{"id":8565,"date":"2023-01-18T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/stephen-curry-warriors-explain-epic-significance-of-white-house-visit\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:35:00","slug":"stephen-curry-warriors-explain-epic-significance-of-white-house-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/stephen-curry-warriors-explain-epic-significance-of-white-house-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Curry, Warriors explain epic significance of White House visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Steph and Warriors explain epic significance of White House visit<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8212; To understand the importance of a visit to the White House for the Warriors, you have to start with the holiday that precedes it &#8212; Martin Luther King Jr. Day.<\/p>\n<p>These back-to-back opportunities left the Warriors feeling empowered about what they could accomplish with their platform.<\/p>\n<p>Warriors star Stephen Curry said Tuesday as he stood in front of a large group of reporters not usually seen outside the White House until the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have recognized what Dr. King meant and his legacy. It&#8217;s another time to think about what to amplify.<\/p>\n<p>One of the messages is equality. In sports terms, it&#8217;s leveling the playing field.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Steph did for Howard University, an HBCU in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, the golf team celebrated its first MEAC championship. Curry congratulated the golf team on winning the championship ring at halftime of Howard&#8217;s basketball game on MLK Day.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Curry via Instagram<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Add that to your visit to the White House,&#8221; Steph continued. In particular, when we discussed gun control, [coach Steve] car background. I have to say a few words about my foundation. I think it&#8217;s an understanding that sports are important. Basketball is important and brings people together. We all have platforms and we are blessed that people listen to us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of keeping the necessary conversations going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At a victory gala in the East Wing of the White House on Tuesday, President Joe Biden pointed out the problems the Warriors have embraced.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"link caas-button collapse-button\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-ylk=\"elm:readmore;slk:Story continues\">story continues<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStand up for equality. Encourage people to vote. Ensure children and their families eat healthy, learn and play in safe places. Rally the nation against gun violence.\u201d That&#8217;s it,&#8221; Biden said, pointing specifically to Kerr.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coach, thank you again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the ceremony, Kerr, Klay Thompson, and Moses Moody participated in a roundtable discussion with White House staff on gun control measures.<\/p>\n<p>As the Warriors handled the day, Draymond Green thought about his childhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA child growing up in Saginaw, Michigan only dreams of seeing the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Draymond has made two visits, following an Obama-era team visit in 2016.<\/p>\n<h5>RELATED: Why Draymond laments Warriors&#8217; GP2 loss, Porter after title<\/h5>\n<p>Draymond said Barack Obama was the first black president and Vice President Kamala Harris was the first woman of color to serve as vice president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the growth in this country is pretty great,&#8221; said Draymond. &#8220;We still have a long way to go. But I think sometimes we forget to celebrate where we&#8217;ve come. Those are two things. [people] 10 years from now, 20 years ago, 30 years ago, it wouldn&#8217;t have happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are moving forward, but we need to keep moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download and follow the Dubs Talk podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiSmh0dHBzOi8vc3BvcnRzLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9zdGVwaC1jdXJyeS13YXJyaW9ycy1leHBsYWluLWdyYW5kLTAxMzUzMTMzOS5odG1s0gFSaHR0cHM6Ly9zcG9ydHMueWFob28uY29tL2FtcGh0bWwvc3RlcGgtY3Vycnktd2FycmlvcnMtZXhwbGFpbi1ncmFuZC0wMTM1MzEzMzkuaHRtbA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Steph and Warriors explain epic significance of White House visit WASHINGTON, DC &#8212; To understand the importance of a visit to the White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/5345478d1747799379e8484b07ce455f.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}