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Dallas City Hall panel spotlights barriers, mentorship and youth programs in women’s sports
Summary
At a Women’s History Month panel at Dallas City Hall, City Manager Kimberly Tolbert and a panel including Nancy Lieberman, Cynt Marshall (moderator), Odessa "OJ" Jenkins, Christy Scales and Amber Brooks discussed pay equity, mentorship, youth flag-football programs and media visibility for female athletes.
At Dallas City Hall, city leaders and former and current athletes gathered for a Women’s History Month panel titled “Changing the Face of Sports,” where panelists discussed persistent barriers in women’s sports and local efforts to expand opportunity.
City Manager Kimberly Tolbert opened the program, thanking organizers and city staff and framing the event as both a celebration and a reminder of work still to be done to increase women’s leadership in public life. “I am proof that the blessings of opportunity are within reach of every single young woman,” Tolbert said.
Cynt Marshall, the session moderator and identified in the program as a former CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, led a conversation with four panelists — Nancy Lieberman, Odessa "OJ" Jenkins, Christy Scales and Amber Brooks — about challenges inside sports, strategies for mentorship…
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