Threes for Equality, presented by Pacific Premier Bank - As the official bank of the Pac-12, Pacific Premier Bank committed to donating $100 for every made three-pointer throughout the 2021 Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments. The funds will benefit select organizations that focus on social justice as selected by the Pac-12 Student-Athlete Leadership Team. In total throughout both tournaments, 287 three-pointers were made for a total donation of $28,700 from Pacific Premier Bank.
For more information, see Pac-12.com/womenstourney & Pac-12.com/menstourney.
In partnership with the Pac-12, Voice In Sport (VIS) launched a VIS Advocate Program on Feb. 3, 2021 in which Pac-12 Female Student-Athletes from each member institution will be trained on Title IX literacy and enforcement. VIS will publish a Title IX Advocacy Toolkit and plans to expand its VIS Advocate program to all high school, NCAA and NAIA institutions by the 50th Anniversary of Title IX on June 23, 2022. This will equate to over 23,000 VIS Advocates and eventually become the largest grassroots initiative to support girls and women in sport in history.
Together, through the VIS Advocacy Expert Council, VIS Advocacy Leadership Team and soon to be thousands of VIS Advocates, Voice in Sport will continue to change more than just the game.
Read more about the announcement here or visit voiceinsport.com.
The Pac-12 Conference has partnered with RISE (RISEtoWIN.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to harnessing the unifying power of sport to advance race relations. RISE has formed an unprecedented alliance of sports leagues and associations, organizations, educators, thought-leaders, media networks, sports professionals, athletes, coaches and others who believe in the power of sport to build a society of understanding, respect and equality.
The Pac-12 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is a forum for Pac-12 student-athlete leaders to promote camaraderie and cooperation while fostering a sense of Conference unity and pride. The group is composed of two student-athletes (one male, one female) from each member institution who are chosen by their administrators to represent their campuses. These representatives also serve on their campus SAACs, and Pac-12 SAAC meetings bring together best practices for engaging fellow student-athletes and connecting with their communities.
Each semester, Pac-12 SAAC participates in a group social outreach project focusing on inclusion and opportunity. In the spring of 2019 they cleaned up a park in San Francisco's Bayview District and in January 2019 they built playhouses for Habitat for Humanity in San Francisco.
"Complete" is an initiative that celebrates the complete lives of Pac-12 student-athletes. These student-athletes are known for their success and competitiveness on the field, but their community involvement, off-the-field achievements, and academic interests are just as laudable. Pac-12 student-athletes are are able to harness their athletic ability to augment their lives- not define them. They’re impressive, complicated, real, and complete. More.
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott was awarded the Anti-Defamation League’s Americanism Award for his lifetime commitment to promoting fair play, inclusion, and diversity in sports. “We must continue to use our unique sphere of influence to advocate for fairness, equality, inclusion and respect,” Commissioner Scott said when receiving the award. Read more.
The Pac-12 Conference and Pac-12 Networks are partners in the sexual assault awareness campaign entitled “It’s On Us.” The campaign is focused on preventing sexual assault by inviting everyone to realize that the solution begins with us. Read More.