University of North Carolina Athletics
Educate and Advocate: Black Lives Matter Movement
November 27, 2020 | Women's Basketball
Throughout the 2020-21 campaign, the UNC women's basketball team will highlight various causes, dedicating the season to advocating for and bringing awareness to issues that are near and dear to the Tar Heel student-athletes and coaching staff.
The team plays back-to-back games on Saturday (UNCG) and Sunday (High Point), and has dedicated those games to the Black Lives Matter movement.
During the 2020-21 season, each player will wear a special team-designed patch on her jersey. The entire team had input in the patch design, which was then created by UNC student Marcus Richardson. The patch includes the team motto – Strong on own, best together – as well as the following words and phrases: Together, Power, Unity, Equality, Anti-racism, Family, Now, Change, Love, One and Say their Names.
To show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, the Tar Heels participated in a student-athlete march on Franklin Street in August as part of the #MarchOnMyCampus2020 movement.
The Black Lives Matter movement has highlighted many disparities in the U.S., including:
• Black Americans are shot at a disproportionate rate – They account for less than 13 percent of the U.S. population, but are killed by police at more than twice the rate of white Americans. (Washington Post)
• Studies show that killings of Black Americans lead to an enormous impact on mental health, accounting for as many as 50 million additional days of poor mental health each year among Black Americans. (NAACP.org)
To support the Black Lives Matter movement, we encourage education around the Black experience in America and ways to be an anti-racist and an ally.
Please click below for more information:
• Anti-Racism Resources from UNC's Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• The NAACP's "We Are Done Dying" campaign
• The Equal Justice Initiative
We encourage you to join us in support of the Black Lives Matter movement – advocate for Black lives, support Black-owned businesses and commit to being an anti-racist.
The team plays back-to-back games on Saturday (UNCG) and Sunday (High Point), and has dedicated those games to the Black Lives Matter movement.
During the 2020-21 season, each player will wear a special team-designed patch on her jersey. The entire team had input in the patch design, which was then created by UNC student Marcus Richardson. The patch includes the team motto – Strong on own, best together – as well as the following words and phrases: Together, Power, Unity, Equality, Anti-racism, Family, Now, Change, Love, One and Say their Names.
Black Lives Matter.
Together we can fight for racial equality. This is #BiggerThanBasketball.
Watch for the story of the patch we'll be wearing all season and learn more here ➡️ https://t.co/Qy4h0DzZ9y
#EducateAndActivate #TogetherWeWin pic.twitter.com/b9HLar4Jmd— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) November 28, 2020
To show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, the Tar Heels participated in a student-athlete march on Franklin Street in August as part of the #MarchOnMyCampus2020 movement.
It's a movement, not a moment.#BlackLivesMatter#MarchOnMyCampus2020#InPursuit
📸: Austyn Chestnut pic.twitter.com/mrjpW1bhz6— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) August 30, 2020
The Black Lives Matter movement has highlighted many disparities in the U.S., including:
• Black Americans are shot at a disproportionate rate – They account for less than 13 percent of the U.S. population, but are killed by police at more than twice the rate of white Americans. (Washington Post)
• Studies show that killings of Black Americans lead to an enormous impact on mental health, accounting for as many as 50 million additional days of poor mental health each year among Black Americans. (NAACP.org)
To support the Black Lives Matter movement, we encourage education around the Black experience in America and ways to be an anti-racist and an ally.
Please click below for more information:
• Anti-Racism Resources from UNC's Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• The NAACP's "We Are Done Dying" campaign
• The Equal Justice Initiative
We encourage you to join us in support of the Black Lives Matter movement – advocate for Black lives, support Black-owned businesses and commit to being an anti-racist.
Let's say it together: Black Lives Matter.
More here on our season-long effort to #EducateAndActivate ➡️ https://t.co/IuExJ6Y4dk#BiggerThanBasketball | #TogetherWeWin pic.twitter.com/CagekSrWvi
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) November 29, 2020
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