Dr. Neftalie Williams

SCHOLAR.DIPLOMAT.ACTIVIST.ARTIST.SKATEBOARDER
USC Provost's Postdoctoral Scholar & Yale Schwarzman Center Fellow for Race, Culture & Community

[Dr. Neftalie Williams @Neftalie]

Thanks to the @sfchronicle for giving me the chance to speak about the other #TyreeNichols video filmed by Austin Dean, & #Blackskaters & #skateboarding. Sending love to his family and friends in their time of grief and sorrow.

[Dr. Neftalie Williams @Neftalie]

@KQEDForum @LATimesWharton @MichaelGarafola @JPhongsavanh amazing @LATimesWharton

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@SDSU @SdsuSociology !

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What an amazing time at @UT_CSCM @UTexasMoody! Thanks to Mr. Fantastic @BurntO_Butterwo and @mirarose88 @lempika7 @DrThomasMHunt & the great @JulesBoykoff for a great discussion of #skatediplomacy and sports washing!

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@charlieray45 very glad to see this!

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@EdgeofSports Thanks for allowing me to speak on @EdgeofSports. I loved joining the show and the work you do!

[Dr. Neftalie Williams @Neftalie]

@wnpr Fantastic story!

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Learn more about the connections between skateboarding, mental health & community at our free @USCSkateStudy dinner, video screening & panel discussion event on Friday June 9 from 7-9 pm @USC. RSVP and learn more here: https://t.co/mhXxZlYKPL @zcorwin @neftalie @USCRossier

[Dr. Neftalie Williams @Neftalie]

Thanks to @USCAnnenberg for highlighting our recent mission and @USEmbassyBtown and @SportsDiplomacy for making it all happen!

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#ASCJ Provost Post-Doctoral Scholar Dr. @Neftalie traveled to Barbados on a skate diplomacy mission with professional skater Adrianne Sloboh from @dgk and the Skateboarding Association of Barbados. He is teaching youth and supporting Black skateboarding communities globally. 🛹

[Dr. Neftalie Williams @Neftalie]

@CatherineNBCSD So amazing!

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@bturnerr_ So fire! I'm trying to be right there with you brother:)

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@theincredholt @NBC7SanDiego @CatherineNBCSD @ameliabrodka @BryceWettstein @USCPullias @ASCJ_Research @skatepark @USC @SDSU @SdsuSociology @ZCorwin Thanks so much! @CatherineNBCSD nailed it!

[Dr. Neftalie Williams @Neftalie]

Thanks to @NBC7SanDiego & @CatherineNBCSD for spotlighting our skateboarding research! Excited to be highlighted alongside @ameliabrodka & @BryceWettstein More to come!
https://t.co/3CYLdJiBaz

@USCPullias @ASCJ_Research @skatepark @USC @SDSU @SdsuSociology @ZCorwin

[Dr. Neftalie Williams @Neftalie]

@hollythorpe_nz @waikato Thanks for helping me get to this point! @hollythorpe_nz & @waikato !!

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@hollythorpe_nz @MihiNemani @waikato Congrats!!

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@dennisjromero Thanks for always supporting my work and supporting skateboarding.
Special thanks to my editor @zebakhan @sfchronicle for giving me the opportunity to write & for being patient with me as I worked through this difficult topic. ♥️

[Dennis Romero @dennisjromero]

Professor of skate & sociology @Neftalie works through the emotions of Tyre Nichols' traumatizing death to celebrate the man as a freedom boardrider:

'We feel the universal aspect of the push and the freedom in the lines between tricks.'
https://t.co/pbGzYSsRC4

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Thanks for the support @hakeemjefferson -This was a tough piece to write.

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@CooperPerkinsTV @SealsLax @SaskRushLAX @nickossello @TabTurnerTV1 fantastic!

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@LATimesWharton @DGK 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️yes, brother !

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@FineRachel @Yale_Schwarzman I was excited to see that !