{"id":2326,"date":"2023-02-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2023-02-20T03:55:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T03:55:16","slug":"wizards-kick-off-black-history-month-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/02\/wizards-kick-off-black-history-month-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards kick off Black History Month celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of the team\u2019s Black History Month celebrations presented by Stackwell Capital, the digital investment platform created to eliminate the racial wealth gap, the\u00a0Wizards<\/a> will recognize and celebrate the achievements, influence and talents of individuals and organizations from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area throughout the month of February as part of the \u201cOur Community, Our History\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of Heart Health Night presented by MedStar Health, the Wizards will honor two health care professionals on MedStar Health\u2019s heart and vascular team who are making a difference in the DMV area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0also marks National Wear Red Day, with Wizards staff and personnel showing their support by dressing in red. In recognition of Heart Health Night, graphics will be displayed, and informational videos will be played to educate fans on the importance of heart health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MedStar Health\u2019s, Nana Afari-Armah, MD, an advanced heart failure cardiologist, and Kendra Lewin, RN, PCCN, a cardiology unit nursing director, will present the game ball before tip-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Various activations will take place throughout the game, including special recognition of MedStar Health clinicians and patients at halftime, as well as a heart health awareness t-shirt toss presented by MedStar Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans will also get to watch a video of alums Phil Chenier and Michael Adams as they paid a visit to patients who recently had heart surgery at MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the conclusion of the game, Rick Ross and Ja Rule will perform as part of the Wizards\u2019 Friday Night Concert Series<\/a> presented by Sprite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wizards are kicking off their Black History Month festivities with Heart Health Month activations and a concert featuring Ja Rule and Rick Ross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wizards"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t