TPH/CoE Celebrates International Women’s Day

All TPH Center of Excellence locations joined together to celebrate and recognize International Women’s Day.

The day began with TPH CEO Alan Keeso distributing a presentation to all TPH team members highlighting some of the many accomplishments and contributions of every female teammate at TPH. 

A major highlight of the day was keynote speaker Anya Packer, a retired American ice hockey player and current General Manager of the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation. Anya discussed with TPH team members and student-athletes all across the organization how we can #breakthebias and bring more equality to sports.

(Lynn Troy, co-founder and CEO of Troy 7, Inc., speaks to our Huntsville students)

Girls at TPH-STL enjoying a special breakfast

Throughout the day, each CoE location hosted their own unique celebrations: Lynn Troy, co-founder and CEO of Troy 7, Inc., spoke to our students in Huntsville, Phoenix hosted a mother/daughter lunch, Detroit hosted TPH alum Kirsten Simms, and more!

According to Women’s Sports Foundation, girls have 1.3 million fewer opportunities to play high school sports. At the TPH Center of Excellence, we continue to invest time & resources into providing opportunities for women and specifically into supporting the female athletes in our academies across the country. 

Celebrating the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women, International Women’s Day was observed for the first time on March 19, 1911.

It was born out of the women’s rights movement in industrializing countries calling for an end to gender discrimination. Although these rallies initially occurred in the early 1900s, International Women’s Day wouldn’t be globally recognized until 1975.

Our Detroit girls were gifted lunch and flowers

This year’s campaign theme was #breakthebias, spotlighting the individual and collective biases against women that fuel gender inequality.

“Whether deliberate or unconscious, the bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead,” the International Women’s Day website states. “Knowing that bias exists isn’t enough, action is needed to level the playing field.”

Gender bias is especially prevalent in sports and is found at all different levels of competition. From wage gaps to representation and stereotyping, women face discrimination in many areas within athletics. At THP/CoE, we are trying to change that. 

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