by admin | Jul 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Natasha Cloud finds the video, lowers the volume, and hands you her phone. It’s a racist screed on Snapchat, yapped in a school cafeteria by a teenage girl who is white. It’s vile, pure filth—made even more disturbing because the girl is sitting next to a Black...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
CNN spoke to WNBA star Jewell Loyd about the Olympics, athletes speaking out, and providing a path for the next generation of hoopers. Watch Here
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Unless you are a huge fan of college hoops or a regular on TikTok, you may not be familiar with Haley and Hanna Cavinder.But they are ushering in a new era of college sports.The twin sisters, stars on Fresno State’s women’s basketball team, are arguably...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
University of Connecticut women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers used her acceptance speech Saturday at the ESPYs to call for more attention on her black counterparts. “With the light that I have now as a white woman who leads a Black-led sport...
by admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
For the first time in the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s 96-year history, an African American has taken home the top prize. Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde, an 8th-grader from Harvey, La., won the prestigious competition — and $50,000. She is the...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For Sue Bird’s first Olympics, in 2004 in Athens, the team stayed on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship. Early WNBA stars like Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie led the squad, and a few of the younger players, including Bird, were quite fond of a nightclub on the...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
It started with a synchronized dance to the “Chicken Wing Beat,” the smooth dribbles of twins Hanna and Haley Cavinder hitting the pavement together as the beat drops. Nearly a full year later, the payday is here. Boost Mobile announced its...
by admin | Jun 29, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson still gets intimidated. But not for reasons you’d imagine. Last week, Lawson joined LPGA player Stacy Lewis at the annual KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit to discuss what it means to break barriers and empower...
by admin | Jun 26, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Last night, owners of Barclays Center—and the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty—Joe and Clara Wu Tsai walked to their sideline seats with a few special guests. Among them was none other than NBA superstar Kevin Durant. The happy Barclays family was in the building...
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....
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