DALLAS — WNBA players long have led the pro sports landscape when it comes to using their voices and platforms to effect change in their communities and nationally.
One recent example came in 2020, when the Atlanta Dream sparked a leaguewide campaign for the Rev. Raphael Warnock for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia after his adversary and former Dream owner Kelly Loeffler adamantly expressed her opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement and criticized the WNBA’s social-justice efforts. The league played a large role in flipping the seat — and control of the Senate — to the Democrats when Warnock was elected in January 2021.
