Sports, Activism & Race

Jay Williams

by Dash

he came to our school and talked. He was a wondeful speaker and he really got to me. I was truly happy hearing his words. The whole middle school loved him.

by Dash

we went uptown to Columbia. We walked around and saw the wonderful campus. I saw some great sports writers talk about sports and taking action. Ray hogan is a true insperation

by Ryder

Jay Williams who was a former NBA player went to our school and spoke to us at a large gathering with the whole school.

by Drew

We had a phone call with her and she was telling us about her job and the NFL’s mission.

We interviewed Anna Isaacson, who is the Vice President of Social Responsibility in the NFL, which means that she focuses on helping the NFL to make socially responsible decisions and policies. She was very helpful.

by Dash

we had a call with her. we got to know who she was the type of work she does. She sets up events for the NFL such as charities and events.

by Ryder

We interviewed Happy Walters. We talked to him about his agency, clients, and his company. We went to his hotel room and we interviewed him there.

by Dash

we met him and had a conversation about the obligation of taking action. he explained the charities his clients do and how they take action.

by Dash

we met him and had a conversation about the obligation of taking action. he explained the charities his clients do and how they take action.

by Ryder

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by Drew

We met Happy Walters in his hotel to interview him.

by Drew

We had a conversation about social justice and activism with Ime Udoka.

by Ryder

We facedtimed Ime Udoka and asked him questions about the organization.

by Dash

We had a conversation about athletes and there obligation at players.

by Drew

We talked about LeBron’s school and Shut Up and Dribble, which Mr. Hogan helped produce. Our questions were based on what LeBron’s mission is and our topic, Sports, Race, and Equality.

by Ryder

We had a great call with him. We talked about what Lebron is doing with his school. It was very helpful and we asked a lot of questions. We also asked him his opinion on activism in sports

by Dash

we had a great conversation about activism. He gave us his option on everything Lebron James is doing and what he did to make it possible.

by Drew

We were in the Sports Management Conference that was being hosted at Columbia University. Len Elmore was the moderator and William Rhoden, David Steele, and Dr. Glenn Bracey was talking about Social Justice in Sports, which was the topic. We took notes and followed along to the speakers.

by Ryder

We sat in during a panel discussion about social justice and sports. Afterwards, we got to talk to one of the people on the panel, William Rhoden, and we got to set up another time to talk with him.

by Dash

we heard a pannel of sports people talk about the obligation athletes had.

by Clair

Our group is dedicated to stopping racial and gender stereotypes in sports. So many players and kids can’t stand up for themselves without getting a label that isn’t true. We believe that race does not define anyone and it should not. We are all super passionate about the Colin Kaepernick movement. We believe that Kaepernick…

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