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Storm Celebrates Women in Sports
February 3 was the 30th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day
On February 3, the women of the Seattle Storm, along with women from teams around the country, celebrated the 30th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day. First, along with several other teams, the Storm helped in creating an inspiring video called “Watch Me Work.” The video is in honor of both the 20th anniversary of the WNBA as well as the upcoming Rio Olympics. The video was designed to help encourage young women to get to know the WNBA and learn more about female sports heroes as well as aspire to achieve their own goals and dreams—whether inside or outside the sport.
To further the celebration of the national holiday, the Storm is offering free tickets to the PAC-12 tournament. Free tickets are being given to the second session game, which will occur on March 3, 2016. Adults can order the tickets for themselves for $10 and as many tickets as they need for youths attending the game via this order form.
To find out more about the Watch Me Work campaign as well as the National Girls and Women in Sports Day holiday, be sure to follow both hashtags on Twitter: #NGWSD and #WatchMeWork. The NBA shared both on Twitter, as did the Indiana Fever, New York Riveters, Minnesota Lynx and other teams. The Lynx shared an image of Seimone Augustus with her quote, “I can’t think of better inspiration. It’s right there. You’re looking at this as this is what you work for. There’s nothing else that needs to be said or heard.” Chiney Ogwumike shared the campaign, asking for people to retweet it as well. New York Liberty posted a video of the team playing captioned, “THIS is how we work!”
Our own Sue Bird did an interview saying how she is tired of the WNBA being compared with the NBA days before the campaign began. She says that the WNBA should be appreciated for its own merits without comparisons to the men’s sport. She also says that the women in the league have gotten consistently better every single year, making the league better as a result. She says that the current rosters across each team are “our best talent pool.” She also advises women who are targeted on social media by hateful commentary to not honor it with a reply.
Did you celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day in your community? Did you share the How We Work campaign? Tell us how below.
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