by admin | Jun 25, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
If a woman from a small town in West Virginia can become the owner of a WNBA team, so can other women, Montgomery told the audience at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen digital summit. “I have nieces, I have nephews,” Montgomery said....
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery and Tiffany Hayes appreciated what former UConn teammate Maya Moore was doing when the All-Star forward stepped away from basketball two years ago to focus on criminal justice reform. The Atlanta Dream guards admit they weren’t sure...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Pitt women’s basketball team recently added former player Brianna Kiesel to its coaching staff as an assistant. Kiesel, of course, is one of the most decorated players in the history of the program. With 1,938 career points, she left Pitt as the fifth highest...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Atlanta Dream rookie Aari McDonald made a statement on WNBA draft day in April, sitting in front of a neon sign with the phonetic spelling of her name: “AIR-e.” She’d spent the NCAA tournament correcting journalists about how to say her name and she was likely trying...
by admin | May 17, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Slam dunk. Earlier this year, you may have heard about Renee Montgomery. The former point guard was one of the Atlanta Dream players who got involved in the 2020 election, including working to defeat former Dream owner and GOP Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler, who...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
These next eight days are going to be the most exciting of Tabitha Turner’s life. On Friday, she will call the Atlanta Dream season-opener as part of an all-Black, all-female broadcasting crew the team announced earlier this week. And next Sunday, she will be married...
by admin | May 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The preseason game was not televised, nor were fans in attendance and it was a good thing they weren’t. The Washington Mystics start off their preseason on a not so high note as the Atlanta Dream came in and defeated the Mystics, 87-80. What started off as a great...
by admin | May 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Atlanta Dream coach Nicki Collen is leaving the WNBA to take over as coach of the Baylor women’s basketball team, the school announced Monday. She replaces Kim Mulkey, who left last week to become LSU’s coach. Current Atlanta assistant Mike...
by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
It’s been 10 years since Atlanta Dream point guard Renee Montgomery was selected fourth overall in the 2009 WNBA draft, but she’s still facing down the harsh reality that she earns far less money than her male counterparts. So she tries not to focus on the pay...
by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
With Black History Month in our rearview mirrors, and as we enter a month dedicated to celebrating the history of women, it has become quite apparent that the months of February and March are being merged by the actions of Black women like Renee Montgomery, Stacey...
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