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This is my column today for ESPN.com on Major League Soccer @MLS makes strides in creating inclusive environment espn.co.uk/football/major-le… @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ @TIDES_Org

7.5 of the 20 women who were sports editors worked at @espn; 43 of the 83 women who were assistant sports editors worked for ESPN; and 8 of the 21 women who were columnists worked at ESPN. See the full report tidesport.org @AP @powerofsport @BeyondSport @espnW

The APSE, which represents the sport media companies, received a B+ for racial hiring practices, an F for gender hiring practices, and a C for their overall combined grade. See the full report tidesport.org @InstituteSSJ @AP @powerofsport @BeyondSport

4 of the 25 sports editors of color worked at @espn as did 58 of the 95 total assistant sports editors of color and 10 of the 27 columnists of color. See the full report tidesport.org @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ @AP @powerofsport @BeyondSport @WomensSportsFdn @espnW

79.2 percent of the sports editors were white, and 83.3 percent of the sports editors were men. See the full report tidesport.org @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ @AP @powerofsport @BeyondSport @WomensSportsFdn @espnW

.@NERevolution start fund to help groups fighting #racism sportsbusinessjournal.com:44… via @sbjsbd @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ

#JeffVinik commits another $10 million to #CommunityHeroes program. He is a great example of sports giving back to the community @TBLightning bizjournals.com/tampabay/new… via @tbbjnewsroom @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ

#ClevelandGuardians Baseball Team forevermore advancing #DiversityandInclusion. I have fought for the removal of #NativeAmerican names and mascots in sport for 50 years. nytimes.com/2021/07/23/sport… @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ

They need to do more but #KansasCityChiefs aren’t changing name. But they’re putting #Warpaint out to pasture kansascity.com/sports/nfl/ka… @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ

#LewisHamilton launches new charity, invests $28M in communities of color #athleteactivism sportsbusinessjournal.com:44… via @sbjsbd @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ

Pres. #Obama joins @NBAAfrica as strategic partner espn.com/nba/story/_/id/3189… @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ

This is my opinion piece in today's @orlandosentinel The #Olympics in the era of #athleteactivism | orlandosentinel.com/opinion/… @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ @TIDES_Org @WomensSportsFdn

How will you celebrate #JuneTeenth2021 finally a national holiday commemorating the #emancipation from #slavery in the United States? We all need to better educate ourselves on the holiday while also engaging to fight vs racial #injustice @UCFDeVosSBM @InstituteSSJ

Billie Bean is another great person who is one of the first to publicly come out as gay in the MLB. He is now the Ambassador for Inclusion at the MLB, giving him the platform to speak to the teams on the importance of inclusion and acceptance. #Pride

I am a proud @onePULSEorg board member. Even more importantly, I am the proud Director of the @UCFDeVosSBM & this amazing array of students who committed themselves to social justice. All student run. Our Associate Director, Ashley Turner, helped lead the months of organizing.

June 12 is the 5th anniversary of the shooting when the lives of 49 Angels were taken from us at the #PulseNightclub in Orlando, FL; 3 months before the 1st anniversary, Mark Mueller, a @UCFDeVosSBM student said he wanted to organize a Rainbow CommUNITY Run for the @onePULSEorg

Yesterday, my students in the @UCFDeVosSBM at #UCF organized the run for the 5th time. More than 3,100 participants ran from all 50 states and 15 countries both in person in #Orlando & virtually around the world. The race netted approximately $300,000 for the @onePULSEorg