Championing A Cause: The Voice Of Today's Athlete

Today’s professional athletes have increasingly leveraged their powerful voices and the platforms their mediated profession provides. From raising money to combat major diseases to calling awareness to major societal issues, athletes have the power to influence opinion and affect change.

While athletes have worked hard at their craft, reached the highest levels of their profession and tapped the capital markets, some demand that athletes “shut up and dribble.” Would the same be demanded of any other professional who has reached the highest

Suffolk University's Ford Hall Forum will host a unique and intimate conversation with some of Boston’s most charitable and vocal athletes and representatives from Boston’s business and non-profit community.

Sport and Society reporter Shira Springer moderates.

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