Maurice Scott, Jr.: On Diversifying Rowing and Being a Kid from Philly Who Never Gave Up

05/07/20 • 65 min

#010 - Maurice Scott, Jr. was born and raised in Philadelphia and grew up seeing boats on the Schuykill River. As someone whose path led him to rowing, he has worked to give back to the sport by coaching at Philadelphia City Rowing and Row New York. Additionally, he brings visibility to people of color within the sport through his story, his performance as an athlete, as well as his role as a JL ambassador.
We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity.

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05/07/20 • 65 min

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Rowing in Color - Maurice Scott, Jr.: On Diversifying Rowing and Being a Kid from Philly Who Never Gave Up

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No, we're not want to focus on or try to analyze why you were looking at the ways are more so no doing what you do in the water and making and making that mark as the first public teen to grow
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Hi listeners. Denise here, as mentioned in Episode nine, were dropping not one but two episodes for you today. These episodes feature two young men from Philly whose stories of coming into rowing could not be more American. I don't know

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