The SEC has "launched a league-wide council dedicated to racial equity and social justice" that is "made up of players, administrators, coaches and SEC staff," according to Brooks Kubena of the Baton Rouge ADVOCATE. The council will "include more than 60 athletes who are in the SEC's existing student-athlete engagement program, plus administrative leaders from each campus and head coaches from each sport." The council "will meet regularly with SEC players 'to better understand and respond to their questions and concerns,'" and it "will initially focus" on five areas:
• Increasing access and representation for underrepresented minorities
• Providing enhanced support for underrepresented minorities
• Improving education on racial and social issues for all stakeholders
• Deepening commitments to local communities
• Raising awareness of racial inequity and social injustice (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE, 8/21).
