PROVIDENCE, RI – American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the creation of a Racial Equality Action Group consisting of administrators, head coaches and student-athletes from The American’s member institutions along with select ex officio members of the conference staff.
The group will be chaired by Dr. Derrick Gragg, Vice President and Director of Athletics at the University of
of Tulsa, and its goal will be to translate words into conference-wide actions regarding the effort to eliminate racial inequality and injustice. Supporting this goal, the conference will launch a campaign to address racial inequality and injustice in all their manifestations, and to foster education and understanding among the various constituencies of its member institutions that will translate into outreach to their respective communities.