Orange Part Of 2024 ACC Unity Tour
7/12/2024 5:50:00 PM | Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Men's Track & Field
SU staff members Salatha Willis, Associate Athletic Director for Diversity Culture and Climate, and Aliyah Wade, Student-Athlete Engagement Coordinator, are also part of the Unity Tour group.
2024 ACC Unity Tour: Journey of Resilience
The theme of the tour is Journey of Resilience: Cultivating History through Community, Culture, and Cuisine. Participants of this tour will engage in an immersive educational experience in "The Holy City." Among the planned activities, the attendees will visit key sites throughout the city such as the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, the International African American Museum and the McLeod Plantation Historic Site. The trip will be highlighted with a Gullah Geechee Tour, which offers a one-of-a-kind experience for locals, tourists, and anyone interested in true slave history in Charleston.
The tour is part of the ACC's commitment to supporting student-athletes through meaningful educational opportunities, including in the area of social justice. This annual event, now in its third year, is a component of the league's social justice platform, ACC UNITE. This year, the ACC Unity Tour is in collaboration with Ally and Gatorade – official sponsors of the ACC and supporters of league initiatives. In addition, the Capital One Orange Bowl, which continues to be a significant league partner, is once again supporting the event as they have since its inception.
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips
"The annual ACC Unity Tour is an event that provides valuable educational opportunities for our student-athletes and school administrators in areas of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion," said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. "This event is part of ACC UNITE's ongoing efforts, and we appreciate the support from our terrific partners in Ally, Gatorade, and the Capital One Orange Bowl as they join us in the meaningful initiative. We are extremely proud of ACC UNITE's ongoing efforts and our commitment in this extremely important area will remain a priority."
Unity Tour Highlights:
- Tour of the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
- Tour of the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Tour of the International African American Museum
- Tour of the Gullah Geechee Experience presentation by Corey Alston – presented by Capital One Orange Bowl
- Visit the McLeod Plantation Historic Site
- Community Engagement projects at Lowcountry Food Bank and the Ronald McDonald House, and Reading Partners
- Charleston Housing & Development Panel (Rebecca Dail, Deputy Director of the Housing & Community Development, and F.A. Johnson, III Esq., CEO of the Charleston Redevelopment Corporation)
- Social Impact Workshop (Will Smith, Founder & CEO of Charter Oak Advisory, and Justin Morrow, Sports Strategist)
- Rodney Scott BBQ Experience – presented by Ally at the Charleston Visitor Center
- Charleston RiverDogs outing – presented by Ally
This marks the third ACC Unity Tour, which began in 2022 when ACC student-athletes and administrators visited Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, for an immersive journey to one of the centers of the civil rights movement. In 2023, the event was held in Washington, D.C., with the attendees visiting key sites of the civil rights movement and engaging in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX.
About the ACCÂ
The Atlantic Coast Conference, in its 72nd year and 18 members strong, stands as one of the most competitive and revered intercollegiate conferences in the nation. ACC members including Boston College, Cal, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest are dedicated to upholding the league's founding values of academic excellence, athletic competition at the highest level, and integrity. The ACC supports 28 NCAA sports, with 15 for women and 13 for men, and its member institutions span 12 states. In August 2019, the ACC and ESPN partnered to launch ACC Network (ACCN), a 24/7 national network exclusively devoted to ACC sports and original programming. For more information, visit theACC.com and follow the ACC on Instagram (@accsports), Twitter (@theACC) and Facebook (facebook.com/theACC).
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