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INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) is proud to announce the fourth edition of its Someone to Listen Series, and the first episode for Black History Month, that will air this evening on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN) at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT. The 60-minute show, entitled
It Was Not Intentional, But It Still Hurts, features representatives from four GLVC member institutions, talking through how race relations has played a vital role within their lives.
Dr. Veronica Huggins, University of Southern Indiana’s Assistant Professor of Social Work and the Screaming Eagles Faculty Athletics Representative, moderates a panel of two student-athletes and one athletics administrator, including Rockhurst University junior lacrosse player, Nia Callion, University of Indianapolis freshman football running back Bryce Logan, and Maryville University’s athletics director, Lonnie Folks, who weigh in on their experiences of dealing with microaggressions, thus leading to their ability to embrace their uniqueness and acknowledge inequalities to create change.
Huggins has also been part of the Center of Social Justice Education, which is housed within the Social Work department, and is a founding member of the Women of Color in the Academy. Callion, an exercise science and physics of medicine major with a minor in sports management, shares how she has dealt with being a minority on her team, along with using her captainship to help educate her teammates. Logan, an international relations and Spanish major with a minor in political science and Latin American studies, discusses the needed conversation of being an African-American male within society and how he uses his platform to empower these minority groups. Folks speaks on the difficulty of being a minority coach for an all-female sports team during a time when this was not seen as common. Each panelist also discusses using privilege to create conversations about change and how someone can become an ally without overstepping their boundaries.
The GLVC’s Someone to Listen Series is a new initiative of the league’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, aimed to expand upon its popular Someone to Listen mental health awareness campaign and engage Conference student-athletes, coaches, faculty, and administrators in meaningful conversations on topics such as mental health and race relations.
It Was Not Intentional, But It Still Hurts will stream across all GLVCSN platforms tonight, including
GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon fireTV, Apple TV, and Android TV.