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Athletic Activism and Social Change

April 20, 2017
5:30PM - 6:00PM
The Blackwell Inn Ballroom

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Add to Calendar 2017-04-20 17:30:00 2017-04-20 18:00:00 Athletic Activism and Social Change Time: 7:30-9 p.m. Event Host: Sports and Society Initiative Short Description: Ohio State's Sports and Society Initiative hosts a panel of athletes and activists to discuss the role of athletic activism in social change. Featuring Tommie Smith, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and Malcom Jenkins. .dailypost {background-color:#000; padding:30px;color:#fff;font-family:"capita";font-size: 1.25em;font-weight: 400;} .clicktotweet {float: right; text-align:right;} Embed from Getty Images Ohio State's Sports and Society Initiative hosts a panel discussion on the role of athletic activism in social change.Panelists:Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, former NBA Most Improved Player winner and two-time SEC Player of the Year. His nine-year NBA career was spent with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and the Vancouver Grizzlies.Malcom Jenkins, safety, Philadelphia Eagles. Jenkins played as a cornerback for Ohio State, earning consensus All-American honors and winning the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior.Tommie Smith, an American former track and field athlete and gold medal winner at the 1968 Summer Olympics. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium to protest discrimination against African-Americans remains a symbolic moment in the history of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.Panel Moderator:Vince Doria, former senior vice president and director of news, ESPN.This event is free and open to the public. No registration required.Join @sportssociety tomorrow for a panel on role of athletic activism and social change, w/ 3 pro athletes #ASCDailyCLICK TO TWEETThe Sports and Society Initiative at Ohio State is devoted to the development of a better understanding of the role of amateur and professional sports in the economy and society at large. Its goal is to promote high quality research related to issues of societal concern in sports at all levels through research grants, undergraduate and graduate training and internships, the sponsorship of conferences and interaction with policy makers in sports and related industries.Sign up for the free, weekly sports e-newsletter from the Sports and Society Initiative. The newsletters are sent out every Thursday, and include stories varying from athletes and their social commentary, sports organizations and sexual harassment and gender in sports. The Blackwell Inn Ballroom College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: 7:30-9 p.m.
Event Host: Sports and Society Initiative
Short Description: Ohio State's Sports and Society Initiative hosts a panel of athletes and activists to discuss the role of athletic activism in social change. Featuring Tommie Smith, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and Malcom Jenkins.


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Ohio State's Sports and Society Initiative hosts a panel discussion on the role of athletic activism in social change.

Panelists:

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, former NBA Most Improved Player winner and two-time SEC Player of the Year. His nine-year NBA career was spent with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and the Vancouver Grizzlies.

Malcom Jenkins, safety, Philadelphia Eagles. Jenkins played as a cornerback for Ohio State, earning consensus All-American honors and winning the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior.

Tommie Smith, an American former track and field athlete and gold medal winner at the 1968 Summer Olympics. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium to protest discrimination against African-Americans remains a symbolic moment in the history of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

Panel Moderator:

Vince Doria, former senior vice president and director of news, ESPN.


This event is free and open to the public. No registration required.

Join @sportssociety tomorrow for a panel on role of athletic activism and social change, w/ 3 pro athletes #ASCDaily


The Sports and Society Initiative at Ohio State is devoted to the development of a better understanding of the role of amateur and professional sports in the economy and society at large. Its goal is to promote high quality research related to issues of societal concern in sports at all levels through research grants, undergraduate and graduate training and internships, the sponsorship of conferences and interaction with policy makers in sports and related industries.

Sign up for the free, weekly sports e-newsletter from the Sports and Society Initiative. The newsletters are sent out every Thursday, and include stories varying from athletes and their social commentary, sports organizations and sexual harassment and gender in sports.