"CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS" - THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
This American city will host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, 44 years after it first hosted them.
What is Los Angeles?
This decade gave us Michael Jackson's Thriller, the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and the start of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
What are the 80s?
This Unite Charlotte turned Impact Grants partner agency facilitates a 2-day race equity training, which many United Way staff have completed.
What is Race Matters for Juvenile Justice?
In 2020, as part of its internal REI work, the United Way staff read the book White Fragility, written by this author.
Who is Robin DiAngelo?
A future hall of fame baseball player from Baltimore, he was an All-Star with the Charlotte Orioles in 1980.
Who is Cal Ripken?
At the 2008 Beijing Games, the US men's relay team shocked the world when it came from behind to beat this country in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final and win gold.
What is France?
Jaws, the American thriller film about a man-eating great white shark was directed by this American director in 1975.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This Unite Charlotte-funded agency was created in 2015 by Shaun “Lucky” Corbett (a local barber) as an opportunity to bridge the gap between the police and community they serve.
What is Cops & Barbers?
The full name of Charlotte's Center for African-American Arts + Culture includes the name of this man who, along with being an architect, was the first black Mayor of Charlotte.
Who is Harvey Gantt?
This Hornet fan favorite teamed up with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny to battle the Monstars in the 1996 film Space Jam.
Who is Muggsy Bogues?
This American Olympian has competed in the Summer Games as a track and field hurdler and in the Winter Olympics as a bobsledder and has appeared on reality TV including MTV's The Challenge.
Who is Lolo Jones?
Though she lost her arm in a shark attack when she was 13 years old, Bethany Hamilton was not stopped from becoming a professional athlete in this sport.
What is surfing?
Our very own Kathryn Firmin-Sellers worked at this Impact Grants-funded agency that works to provide hope and healing to those impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault.
What is Safe Alliance?
This 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Picture focuses on issues of intersectionality and identity through the life of a gay African American male living in Miami in the 1980s.
What is Moonlight?
Years before leading the Panthers to the 2003 Super Bowl, Stephen Davis played high school football in this nearby upstate SC city.
What is Spartanburg SC?
During the 1996 Atlanta Games, this American track & field star broke the world record in the 200m race while wearing gold Nikes.
Who is Michael Johnson?
Shark attacks are feared by many, but they actually occur less frequently than this weather-related danger.
What is getting struck/hit by lightning?
(**DJ**) These two agencies serve as the Community Quarterbacks for our United Neighborhoods Community Grants program.
What are CrossRoads (Corporation) and Renaissance West (Community Initiative)?
Civil Rights Lawyer and Activist, Bryan Stevenson, started the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, which is headquartered in this southern city (Hint: The Legacy Museum is down the street).
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
Bank of America Stadium has hosted this annual, United Way-friendly game 10 times, with Clemson winning six of them.
What is the ACC Championship Game?
The Olympic Motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" translates from Latin into this phrase in English.
What is Faster, Higher, Stronger?
Despite being the most decorated Olympian of all time, this swimmer was no match for the computer-generated Great White shark he raced during Shark Week in 2017.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This United Neighborhoods-funded agency offers a summer learning program that begins with "Harambee!"—a daily celebration of learning, complete with songs, dance, chants and a guest reader from the community.
What is Freedom School Partners?
In 1957, this native Charlottean became an American civil rights pioneer when she was one of the first black students admitted to the then all-white Harry Harding High School.
Who is Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins?
(**DJ**) Johnson C. Smith University teams are known by this colorful nickname.
What are the Golden Bulls?