Susan Anne "Sam" Marchiano is an American television sportscaster,
documentarian and activist who is adjunct faculty at the NYU Tisch
Sports Institute for Sports Management, Media and Business. In
addition to teaching Leagues and Governing Organizations and
Leadership for Crisis Situations, Marchiano served as research chair
for NYU's 2016 Social Responsibility of Sports Conference. She is a
founding member of the board of directors of the Equality League, a
non-profit launching in spring 2018.Until 2015, she was the outreach
director for Athlete Ally, a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non profit
organization focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in sports by
educating and motivating the athletic community to take a stand. She
became a founding member of the Athlete Ally board of directors
because allyship played a crucial role in her ability to address
gender issues as female sports reporter She was a central figure in
Major League Baseball's embrace of LGBT inclusion beginning in
2013.Like Athlete Ally Founder Hudson Taylor, her own personal
experience reflects into her LGBT advocacy. "Once people start to talk
about the issue, and get comfortable, the acceptance grows from
there", Marchiano told the Washington Blade; "You don’t go
backward".She thinks of her advocacy holistically: "Ending
discrimination is all about respect, no matter your sexual
orientation, your race, your gender or where you're from", Marchiano
said.
documentarian and activist who is adjunct faculty at the NYU Tisch
Sports Institute for Sports Management, Media and Business. In
addition to teaching Leagues and Governing Organizations and
Leadership for Crisis Situations, Marchiano served as research chair
for NYU's 2016 Social Responsibility of Sports Conference. She is a
founding member of the board of directors of the Equality League, a
non-profit launching in spring 2018.Until 2015, she was the outreach
director for Athlete Ally, a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non profit
organization focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in sports by
educating and motivating the athletic community to take a stand. She
became a founding member of the Athlete Ally board of directors
because allyship played a crucial role in her ability to address
gender issues as female sports reporter She was a central figure in
Major League Baseball's embrace of LGBT inclusion beginning in
2013.Like Athlete Ally Founder Hudson Taylor, her own personal
experience reflects into her LGBT advocacy. "Once people start to talk
about the issue, and get comfortable, the acceptance grows from
there", Marchiano told the Washington Blade; "You don’t go
backward".She thinks of her advocacy holistically: "Ending
discrimination is all about respect, no matter your sexual
orientation, your race, your gender or where you're from", Marchiano
said.
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