Listen in as Emily Stets, Program Associate at the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program and former collegiate track and field athlete, shares her experiences working in youth sports development. Emily discusses the incredible work that female athletes are doing to continue to fight for racial equality, the growth and potential of women's sports like the WNBA and NWSL, and how we can all open doors to make the sports space more inclusive.

Emily shares some of her favorite sports podcasts and newsletters focused on women's sports:

• PowerPlays. This is an incredible newsletter written by Lindsay Gibbs focused on driving equality in sports.
• Burn It All Down Podcast
• The Gist is a twice-weekly newsletter that creates sports content, experiences and community that are by women, by creating an inclusive and accessible community for all sports fans through our irreverent, fun and female voice.
• Women Sports Business newsletter, which digs through all the buried stories about women’s sports and compiles them into a weekly newsletter, so you can see the strides and structural barriers women face, and how they overcome them.

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