Game Changers

The Chicago White Sox continue the eighth season of the team’s event series, Game Changers, presented by Modelo Especial® and Saint Xavier University. Celebrating and empowering underrepresented communities through photographers’ diverse visual perspectives, this year’s programming will be complemented with a Game Changers Summit scheduled for Wednesday, October 9, 2024.

Upcoming Events

Game Changers Summit: Inclusive Innovation: Boosting Performance Through Diverse Teams

The White Sox welcome fans and community partners to Guaranteed Rate Field for the annual Game Changers Summit, presented by Modelo Especial and Saint Xavier University. Held in the ballpark’s home clubhouse, the event features an engaging discussion surrounding the benefits of diversity and a mix of perspectives in driving overall team performance. In addition to offering workplace collaboration insights, a star-studded panel of DEI professionals will share key differences between touting diversity and empowering individuals’ strengths and backgrounds to bolster a stronger, more inclusive workplace culture.

Featured Panelists:

Sasha-Ann Simons, Award-Winning Journalist and Host of WBEZ’s Reset
Misha Hurd, Major League Baseball Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Roz Stuttley, CMP, CDE, Choose Chicago Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Past Events

Since 2016, the Game Changers series has featured leading community voices in panel discussions focused on creating meaningful change and empowering diverse community groups. Recent Summit programming includes “Strengthening the Body AND Mind in Sports Culture*” in 2023 and *“Empowering Voices for Social Impact” in 2024. These capstone events centered around cultivating modern-day workplace cultures that prioritize employees’ mental wellbeing and the importance of championing DEI initiatives.

Past Panelists:

Billy Bean, Former Senior Vice President, DEI at Major League Baseball
Dr. Jeff Fishbein, Sport Psychologist at Chicago White Sox
Ishwara Glassman Chrein, Former President at Chicago Fire Football Club
Cari Roccaro, Chicago Red Stars Player/Co-host of “Butterfly Road” Podcast
Maria Sanchez, Senior Associate AD/Chief Diversity & Inclusion at Northwestern University
Carla Suber, Director of Wellness at Chicago Bears
Michael Wiley Jr., Director of Mental Performance at Chicago Bears

The White Sox Game Changers series also has showcased compelling stories about sports and culture through the work of local artists who identify within the African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latino communities. Following mural pieces created by artists Asend™️, Edo and Murrz, the organization commissioned artwork for home plate and base designs by Jeff Pak, Nikko Washington and MATR.

For more information about upcoming Game Changers programming, contact the White Sox at [email protected].

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