MINNEAPOLIS — Meredith Lang founded a program a few years ago that introduced the sport of hockey to girls of color in Minnesota. She later started a second program that provided more intensive hockey training to girls who are underrepresented in the game.
Lang came up with an idea for an educational trip as part of these programs. She inquired about taking the girls to Tennessee State University to tour the historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Nashville.
Complications prevented the trip from happening, but Lang can now envision one of her program's pupils being able to play hockey at that school, not just visit it.