Arizona State football players recently began a campaign we can all get behind. The Sun Devils are doing their part to help fight domestic violence.
ASU QB Taylor Kelly said it all started when his teammates began hanging pictures of women that are close to them on their lockers after hearing about the Ray Rice elevator incident (via ESPN.com’s Dana O’Neil).
“A mom, a grandma, a sister,” Kelly said.
Kelly and others then came together to sync up and figure out what else they could do to rally behind the #ItsOnUs cause. It was then decided that each player on the team would fill out a piece of paper and answer the following question:
“I pledge to stop domestic violence because…”
Some players simply left their messages in the locker room. Others took them back to their dorm rooms. But there was also a group that wanted to voice their opinions to the public, and they posted the pictures on social media networks.
On National Day of Unity, @FootballASU wrote down why they do their part to stop domestic violence #ItsOnUs pic.twitter.com/VeBYuOFkra
— Sun Devil Athletics (@TheSunDevils) October 7, 2014
Kelly said the players were happy to participate, and he touched on how powerful the written word can be in helping to fight social maladies such as domestic violence.
“The more you hear something, over and over, the more of an impact it has,’’ he said. “We figured, why not take it a step further and write it down? Then you really own it.”
[ESPN.com]
[Photo credit: @FootballASU]