At event in Fort Worth s 76104, volunteers give out food and medical screenings
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/8/2021 Jack Howland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
May 8 Lena Wilson, 7, and her little brother, Tres Wilson, 5, stepped up into the white van, emblazoned on the side with a green University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth logo.
The back of the ordinary-looking vehicle wasn t what the two expected there was a long cushy seat decorated with drawings of owls and other animals, and a HSC medical professor sat across from them, in front of a blue sheet that covered the two front seats. Lena felt like I was at a farm, as she later described giddily. The light inside the mobile exam room went off after a few seconds, and the doctor, Abe Clark, began the eye test.
PHOTOS BY MIKE WATTERS
Josh Hughes, Gabe Clark and Trey Bradford were the subjects of racial taunts on the lacrosse field last summer an episode that inspired the We Stand initiative.
Truer Words: How the True Lacrosse Trio Became Catalysts for Change
Fri May 7 2021 | Matt Hamilton | High School
Trey Bradford, Gabe Clark and Josh Hughes will never forget the events that unfolded at a tournament in Kissimmee, Fla., last July. They were teammates for True Lacrosse, competing in one of the first summer club lacrosse tournaments after the COVID-19 shutdown.
As Black lacrosse players, each of the three teammates was used to feeling like the only. Bradford, Clark and Hughes had bonded together through a shared experience in lacrosse.