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Hall of Fame Coach Tina-Sloan Green Highlights the Annual “Invisible Women in Sport” Livestream Public Forum
9.27.18 | Women's Lacrosse
By Garnett L. Overby III
ORLANDO – The successful season of the "Invisible Women in Sport" Podcast culminates on Friday, October 19, as International Women's Sports Hall of Fame Coaching Legend Tina-Sloan Green highlights the annual "Invisible Women in Sport" livestream public forum. The University of Central Florida (UCF) hosts the forum, sponsored by the Institute for Sport and Social Justice (ISSJ) and funded in part by the UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI).
Joining Ms. Sloan-Green, who in 1969 broke the color barrier as the first African-American on the US National Women's Lacrosse team, will be her daughter, longtime Harvard Tennis Coach Traci Green. Green is a pioneer in her own right; in 2009, she became the first African-American coach in Harvard's history to win an Ivy League championship in any sport.
The duo will speak at length about their personal journeys overcoming gender and racial barriers in sport, as well as the ceilings that remain and the power players within the NCAA and major College Conferences still resistant to change. As the 1992 co-founder of the Black Women in Sport Foundation (BWSF), Tina Sloan-Green has spent decades fighting for the rights of minority athletes, coaches, and administrators. Similarly, Traci Green has been an activist for women and minority participation in sports, including serving on the USTA's Collegiate Varsity National Committee, the Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center, and the BWSF board.
Their conversation will be preceded by a short "State of Women and Minority Participation in College Sports and College Administration" presentation, compiled by researchers from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). TIDES has been the nation's foremost research body quantifying racial and gender participation issues facing college and pro sports. Their annual "Report Cards" on the various leagues and the NCAA are highly regarded and oft-quoted in major media, including ESPN and the Sports Business Journal.
The forum, beginning at 8:30 a.m., also celebrates Season 1 of the "Invisible Women in Sport" podcast, featuring interviews with 12 incredible women who have shattered glass ceilings across the college sports landscape. These include Amy Huchthausen, the first Asian-American college sports commissioner (America East); Jacqie McWilliams, the first female African-American commissioner of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA); Latina-American Christina Roybal, Asst. Athletic Director at University of Northern Iowa and a member of the President's Personnel Diversity Task Force, and; Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak, the US Women's Soccer Team's first Filipina-American and three-time American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year at UCF.
CONTACT: For more information about the live feed and/or attending, contact Garnett L. Overby III at the Institute for Sport and Social Justice at 407-823-4884 or goverby@ucf.edu.
Institute for Sport and Social Justice: www.sportandsocialjustice.org
TIDES (The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport): www.tidesport.org
Invisible Women in Sport Podcast: iTunes- http://apple.co/2rsFYC8 or Google Play- http://bit.ly/2ryHweP
ORLANDO – The successful season of the "Invisible Women in Sport" Podcast culminates on Friday, October 19, as International Women's Sports Hall of Fame Coaching Legend Tina-Sloan Green highlights the annual "Invisible Women in Sport" livestream public forum. The University of Central Florida (UCF) hosts the forum, sponsored by the Institute for Sport and Social Justice (ISSJ) and funded in part by the UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI).
Joining Ms. Sloan-Green, who in 1969 broke the color barrier as the first African-American on the US National Women's Lacrosse team, will be her daughter, longtime Harvard Tennis Coach Traci Green. Green is a pioneer in her own right; in 2009, she became the first African-American coach in Harvard's history to win an Ivy League championship in any sport.
The duo will speak at length about their personal journeys overcoming gender and racial barriers in sport, as well as the ceilings that remain and the power players within the NCAA and major College Conferences still resistant to change. As the 1992 co-founder of the Black Women in Sport Foundation (BWSF), Tina Sloan-Green has spent decades fighting for the rights of minority athletes, coaches, and administrators. Similarly, Traci Green has been an activist for women and minority participation in sports, including serving on the USTA's Collegiate Varsity National Committee, the Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center, and the BWSF board.
Their conversation will be preceded by a short "State of Women and Minority Participation in College Sports and College Administration" presentation, compiled by researchers from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). TIDES has been the nation's foremost research body quantifying racial and gender participation issues facing college and pro sports. Their annual "Report Cards" on the various leagues and the NCAA are highly regarded and oft-quoted in major media, including ESPN and the Sports Business Journal.
The forum, beginning at 8:30 a.m., also celebrates Season 1 of the "Invisible Women in Sport" podcast, featuring interviews with 12 incredible women who have shattered glass ceilings across the college sports landscape. These include Amy Huchthausen, the first Asian-American college sports commissioner (America East); Jacqie McWilliams, the first female African-American commissioner of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA); Latina-American Christina Roybal, Asst. Athletic Director at University of Northern Iowa and a member of the President's Personnel Diversity Task Force, and; Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak, the US Women's Soccer Team's first Filipina-American and three-time American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year at UCF.
CONTACT: For more information about the live feed and/or attending, contact Garnett L. Overby III at the Institute for Sport and Social Justice at 407-823-4884 or goverby@ucf.edu.
Institute for Sport and Social Justice: www.sportandsocialjustice.org
TIDES (The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport): www.tidesport.org
Invisible Women in Sport Podcast: iTunes- http://apple.co/2rsFYC8 or Google Play- http://bit.ly/2ryHweP
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