Impact Overview
2023 Impact Weeks Overview
Basketball
Our basketball athletes celebrated Black Women’s History, Special Olympics, and Athlete Causes for their impact weeks. These celebrations included: a shoot-a-thon in partnership with sportscaster Debbi Antonelli to raise money for the Special Olympics and their athletes during halftime of one of our games, and a panel discussion at Paul Quinn College celebrating former Black WNBA legends alongside current pro athletes.
Softball
Our softball athletes celebrated Pride, Athlete Causes, and Athletes For Mental Health for their 2023 impact weeks. These celebrations included an in-game dedication and co-branded resource guide around mental health awareness in partnership with Morgan’s Message, an LGBTQ+ support video in partnership with our AU Pro Lacrosse athletes in honor of Pride, and a transgender/non-binary training hosted by Chris Mosier of Trans Athlete.
Additionally, during the AUX season, our athletes celebrated Juneteenth through gameday activations including live performances from Dr. Martin Luther King College Prep H.S.’s drumline and majorettes and a digital resource guide connecting fans with more information on the holiday.
Lacrosse
Our lacrosse athletes chose Athletes For Mental Health and Amplify Us! as their 2023 impact weeks. Similarly to Softball, our Lacrosse athletes partnered with Morgan’s Message for an in-game dedication to loved ones lost and present dealing with mental health struggles, in addition to a co-branded resource guide connecting fans to more information on local and national mental health resources. Amplify Us! focused on magnifying the voices that have been historically marginalized within the sport, with a specific emphasis on indigenous and LGBTQ+ voices, and sharing the indigenous roots of the sport’s origin.
Volleyball
Our Volleyball athletes chose Starlings, Athlete Causes, and Moms in Sport as their 2023 impact weeks. Starlings was a collaboration with youth partner, Starlings, focused on widening the pool of participation within the sport among indigenous and Latinx communities; as part of this theme, our athletes co-hosted a pre-season clinic with Starlings where they served as coaches and mentors.
Moms in Sport aimed to amplify the voices of moms within the sport, with a specific focus on raising awareness around and advocating for Black maternal health; as part of this theme, we partnered with local Phoenix nonprofit, Our Mothers & Us, to host a conversation around maternal health within the U.S. and how they can advocate for better health outcomes for themselves and communities at large.
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