{"id":1346,"date":"2019-06-06T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2019-06-11T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T20:03:52","slug":"former-ssc-belles-basketball-player-named-spokesperson-for-caribbean-american-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/former-ssc-belles-basketball-player-named-spokesperson-for-caribbean-american-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Former SSC Belles Basketball Player Named Spokesperson for Caribbean American Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Seminole State College Belles basketball player and the first Jamaican WNBA Player Simone Edwards,\u00a0OD, has signed on as national spokesperson for Caribbean American Heritage Month. Edwards who was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, accepted the duties of spokesperson for Caribbean American Heritage Month to help bring more visibility to Caribbean Americans and the contributions they make. <!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards-788x525.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Simone-Edwards-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The history-making player was\nselected by the New York Liberty in the 1997 inaugural WNBA season. After\ncompeting internationally, Ms. Edwards returned to the WNBA to play for Seattle\nStorm, ultimately winning a championship. The Jamaican Hurricane as she was\ncalled in the game, is equally known for making headlines off the court,\nspeaking out on issues of bullying, sexual abuse and self-esteem. In her\nheartfelt memoir, \u2018Unstoppable,\u2019 Ms. Edwards reveals the harsh realities of\ngrowing up poor in a gang-infested village, and how she found the inner\nstrength to maintain hope in the face of opposition.&nbsp;In 2017, the Jamaican\ngovernment bestowed Simone with the Order of Distinction award for her\noutstanding contribution to Jamaica&#8217;s Women National Basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI am extremely honored to once again\nbe part of the month-long celebration to commemorate Caribbean American\nHeritage. Caribbean Americans are&nbsp;making remarkable strides on so many\nfronts to the American landscape, and I feel privileged to have the opportunity\nto help bring awareness in any way I possibly can,\u201d said Edwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Seminole State College Belles basketball player and the first Jamaican WNBA Player Simone Edwards,\u00a0OD, has signed on as national spokesperson for Caribbean American Heritage Month. Edwards who was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, accepted the duties of spokesperson for Caribbean American Heritage Month to help bring more visibility to Caribbean Americans and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/former-ssc-belles-basketball-player-named-spokesperson-for-caribbean-american-heritage-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Former SSC Belles Basketball Player Named Spokesperson for Caribbean American Heritage Month<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-june-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}