CHAMPION
WHAT MOVES YOU
CHAMPION WHAT MOVES YOU
Amobi Okugo
Named a Forbes "30 Under 30" recipient, Amobi champions education. He has used his success as a former professional soccer player to help at-risk kids through his OK U Go Foundation. He also advises athletes through his A Frugal Athlete Foundation.
Audrey Faison
Audrey champions educational disparity. As a teacher in LA, she founded Concrete Queenz, a nonprofit that empowers girls through skateboarding, healthy living workshops, college readiness, and career development.
Brandin Vaughn
A sought-after fashion designer, Brandin champions artistic excellence. He owns the BVC boutique and has collaborated with celebrities including Beyonce´, the Isley Brothers, and the artist SZA.
Daniel Villanueva
A renowned Augmented Reality artist, Daniel champions diversity in technology. His immersive exhibits share the untold stories of his community, foster cultural diversity, and explore generational trauma.
Kai Page
A filmmaker and photographer, Kai champions art on all spectrums. He is also creative director for his sustainable brand, All That Vintage. He designs and resells recycled cotton clothing, believing that small steps can result in big changes.
Imani McGee-Stafford
A former WNBA player and abuse survivor, Imani champions mental health and is an advocate for sexual abuse survivors. Through basketball and social media, she gives hope and purpose to young women and girls.
Baker
Featured in The Athletic’s “40 Under 40: Rising Stars In Women’s Basketball”, Baker champions women in sports. She works with WNBA teams to design sell-out merchandise and host fan events.
Mae Stokes
Owner of WaistedByMae and a gifted fiber artist, Mae champions creativity. She gives back to her community through her practical crochet designs and hopes to keep the tradition of crocheting alive.
Marissa Holbert
Founder of Pass Tha Ball, Marissa champions equity for female athletes to compete, grow, learn, and earn. Her basketball platform increases media exposure for female players. She also hosts camps to inspire the next generation of female hoopers.
Samuel McIntosh
An award-winning street dancer and choreographer, Samuel champions empowerment and individualism. He believes Hip-Hop culture can create leaders, thinkers, and artists through the values of Peace, Unity, Love, Having Fun, and Knowledge.
The Champion Creators Program
The Champion Creators Program celebrates the power, expression, and purpose of creators from various backgrounds by awarding prize money and/or product to deserving creators that demonstrate innovation, community impact, scale, and creativity.
The 2024 Call for Entries opens on Wednesday, June 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM EST and closes Thursday, July 18, 2024 1:59 PM AEST.
Prize: Creators can apply to receive blank Champion product (up to 500 units of blank Champion tees or hoodies) or monetary funding (up to $5,000 USD) to support their creative endeavors. The 2024 Champion Creator’s Program expects to award up to $50,000 to deserving creators.
A talented painter and activist from Melbourne, Australia, Aretha Brown is a powerful force that does not shy away from using her voice and her art to speak up for the marginalized and disenfranchised. In 2017 and 2018, Aretha made headlines for her speeches given at the Invasion Day protest in Melbourne. The then year 11 student addressed a crowd of “approximately 50,000 protestors calling for the date of the national holiday to be changed and fighting to make Indigenous Australian history education mainstream.”
Being gay, or being a woman, or being Aboriginal is like the most important thing to me, and its also the least important thing to me.
A talented painter and activist from Melbourne, Australia, Aretha Brown is a powerful force that does not shy away from using her voice and her art to speak up for the marginalized and disenfranchised. In 2017 and 2018, Aretha made headlines for her speeches given at the Invasion Day protest in Melbourne. The then year 11 student addressed a crowd of “approximately 50,000 protestors calling for the date of the national holiday to be changed and fighting to make Indigenous Australian history education mainstream.”
Being gay, or being a woman, or being Aboriginal is like the most important thing to me, and its also the least important thing to me.
Her work is influenced by her own identity as
a “queer, Blak, young person living in the confinements of an urban colony.” There will be no misinterpretation in her work: like the artist herself, her art is direct. Strong pointed words occasionally featured, calling out the specific issue, Aretha uses bold patterns and a monochromatic color palette to punctuate
her experience.
In 2019, Aretha founded the “Kiss my Art collective,” a group made up of young women and femme folk from diverse backgrounds to champion young women and non-binary artists. The group’s mission is to reclaim public spaces using street art, painting, and mixed media. Since its inception, the collective has created over 53 murals and public artworks in Australia, Great Britain, India and Indonesia. Aretha encapsulates the “Champion What Moves You” statement, pushing boundaries, uplifting her community, empowering those around her and moving culture forward. She is an inspiration to those that use not only their voice but their art as extension of true activism. She truly is at the forefront of change.
Her work is influenced by her own identity as
a “queer, Blak, young person living in the confinements of an urban colony.” There will be no misinterpretation in her work: like the artist herself, her art is direct. Strong pointed words occasionally featured, calling out the specific issue, Aretha uses bold patterns and a monochromatic color palette to punctuate
her experience.
In 2019, Aretha founded the “Kiss my Art collective,” a group made up of young women and femme folk from diverse backgrounds to champion young women and non-binary artists. The group’s mission is to reclaim public spaces using street art, painting, and mixed media. Since its inception, the collective has created over 53 murals and public artworks in Australia, Great Britain, India and Indonesia. Aretha encapsulates the “Champion What Moves You” statement, pushing boundaries, uplifting her community, empowering those around her and moving culture forward. She is an inspiration to those that use not only their voice but their art as extension of true activism. She truly is at the forefront of change.
Signkid
Location: United Kingdom
Craft: Rapper/Producer
What they Champion: Access, Connection
Joshua Marin
Location: United States
Craft: Cobbling
What they Champion: Sustainability
Soulhan
Location: China
Craft: Rapping
What they Champion: Cultural Preservation
Ryota Daimon
Location: Japan
Craft: Artist and Skateboarder
What they Champion: Self-Expression
Las Diablas
Location: Mexico
Craft: Softball + Clothes Making
What they Champion: Female Empowerment
