The group welcome in Allen Hopkins Jr, the Executive Director of Black Players for Change, a collective of Black professional soccer players, coaches and staff. Allen is responsible for creating, strengthening, and executing the overall organizational strategy of BPC, overseeing its day-to-day operations, and advancing the group’s mission of creating tangible and meaningful change within both the Black and soccer communities by addressing systemic injustices through sports. They also discuss the importance of remember Martin Luther King Jr. and his lessons.

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