Days after she stepped back on United States soil in December, Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner pledged to campaign for the safe return of all those wrongfully detained. She's repeatedly lent her voice, time and platform to the cause since returning from her own 10-month wrongful detention in Russia.
campaign, an organization that spreads awareness of those wrongfully detained overseas. The partnership includes stations at home games to write letters to wrongfully detained individuals. Griner's community service work has also consisted of her BG Heart and Sole Shoe Drive efforts in partnership with the Phoenix Rescue Mission. Both organizations will receive $2,500 from the WNBA.
"We had just realized that individually we were not able to get a response from the government," said Sharghi, The Mercury and Griner have hosted families and friends through the program at home and away games. At every home game, the Mercury host a letter-writing station for fans to write letters of encouragement and support to those declared wrongfully detained, as well as letters to elected officials urging them to bring those individuals home. Griner and the Mercury have collected more than 100 letters, the WNBA said. Other teams are also hosting the stations when the Mercury come to town.
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