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45% Students like these participated in The Thunder’s Black Heritage
Creative Contest.
At Thunder Game

Contest Winners
Recognized
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to treat everyone with kindness
and love, no matter the color of
As part of the team’s cele- their skin or where they come
bration of Black History Month, from.
the Thunder recognized five Ryiah Moore is in second
student winners of a contest. grade at East Elementary School
Winners of the Black in Weatherford.
Heritage Creative Contest, 7KHIRXUWK¿IWKJUDGHGL-
sponsored by The Thunder and vision winner hails from Pleas-
Sprite, received personalized ant Hill Elementary School in
plaques and on-court recogni- Oklahoma City. Taylor Johnson
tion on Monday at the Thunder submitted an essay about Bill
vs. Magic game at Chesapeake Pickett, the first Black to be
Energy Arena. inducted into the Rodeo Hall of
Additionally, each win- Fame at the National Cowboy
ner was awarded $500, four and Western Museum. Pick-
tickets to the game, a Thunder HWW¶VH൵RUWVLQVSLUHG-RKQVRQWR
autographed basketball and believe he can do anything to
other prizes. which he sets his mind.
Each winning student Mia Wyatt created a col-
demonstrated creativity in pre- lage of Nyakim Gatwech, a
senting the importance of a model of Sudanese descent who
KLVWRULFDO ¿JXUH RU D SHUVRQDO is an advocate for embracing the
hero, it was said. skin you’re in.
Gatwech inspires Wyatt
The Thunder displayed and other young girls to be
the winning entries, along with comfortable in their own skin
other select submissions, on the and ignore those who say hateful
concourse during Monday’s things. Wyatt is an eighth-grad-
game. er at Epic Charter School and
)RUWKHNLQGHUJDUWHQ¿UVW won the middle school division.
grade category, Hunter Borden Emma Jackson took home
submitted a poem about his the high school division award
personal hero, Mr. Larry, who is with her original, unique piece
the school custodian at Borden’s of art using more than 2,700
elementary school. Borden ad- crayons to depict her hero,
mires Mr. Larry for taking care Oprah Winfrey. Jackson credits
of all students and keeping them Winfrey with using her global
safe. Mr. Larry also served in platform to create a better world
the Armed Forces for 24 years. for others and inspiring women
Borden is in kindergarten at and young girls to follow their
Crosby Park Elementary School dreams. Jackson is a senior at
in Lawton. Moore High School.
Ryiah Moore took home Nearly 300 entries were
top honors in the second/third- submitted by Oklahoma stu-
grade division with an illustrated dents including dioramas, sculp-
ÀLSERRNGHSLFWLQJKRZ'U0DU- tures, poems, drawings, essays
tin Luther King Jr. inspired her and more.

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