LeBron James Family Foundation Announces New Initiative To Promote Change

The LeBron James Family Foundation announced a new initiative, advocating for education and combatting systemic injustices in the pro athlete’s hometown.

The ‘I Promise Huddle’ is a leadership forum that aims to focus on change in Akron and other communities, WKYC reported Thursday morning (October 1). The goal is to drive discussions between people with differing viewpoints to spur change in communities.

Discussions will be held October 6 through October 8.

“As the nation and communities across the country continue to struggle with systemic injustices, the LeBron James Family Foundation is launching the 'I Promise Huddle,' a reoccurring forum focused on convening diverse perspectives and opposing viewpoints to share learnings and best practices, ask hard questions, highlight solutions and accelerate transformative models to dramatically improve communities, systems, and education for all students and families,” the organization said in its announcement Thursday.

The event will be invitation-only, Fox8 noted. Speakers will include experts in health, business, education and other fields.

“To create real change, we must have an open and honest dialogue about what is actually happening and model actionable ways to fix these issues,” LeBron James Family Foundation Executive Director Michele Campbell said. “The purpose of the Huddle is to not just talk about these injustices that have held some members of our communities back for so long. We want to bring together people to share our passion for this hard work and engage and empower them to activate their own communities. Because our country and our communities need action, and we believe we’ll have a dynamic group of people, ideas, and models at the Huddle to continue this movement we’ve started in Akron.”

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