Athletes & Activism

29/05/2021 31 min Temporada 3 Episodio 7
Athletes & Activism

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Professional athletes, like any celebrities, have huge followings and can influence positive change; yet they are often expected to temper and censor their statements on politics, social justice, and activism.Join J.R. Jamison and Kelsey Timmerman as they discuss Athletes & Activism.Photo – By Ron Cogswell via Flickr Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/DH81JN.Stories – • Momma’s Boy: Jessie Bates III’s story as told to Mitchell Carter from Facing Social Justice in Sports. • Untitled: Trey Moses’s story as told to Thomas Deckard from Facing Social Justice in Sports.  Music – • "Spellbound" by Broke For Free. Released under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) license. From the Free Music Archive.

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