Do you have any words of advice for W.N.B.A. players who are going to compete in the bubble? And do you have any advice for how to effectively promote social change while competing?

Now that my W.N.B.A. sisters are there, I would push for them to do whatever their hearts are holding for them on the platform that is there for them. I love them and want for them all to be safe.

Now I’m a woman of faith, so I don’t know how God is going to work through that ultimate change. I just know that we could do something, make a shift. And I see that there is a strong attention to planting conscious seeds in people of the messages that are being said, socially, for us to change. Maybe they’re going to do different fund-raisers and to use those resources to make change. But the attention that they get, I think that’s a good idea.

Could you tell me more about your decision to take this season off as well as what you’re going to be doing with your nonprofit?

My decision was, I felt it was time to move. When I feel like it’s time to move, I speak with my heart and I do that. I have encouraged all the people around me, all my life, to do that.

And I’m going to focus now on my nonprofit that I feel like it can help. And I call it — this is my “growmotion” instead of promotion — to get it out there, to grow food and make the difference of providing healthy food. Being a part of and making accessibility of healthier ways to provide food; removing food deserts from areas where our people are, where people who are struggling financially are.

In this world today, everybody should be able to have food.

When did you start gardening?

For years since I had my house, I had been growing little things. All of my life I have always wanted plants and flowers around me. It starts with a tomato: You take your chances on tomatoes, and when you see a tomato grow, it just kind of went from there. I became a part of a community garden about three years ago and that’s when I connected in that area and got so much benefit from it.

Source: New York Times

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