The Team’s Post

Not too often do you get to bowl at the White House or chat with a Senator, but maybe even more rare is the opportunity to meet and learn from peers who are striving to change the world. This year, I was one of 25 student-athletes chosen from across the nation to be a part of the 2023-2024 Engaged Athlete Fellowship with The Team, which empowers a diverse class of motivated student-athletes to strengthen nonpartisan civic participation on their teams, their campuses, and their broader communities. Through this program, I developed and executed a year-long project linking civic engagement with athletics. The fellowship culminated last week at the Engaged Athlete Forum, held at the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center in Washington, DC, which provided us with the opportunity to present our projects to leaders from business, sports, and political advocacy sectors, and to gain valuable insights from their experiences through panel discussions. Thank you to the people behind the vision of this fellowship. Joe Kennedy, Elizabeth Ford, and Hannah Nusbaum, you have truly created a program that will continue to guide student-athletes that want to enforce meaningful change in their communities. It was such an honor to be a part of this first cohort. Learn more about my project, how you can get involved with The Team, and apply for year 2 of the Engaged Athlete Fellowship at https://lnkd.in/djiXhdfi.