#23 - Black Girl Hockey Club (@BGHC) , Tunisha Singleton and Fatou Bah

Rink Stories welcomes two leaders of the Black Girl Hockey Club: Vegas Golden Knights fan Tunisha Singleton and Washington Capitals fan Fatou Bah.

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Two years ago, Black Girl Hockey Club started out as a meetup group for women of color to attend NHL games. Since then its mission has broadened as a certified nonprofit organization, raising money for diversity education, hockey skills training and youth hockey scholarships.  In September of 2020, BGHC was featured in The New York Times, highlighting its efforts to influence the league’s diversity and inclusion efforts.

In this episode we discuss: How Black Girl Hockey Club started; What it's like to attend an NHL game as a BIPOC; the NHL's response to recent events and its own problems with race relations; How to be an ally; The nature of fandom; The sad plight of an LA Clippers supporter; Stamkos vs Ovechkin; and much more. Don't worry, we also have a few laughs along the way.

NOTE FROM BOB: Matt and I consider this to be our most important episode so far. Here we get perspectives on our sport that every hockey person should hear. At the outset of this conversation, we tell Tunisha and Fatou to be as candid as possible about this country's issues with race, particularly as it relates to hockey, and they took us up on our invitation. #GetUncomfortable

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Learn more
https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/sports/hockey/a-black-fan-club-sought-to-diversify-nhl-stands-now-theyre-aiming-at-its-c-suites.html

Take the pledge
https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/getuncomfortable/

Support youth hockey
 https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/bghc-scholarship/

Follow BGHC
https://twitter.com/BlackGirlHockey
https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlhockeyclub/?hl=en

Follow Tunisha Singleton, PhD
https://twitter.com/TSingletonSays
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-have-questions-podcast/id1531590204
https://tunishasingleton.com/

Follow Fatou Bah
https://twitter.com/FatouSadio
https://www.instagram.com/fatousadio/?hl=en

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