Why are women who always stand up first?
Of course, this is a rhetorical question. But that is actually a foundation, because the power of a girl is real.
From Joan at Arc to Cassidy Hutchinson, women have the courage to do the right thing whenever men are too cautious, timid or complacent to act. The latest example of this kind of fearless female comes after federal immigration agents carried out a series of raids across the South, with everyone from elementary school to senior churches last Saturday.
Within hours after the first arrest, women’s football club Angel City became the first local sports franchise to issue a statement, acknowledging the “fear and uncertainty” caused by the raid. A day later, LAFC was Angel City’s roommate at BMO Stadium, which made his own statement.
It was a week and a half. But the City of Angels did not stop there. While the Dodgers’ collective silence, the Galaxy, Lakers, Kings and other teams were deafening, Angel City was provocative, dressed up players and new coach Alexander Straus, wearing a T-shirt, renamed “Immigration City Football Club.” The slogan on the back “Los Angeles is for everyone/ES Para Todos, Los Angeles” Repeat six times.
“The statement is beginning,” said Chris Fajardo, vice president of Angel City Community. “The statement is the way we make sure our fans, our players, our staff can see it in that moment.
“I think the next post is the faithfulness of the City of Angels. Not only is it talking about conversation, but walking.”
Angel City is the most valuable franchise in the history of women’s sports, and it has been on the walk since five years ago with the help of Hollywood investors including Natalie Portman, Eva Longoria, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera and Jennifer Garner launched five years ago.
Before Saturday’s game, Angel City coach Alexander Straus was wearing a shirt that read “Immigration City Football Club.”
(Jen Flores / Angel City FC)
It uses its wealth and unique platform to provide over 2.3 million meals and over 33,000 hours of meals to youth and adult education throughout Southern California; to provide football camp equipment and staff for immigrant children trapped at the U.S.-Mexico border; and to invest $4.1 million in other community programs in Los Angeles.
But while most of this happened quietly, last Saturday’s action was provocative, bold and publicly occurring in cities still among thousands of National Guards and hundreds of U.S. Marines.
“We always talk about how to build a club that represents our community. But we have built a club that gets us involved in a part of the community,” Julie Uhrman said.
“In moments like this, how we use the platform to get people’s attention, create a sense of community and tell our community that we serve them.
“Our supporters want to do more,” Ulman added. “We want to support them.”
Angel City’s Sydney leroux posed for a photo with North Carolina ahead of Saturday’s game against North Carolina.
(Ian Maule/NWSL via Getty Images)
As a result, Fajardo contacted the team’s staff and supporters. What will be the next step this time?
“We know we want to make shirts, but is that the right move?” Fahado said. “Also, let’s talk about language. It has to resonate, which they think is true.
“So, through dialogue, we landed at the Immigration City Football Club and everyone belonged to Los Angeles”
It was Wednesday afternoon. Fajardo needs over 10,000 shirts to be distributed to players and fans on Saturday morning. This led him to Andrew Leigh, president of Jerry Leigh, California, who is a family manufacturer based in Los Angeles.
“We want to be a part of it,” Ley said. “These are definitely the top priority for our career and what the Angel City stands for.”
However, the first T-shirt is just the beginning. Leigh’s company, which sells thousands of sales on its website for the team, net proceeds to go to Camino immigration services, helped fund what the team considers to be urgent needs.
The sport rang out with the players, many of whom were attracted to Angel City by the club’s commitment to community service, many of whom felt the moment was especially personal.
“My mom’s parents are from China, and it’s not easy for them,” Captain Ali Riley told the team website. “They had to find a way to live here. My dad was the first generation of America. From Los Angeles, everything we do, everything we play, everything we eat, it’s a city of immigration.”
She continued: “It feels so uncertain now, but looking around the stadium and seeing these shirts everywhere, like we’re saying, ‘This is our home, we know who we are, we know what we believe in.”
It also resonates with supporters.
“It’s great that they showed support and acted,” said Lauren Stribling, playwright of Santa Clarita, a playwright who was founded in the club. “They do show compassion for the communities they serve.
A shirt with the word “Los Angeles for everyone” in English against fans at BMO Stadium on Saturday before Saturday at Angel City’s North Carolina.
(Jen Flores / Angel City FC)
“They stood up. It made me proud of the team and made me a bigger fan.”
It makes the Dodgers, the Galaxy, and other Southern California franchises look smaller. The same day, Angel City was stepping up, and the seven-mile Dodgers took a step back again, warning singer Dominican Emigrants’ daughter Nezza to sing “Star Hanging Banners” in English rather than Spanish.
“I don’t think I’m going to run into any kind of ‘No, especially because we’re in Los Angeles, everything is happening,” Neza said. “I just feel like I need to do it.”
So she sang in Spanish. certainly She sang in Spanish.
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