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More than 1,000 Black Women Leaders Call on Biden Administration to Step Up Efforts to Free Brittney Griner

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Signatories from Dr. Bernice King to Olympian and coach Dawn Staley Express Growing Concern for Olympic Gold Medalist Amid Four-Month Imprisonment in Russia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A collective of nearly 1,200 intergenerational, intersectional Black women leaders across the United States are calling on the Biden administration to ramp up efforts to free WNBA superstar Brittney Griner from detainment in Russia.

In a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the #WinWithBlackWomen collective urged the administration to “make a deal to get Brittney back home swiftly and safely and to meet with Brittney’s wife Cherelle immediately.”

“While it should not matter because she is an American citizen who is wrongfully detained on foreign soil, Brittney Griner cast her first ever vote in 2020,” reads the letter, signed by a litany of Black women leaders in business, sports, the faith community, labor, media, civil rights, education, government, tech, and entertainment.
“She voted for you and Vice President Kamala Harris. More than prioritizing her immediate return in word – you must do so in deed and make a deal to bring Brittney home.”

A full version of the letter is attached and linked here.
Among the signatories are Coach Dawn Staley, Dr. Bernice King, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Donna Brazile, Sunny Hostin, Jotaka Eaddy, Anika Noni Rose, Ledisi, Angela Rye, Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Tamika D. Mallory, Karen Finney, LaTosha Brown, Bishop Leah Daughtry and several university coaches, multiple WNBA players, including Nneka Ogwumike, WNBA Players Association Executive Director Terri Jackson, prominent business leaders, state and local elected leaders and NAACP New York State Chapter President Dr. Hazel N. Dukes.

Their letter comes as the 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury center recently made a personal plea for freedom to President Biden in a handwritten note.

Griner expressed fear that she would never return to the U.S. after being arrested on highly politicized drug charges at a Moscow airport on February 17.

“Much like in previous moments of great concern throughout our nation’s history, as Black women we are compelled to once again step up and leverage our influence and collective power to stand united in our unwavering call for this Administration to do everything within its power to bring Brittney Griner home,” stated Jotaka Eaddy, social impact strategist and founder of #WinWithBlackWomen.

“It has been more than 134 days – far too many days for any American to be subjected to conditions and treatment that Brittney has faced.

“She deserves the very best our nation has to offer, and we cannot fail her. In the days and weeks ahead, Black women will continue to organize and work to ensure that Brittney gets home” Eaddy added.
The #WinWithBlackWomen letter points out the U.S. government has done little to this point – despite Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s promise to Cherelle Griner that this is a “matter of personal priority.” Griner is due back in court this week, although many believe the trial is a mere formality before she is sentenced.
That, in turn, has prompted a national mobilization to increase efforts to free the two-time Olympic gold medalist as soon as possible.

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