Michael Sam's pursuit of happiness
"For the past year, this has been his primary source of income – booking speaking engagements on college campuses. Arizona State University’s Global Sport Institute has invited him to discuss “defining oneself in the 21st century.”
Looking at sports as a microcosm of racial, gender disparities in society
"Sports is a microcosm of the racial and gender issues facing society, and it often serves as the vehicle for change, according to several experts who spoke at the second Global Sport Summit held by the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University on Thursday and Friday.
Kenneth Shropshire, CEO of the Global Sport Institute, said that Americans last year marked the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Olympics, when black athletes protested racism, as well as this year commemorating 400 years since the first African slave was brought to America."
Sport continues to drive social change
"Two former Olympians spoke as part of a Global Sport Institute event about the role athletes play in changing culture.
The dominating performances by nine African-American male track athletes in the 1936 Olympics was an inspiration for those who followed them, according to two former Olympians who spoke at Arizona State University on Monday."