The long Island Nets got the Camiseta Everton FC NBA G league Social obligation award for their “Team Up for Unity” neighborhood program that aims to battle racism in high institution sports on long Island. The award recognizes excellence for team service as well as social responsibility, as well as the champion is selected by a committee of league as well as team executives. This is the second consecutive year the Nets have won this award, complying with last year’s recognition of the team’s next Gen Series, provided by the healthcare facility for special surgical treatment (HSS), as well as its commitment to Literacy on long Island.
“Team Up for Unity” was introduced during Black history Month in 2021, in partnership with national Grid, section VIII in Nassau region as well as section XI in Suffolk County, as well as with support from Minuteman press of Levittown. considering that February, the Nets have engaged with countless trainees in anti-racism work across the 200+ high institutions in both Nassau as well as Suffolk Counties.
“The long Island Nets are pleased to continue to utilize our platform to enhance the neighborhoods we online as well as work in,” stated Alton Byrd, Vice president of growth Properties, BSE Global. “Our goal is to battle racism in all develops as well as make sure equality is accomplished throughout long Island. We are honored to be acknowledged by the league for the crucial anti-racism work we are doing with really hopes of inspiring the next generation of leaders in society to be modification agents.”
Throughout the program, the Nets, section VIII as well as section XI supplied high institutions on long Island gain access to to info as well as practical resources on diversity, equity as well as inclusion. These tools were showed coaches, student-athletes, superintendents, athletic directors, principals, Boards of education as well as other institution administrators to assist them determine as well as battle racism in Camiseta Atalanta BC both their institutions as well as athletic programs.
Additionally, institutions registered with the “Team Up for Unity” program took part in equality as well as anti-racism events as well as trainings, including online conversations on exactly how to acknowledge as well as address racism in both institution as well as sports. These panels were moderated by trainees on long Island as well as keynote speakers included regional service leaders, such as:
Jackie Wilson, executive director of diversity as well as Camiseta Valencia Inclusion at BSE Global
Joe Salamone, executive director at the long Island coalition against Bullying
Keia Clarke, CEO of the new York Liberty
Dr. Richard Lapchick, Chair of DeVos sport service administration Program Director, Institute for diversity as well as principles in sports President, The Institute for sport as well as Social Justice
Melanie Littlejohn, Vice president of client as well as neighborhood new York specify for national Grid
School administrators likewise joined quarterly panels held by Erase Racism, as well as anonymous surveys were distributed to trainee athletes at participating institutions to highlight the frequency of students’ experiences with racism as well as bias during long Island high institution sporting events. institution administrators likewise held student-to-student conversations as a method for trainee athletes to share their views as well as experiences with racism as well as participating institutions got posters as well as banners highlighting resources as well as organizations that trainees as well as workers can get in touch with if they experience or experience racism or bias.
For a lot more on “Team Up for Unity,” see .
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