By Madelin Shelton —The University of Louisville recently issued a statement in response to the sociology department’s July 7 letter that brought concerns of systemic racism at U of L to university leadership. The statement reiterated that the university is currently developing the Cardinal Anti-Racist agenda with faculty, staff and student input. In regards to the letter’s accusations of a lack of promotion among Black faculty to leadership positions, university leadership detailed recent efforts to provide leadership training to Black faculty through the VP Faculty Affairs and the Delphi Center. University leadership repeated their commitment to dismantling racism at U of L throughout the statement. University leadership was clear that U of L still had a lot of work to do in this area.