND

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WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PLAYERS
TO BECOME ITS ATHLETES TO
ADVOCACY TO HELP THOSE YOUNG
WOMEN AND OTHERS TO HELP THEM

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MAKE SURE THEY HELP THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL AND THE CENTER
FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT A
GREAT GROUP IN OUR TOWN THEY

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HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE NEW
FOUNDATION AT EACH OF THE OWNERS
AND THEY HAVE PLEDGED $1 MILLION
FOR EACH OF TEN YEARS SO

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$30 MILLION APIECE $30 MILLION
THROUGHOUT THE TIME WE WILL BE
GIVING TWO DIFFERENT CAUSES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY KENNEDY KING

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WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THAT DAY
SO MANY YEARS AGO WHEN ROBERT
KENNEDY GAVE A SPEECH AND SAVED
OUR COMMUNITY FROM DEVASTATION

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THE DAY THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING
WAS KILLED AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THAT BECAUSE WHAT WAS
TAUGHT TO INDIANAPOLIS WHAT WE

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HEARD FROM BOBBY KENNEDY WAS
IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US GOING
FORWARD AND IT'S A LEGACY WE CAN
BE PROUD OF.

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CICF DOING GREAT WORK IN TERMS
OF THEIR PHILANTHROPY THE RACIAL
EQUITY PLEDGE THAT MANY
COMPANIES HAVE TALKED ABOUT.

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WE WANT TO KEEP IT SUSTAINED AND
MAKE SURE WE CAN HELP BE A
LEADER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE THE LEADER

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BUT WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS WITH
PEOPLE THAT WALK DOWN THE STREET