TRAIL BLAZERS ELEVATE WOMXN IN SPORTS AND HONOR WOMXN’S HISTORY MONTH THROUGHOUT MARCH

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    TRAIL BLAZERS ELEVATE WOMXN IN SPORTS AND HONOR WOMXN’S HISTORY MONTHTHROUGHOUTMARCH


    PORTLAND, Ore.(February25, 2021)–The Portland Trail Blazers are elevating womxn in sports and honoring Womxn’s History Month virtually with various initiatives, engagement and awareness efforts throughout the month of March."Womxn” is a gender-inclusive term that includes transgender women, non-binary people and all who identify as such. This year’s Womxn’s History Month engagements look to the local community and within the organization to support, honor and engage with local nonprofits, womxn-owned businesses and the Trail Blazers community. Hosted activations and all subsequent proceeds throughout the month will benefit this year’s nonprofit partner, ChickTech, a nonprofit engaging womxn of all ages in the technology industry and helping hundreds of girls in the Portland area discover an interest in technology, and more broadly, STEM.

    “Womxn throughout history have been blazing the trail for future generations to be seen, heard and valued,” said Chris McGowan, President & CEO, Portland Trail Blazers. “Though we cannot bring everyone together, I know our fans will join us throughout March as we honor and support the womxnin our community, womxn in the sports industry and the local womxn-owned businesses that make up Rip City.”


    This year’s Womxn in Sports Celebration Night takes place virtually on March 1 as the team faces the Charlotte Hornets at Moda Center, with all proceeds benefitting ChickTech Portland. Activations around the evening include:

    • National Anthem sung by Singer Janna Zimmerman
    • Exclusive long sleeve T-shirt as the Item of the Game in collaboration with Women Ball Too, a local company started by two University of Oregon graduates whose mission is to bring awareness and recognition to the womxn’s professional sports market

    • Online auction for fans to bid on featuring Trail Blazers-signed merch and is open March 1-19

    • Womxn’s History-themed content, facts and trivia in the Digital Rip City Magazine located in the Trail Blazers Mobile App

    • Limited-edition Trail Blazers pin upon purchase of takeout or dine-in at one of fivewomxn-ownedbusinesses fromMarch 15-19, includingYa Hala,Bison Coffeehouse,Noble Rot,MamaDutandCommissary Cafe

    • Chance to win one of five $100 gift cards to these local womxn-owned business

    For more information around the Womxn in Sports Celebration night, visit trailblazers.com/whm.


    Outside of the Celebration Night activations, the Portland Trail Blazers are engaging the community with virtual events, including:

    • A career panel featuring womxn Trail Blazers staff who have roles in the technology space with local youth from ChickTech Portland

    • A career panel featuring womxn Trail Blazers staff with Elevate Oregon and its “Dream Reachers” after-school program for girls

    • A giveaway of the full 2020Rip City Clothing Co. Made by Her Collection

    The Trail Blazers organization is hosting an all-staff virtual pregame dinner and all employees in attendance will be given a $40Grubhubcredit to support a local womxn-owned restaurant by purchasing takeout for the Womxn in Sports Celebration Night on March 1.In addition, employees are encouraged to donate new and gently used womxn’s clothing and other new and gently used items to nonprofits Dress for Success, Rose Haven and Bradley Angle as part of an organization-wide effort to support local womxnin need.


    For more information, including the calendar of events, digital assets for fans and signup pages to win prizes, visit trailblazers.com/whm or visit our social media pages facebook.com/trailblazerson Facebook,@TrailBlazersand@BlazerCommunityon Twitter and@TrailBlazersand@BlazerCommunityon Instagram.


    ABOUT THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

    Members of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Portland Trail Blazers were founded in 1970 and purchased by the late Paul G. Allen in 1988. The team's rich heritage includes 36 playoff appearances, three trips to the NBA Finals, an NBA championship in 1977 and a commitment to community service and sustainability. The Trail Blazers are dedicated to positively impacting underserved kids and their families throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington where they live, learn and play. Portland is the first and only professional sports franchise to receive the prestigious National Points of Light Award for excellence in corporate and community service. The Trail Blazers home arena, Moda Center, is the first existing arena to earn LEED Platinum Certification in 2019 after receiving LEED Gold Recertification in 2015 and becoming the first existing professional sports venue in the world to receive LEED Gold status in 2010. The team is also one of the founding members of the Green Sports Alliance. For more information, visit trailblazers.com.


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    Thats cool as hell. Full support.
     
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    No problem with the idea, but the language implications seem a little screwed up. Does anyone have an idea as to how "womxn" is to be pronounced? I'm in favor of words that human beings can actually say.
     
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    ChickTech is a great organization.
     
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    I think it's pronounced the same as "woman" and "women" (context dependent, of course), it's just trying to avoid the structure of the word including the word "man."

    It's controversial, even in it's inclusiveness. It's supposed to be a word that is specifically inclusive of trans women, but many trans women believe the idea is misguided because it implies "woman" and "women" don't include them so a new word needs to be coined.
     
  6. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Why the x?
     
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    I moved some posts into their own thread in OT section.

    Please keep your posts complaining and mocking this event there.
     
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    I'm not mocking the event. I'm mocking the word womxn.
     
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    Cool.

    Can we just keep this out of the main forum?
     
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    I want a shirt!
     
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    Deal?
     
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    How about keeping the "fire everybody in the Blazers front office" out of the main threads if we're being sensitive to the organization and it's choices?
     
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    Not even close to being the same thing.
     
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    of course not...topics are different but both are representing the face of the Blazers franchise ...filters are filters.....not a big deal to me in the end...organize threads however you feel best..
     
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    I have been trying to get Sly fired for years. McGowan won't return my calls.
     
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    We're lucky to have Sly......he's like Terry Stotts and Neil Olshey to me....
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Well that's not fair Riverman.... Sly would do a way better job of coaching defense. Just look at how well he locks down all our fun on the forum.
     
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    nah...Sly let's me shoot anytime I want and gives me more money than I'm worth.....
     
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    Is that you CJ?
     
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