12/05/2024
by Shelley Russi
3rd Annual #REF-4-STEPH Campaign 2024
While reading a recent post referencing Lin Yutang’s teaching ‘The Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone’, the lesson surrounding intentionally making choices resonated. I began to reflect on the myriads of choices we make in our nonprofit work. Specifically, which efforts do we choose that directly support the Blast Equality Collab (BEQ) Mission?
It was an impactful exercise and provided clarifying reflections on our meaningful work including the #REF-4-STEPH Campaign.
#Daily Strong: Love. Learn. Legacy. Our campaign theme also delivered powerful messages. Many in our community enjoyed remembering Stephanie’s layers of love and pride in being an official by experiencing the creation of “Steph’s Pride” (Continue reading...
6/19/2024
by Shelley Russi
“An official's experience provides the opportunity to affirm or develop a value system that is not only foundational to officiating fairly, it also allows Referees the opportunity to mindfully practice fairness, consistency and embody equality - both on and beyond the hardwood.”–MW/SR
In basketball, as in life, the terms equality, equity and fairness are often used interchangeably. In the very first Embodying Equality through Officiating discussion (October 2020), we presented definitions of these terms in context, along with defining embodiment and basketball. Our intention for hosting these discussions was to create an open dialogue where a diverse group of Referees collectively discuss a referee’s role in creating fairness on the court, hold space for the expression of on/off-court life experiences, how each impacts crew effectiveness and extend the invitation to all referees to be a force for change by positively impacting equity off the court.
Here are the terms, defined in context for our intended discussions:
10/24/2023
by Shelley Russi
Knowing Breast Cancer exists is NOT enough! #DailyStrong
We are grateful to so many who HELPED us RAISE $10,000 in honor of the #REF-4-STEPH Campaign!!
We launched our 2nd Annual #REF-4-STEPH Campaign on October 23rd and we are thrilled to have MET our $10,000 goal to raise awareness AND funds to split equally among both of non-profits who supported Stephanie Daily throughout her journey: Young Survival Coalition (YSC HQ in New York) & Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC HQ in PA).
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