John,

From Tommie Smith and Muhammad Ali to Kareem Abdul-Jabaar and Colin Kaepernick, athletes over the course of American history have used their platforms to advocate for social change and racial justice.

Just this week, Major League Soccer league began their season with a powerful display in support of BLM with the Philadelphia Union wearing jerseys with the names of Black people killed by police. Even across the pond, soccer teams in the English Premier League have been playing for nearly a month with the phrase “Black Lives Matter” adorned on the backs of their jerseys.

Yet in the WNBA, a league made up of nearly 70% black women, efforts to honor and participate in the BLM movement have been stifled due in part to Georgia’s own senator, Kelly Loeffler.

Senator Loeffler is a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream basketball team, and adamantly opposes the Black Lives Matter movement, stating that it is “totally misaligned with the values and goals of the WNBA and the Atlanta Dream, where we support tolerance and inclusion.”

In response, former Dream star Angel McCoughtry said it best: “Her focus is wrong right now. It’s not like we’re out here advocating hate. Who wants to stop something that’s right?”

Senator Loeffler has it all wrong. Her message to suppress the voices of women in the WNBA is outrageous, and she has no business being a part of a league with such a strong history of activism.

Senator Loeffler is standing on the wrong side of history. So I’d like to highlight a candidate with the courage and conviction to stand with the women of the WNBA in support of the Black Lives Matter movement -- my friend Rev. Ralph Warnock -- who’s running to replace Loeffler in the Senate seat that was gifted to her by Governor Kemp.

Kelly Loeffler isn’t just unfit to be a WNBA owner, she doesn’t belong in our Senate either. Will you split a contribution between Hank and her opponent Ralph Warnock to send Kelly packing from Washington?

Thanks for using your voice to advocate for change,

-- Hank