US EditionCeltics' Jrue Holiday wins NBA's social justice award, a week after winning sportsmanship award
- Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday won the NBA's 2025 Social Justice Champion award, announced on Wednesday.
- Holiday received this recognition less than a week after being honored with the NBA’s sportsmanship accolade for the second time in his career.
- Holiday was chosen by a panel including NBA officials, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and social justice leaders from finalists including Bam Adebayo and CJ McCollum.
- The NBA plans to contribute $100,000 to the fund established by Jrue and Lauren Holiday, which has awarded more than $5.3 million in grants and supported close to 200 businesses.
- Holiday's award recognizes his dedication to social justice and advances Abdul-Jabbar's mission to empower historically disadvantaged groups.
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Celtics’ Jrue Holiday honored with NBA Social Justice Champion award
One week after receiving the NBA Sportsmanship Award, Celtics guard Jrue Holiday was announced as the 2024-25 NBA Social Justice Champion for his work away from the court. The winner of that award, which was first presented in 2021, receives the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy and a $100,000 donation to a cause of his choice. Holiday’s will go to the Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund, which has “distributed over $5.3 million in grants and de…
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Portland Press HeraldCeltics’ Jrue Holiday wins NBA’s social justice award
A week after winning the league's sportsmanship award, Holiday is honored again by the NBA.
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Celtics' Jrue Holiday named NBA's Social Justice Champion
Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday was named the 2024-25 NBA Social Justice Champion on Wednesday.
Celtics' Jrue Holiday wins NBA's social justice award, a week after winning sportsmanship award
Jrue Holiday’s commitment to off-court work continues to be noticed and appreciated within the NBA. Holiday, the Boston Celtics’ guard, was revealed Wednesday as the recipient of the league’s Social Justice Champion award for this season. The announcement came less than a week after Holiday won the league’s sportsmanship award for the second time his career. The NBA will donate $100,000 to the Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund and he wi…
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