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Observance of Juneteenth Federal Holiday: The SEC staff traveled together to experience the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.

Woodfin concluded the meeting by answering questions and encouraging the staff to engage in hands-on service in the city. He described his leadership approach during racial unrest in the summer of 2020 and the work of his administration's division of social justice and racial equity. Randall Woodfin, two-term mayor of the city of Birmingham, Ala., where the Southeastern Conference offices are located, met with the SEC staff to discuss a range of topics.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Visits with SEC Staff.

The Forum is an outgrowth of the work of the SEC Council on Racial Equity and Social Justice and a component of SEC Bylaw 23 - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives.

The SEC announced the inaugural cohort of SEC Opportunity Forum participants, 15 university and conference administrators who will participate in a year-long program designed to connect mid to senior level administrators in the SEC from historically underrepresented groups with industry leaders and assist them with advancement in the profession. The list below outlines activities and discussions to date related to racial equity, social justice and diversity and inclusion within the Southeastern Conference.

Those events ignited a movement around the equitable treatment of all historically underrepresented individuals, and African Americans in particular.Īt that time, the SEC took steps to gather and understand perspectives from a range of stakeholders, including student-athletes, presidents and chancellors, directors of athletics, senior woman administrators, faculty athletics representatives, various sport head coaches, mental health professionals and the SEC staff - ultimately establishing the SEC Council on Racial Equity and Social Justice in response. In the summer of 2020, the SEC was among many around the world witnessing the unrest and demonstrations in countless cities and communities after the deaths of African American men and women in Minneapolis, Louisville and Brunswick, Georgia.