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Florida teens get life lessons with Pro Football Hall of Famers

Date: 08/27/18

Sunrise, Florida

Sunshine Health hit the road with NFL legend Darrell Green and the Pro Football Hall of Fame this month, sharing stories about overcoming obstacles to achieve goals and listening to teens’ concerns as part of Strong Youth Strong Communities (SYSC) sessions.

SYSC is a partnership between Centene (Sunshine Health’s parent company) and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. These events were supported by Urban League affiliates across Florida. Joining Green were fellow Hall of Famers Anthony Muñoz and Aeneas Williams, and University of North Carolina star basketball player Iman McFarland.

McFarland, speaking to 150-plus teens at the Ritz Theatre and Museum in Jacksonville, said that she was a “student-athlete” not an “athlete-student.”

“That sport was a vehicle to get into college,” McFarland said.

She is now the Chief Operations Officer of the 21st Century Expo Group.

At the end of each session, teens were divided into groups with Green, McFarland, Muñoz or Williams to talk about how what they heard relates to their lives. In the Jacksonville group of 15- and 16-year-old boys, Edward from Lee High shared the lesson he’ll take home: “Do things for yourself. Your actions are for you.” Later Edward said, “They hit on a lot of things that me and my friends deal with. Peer pressure. Trying to make decisions.”

In Orlando, all 1,800 Jones High students filed into the gym at 2 on a Friday afternoon for a high-energy session, supported by the Central Florida Urban League.

“Circumspect – Look around, know your surroundings,” Williams told the teens, who chanted the words back to him.

SYSC’s Florida tour ended Aug. 25 in Fort Lauderdale at the Urban League of Broward County’s Sunshine Health Community Empowerment Center.

This group of more than 200 didn’t give up their Saturday to get autographs – few could name the athletes in front of them. They were, however, able to share what they had heard.

One loved that Green, “Liked playing football, but loved his mom.”

Patrick, a Dillard High football player, broke the ice in the breakout session of 17- and 18-year-old boys.

“Do what you say you’re going to do,” he said, echoing Green’s message about building a strong composition for your beliefs.

When one teen said, “I’m just afraid I’m not going to make it,” friend Salnave stood up and said, “I think what they said is we’re building our own standards. We can make it.”

At the end of the three days, Green agreed.

“These kids have an intellect. We’re here to wake it up. To plant the seed. If we get that seed planted, they can decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives.”