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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none">The </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://antiracism.goodpush.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Commitment to Anti-Racism in Skateboarding</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:10pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none"> was officially launched on the May 25th, 2021, one year after George Floyd’s tragic murder. The Commitment was created by the Goodpush Alliance, together with </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.goodpush.org/blog/pushing-against-racism" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">working group members</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:10pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none"> from a dozen skateboarding-based organizations, who have been meeting virtually since mid-2020 to address the systemic oppression prevalent in skateboarding, in order to push the conversation forward towards meaningful action.</span></span></span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:10pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">As the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 grew to the largest in US history, the movement accelerated  conversations on race and privilege that could no longer be ignored. With nonprofit organizations worldwide becoming active in the movement for advancing racial justice, we thought it was important to address the work that needs to be done within skateboarding.</span></span></span></span></span></span></pre>

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