The LAKings have tapped the team’s AHL scout and the first Black professional women’s hockey player, Blake Bolden, to guide its new inclusion initiative.
have tapped the team’s AHL scout and the first Black professional women’s hockey player, Blake Bolden, to guide its new inclusion initiative, the team announced Tuesday.
The initiative is in conjunction with the Kings’ participation in the newly announced “The Alliance: Los Angeles,” a new five-year commitment from 11 L.A.-area sports teams to drive investment and impact for social justice issues facing communities of colour, particularly Black communities. Bolden, who joined the Kings as an AHL scout earlier this year, will now also serve as growth and inclusion specialist. The Kings say she will continue with her scouting duties, while working with the team’s executive leadership, Kings Care Foundation and hockey development departments on diversity and inclusion.
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