It was something I’d been doing for years and I knew once I walked away from basketball, I would be able to invest more deeply in. “I tried to keep my time from the game pretty private, but Jonathan’s cause is something I’m very passionate about. “I really just wanted to shift my priorities to family and ministry,” she said. Moore, who first met Irons when she was 18 while visiting a prison ministry initiative a relative was running, said she didn’t walk away from a successful basketball career solely to address criminal justice reform. At the same time there is an element to sports that goes so much deeper into social power dynamics and what that means to black and brown bodies.” “I can’t speak for everyone but I can’t help but think there are people saying, ‘I just want to be comfortable and I don’t want to hear about things that can challenge me.’ I understand that. The Clippers, Lakers and Kings, along with Staples Center, have established a fund to provide financial assistance to the arena’s hourly employees. Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Staples Center provide millions in aid for arena workers “It’s one of the few places we can come together and not think of the hard things in life. “When I hear that phrase I think of the reality that people want to engage in sports as fans and spectators as a way of entertainment and escape from hard truths in life and I get it,” Moore said. But lives, like that of Irons, are sometimes saved when athletes don’t stick to sports. “Stick to sports,” especially on social media, has become the default trope of fans who prefer their games be uncomplicated by hard questions. When I decided to step away from the game, I knew that would provide me with more time to work on the case.”
“I got to know the facts of his case and over the years learned more and more. “I decided that it was time for me to use my voice and the resources that I had to publicly help Jonathan’s cause and draw attention to criminal justice reform. “The dark reality is that there are so many people wrongfully imprisoned,” Moore said.
Had Moore not left the WNBA and brought national attention to the case by getting involved, there is a good chance that Irons’ sentence does not get overturned. A report by the National Association of Social Workers found that minority children as young as 14 are regularly tried, sentenced and incarcerated as adults. Nearly 50% of all youths in this country transferred from juvenile courts to adult courts are black, despite making up less than 15% of the youth population. NBA stars pledge money to support arena workers during coronavirus shutdownįrom NBA veterans to its most exciting rookie, players around the league are using their wealth and profile to try to help arena workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
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