Sport, Politics, and Community Engagement with Nichol Whiteman, LA Dodgers Foundation CEO

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Nichol Whiteman, CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and Fall 2021 Fellow at the Center for the Political Future, joins co-directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy to discuss the intersection of sports, politics, and community engagement. Whiteman also highlights the power of diversity in advocating for resources and opportunities for marginalized populations.

Featuring:

Bob Shrum - Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife
Mike Murphy - Co-Director, Center for the Political Future; MSNBC Political Analyst
Nichol Whiteman - CEO, LA Dodgers Foundation; Fall '21 Fellow, Center for the Political Future

This event is part of the National Week of Conversation #ListenFirst.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we
0:21.5	respect each other and respected truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.2	Good day. I'm Bob Shrum, the director of the Center for the Political Future at USC Dornside.
0:36.1	I'm here to introduce and to have a conversation with Mike Murphy,
0:40.7	the co-director of the center, and one of our new fellows, Nicole Whiteman. Nicole Whiteman is the
0:46.6	chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. In recognition of her leadership
0:52.9	and the foundation's work, the Dodgers are the
0:56.6	proud recipient of the ESPN Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year Award. Nicole will be teaching a
1:03.5	course this fall called nonprofit leadership, advancing the missions in unprecedented times,
1:10.5	on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 12. 20 p.m. Pacific.
1:15.1	Interested students can apply to join the class by visiting our website. Nicole, I look forward to
1:21.3	welcoming you in person on campus this fall, and I'm going to let Mike Murphy, our co-director, start us off with the first
1:30.4	question. All right. Excellent. Nicole, great to join you and Bob. Thank you for being here as always.
1:36.7	And thank you at our digital audience for joining us here. So now I know what you're all thinking,
1:43.1	which is this is yet another
1:45.0	sneaky Bob Shrum attempt to score some free Dodgers tickets, but I can assure you it's not.
1:51.2	It's an attempt by me to get some Dodger tickets. No, no. We are so happy, Nicole, to have you
1:56.4	with us. And we're fascinated by the whole intersection of politics, sports, pop culture.
2:02.3	So let me start out with a real fastball question here to use a baseball analogy.
2:07.8	Tell us about the foundation.
2:09.6	I've done a little research.
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