changeorg
Petition details
Comments
Updates
Secure Brittney Griner's Swift and Safe
Return to the U.S:
66,843 have signed: Let's get
75,000!
At 75,000 signatures,
42
this petition becomes
Trs
one of the top signed on
Change.orgl
Vanessa Hawkins signed 43
minutes ago
Evangelina Kalathoti signed 43
minutes ago
Tamryn Spruill started this petition to
House and Senate Foreign
Affairs Committees U.S: Department of State
WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was detained
by Russia while attempting to move through a
Moscow airport; the New York Timesreported
on Saturday_March &. League veteran Angel
McCoughtry shared on social media that Griner
had been detained for three weeks already by
the time the Times' story broke:
Griner is a beloved global citizen who has used
her platform since her entry into the WNBA to
help others. She was detained while working in
Russia
playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg; where
in 2021 she helped the team win its fifth
EuroLeague Women championship:
Like many athletes competing in the WNBA,
Griner plays abroad during the WNBA offseason
because her salary is exponentially higher
abroad. Professional athletes never know when
their careers will come to an end.
must
compete today with tomorrow's financial
securitv in mind. For WNBA plavers, that means
They