"At the early announcement of the Inspire Change program, [Head] Coach [Vic] Fangio committed to adding Power Hour as part of the football schedule on Tuesdays," Engelken said. "… They are voluntary and open to any member of the team, but also the coaching staff and any of the football staff. The goal is to continue … momentum and moving progress forward in the areas of social justice. We worked individually with players who would attend for topics, speakers and area experts that they would want to hear from in order to put some of their plans into action."
Every week, players would hear from guest speakers or have dialogues with one another about the financial opportunities for the Social Justice Fund, and in the end, the result was the distribution announced on Thursday and, overall, a greater commitment to the cause.
"It's something our players have done a great job with," Fangio said. "Obviously, when it all started, everybody was enthusiastic about it. I think our players — different than many people — sustained it throughout the season and have done a great job with this. We had a social justice power hour every Tuesday that the players could attend that we made available to them. We had various speakers and issues that they were able to listen to and discuss. Our players have done a great job with it. They've been persistent, and I applaud them for it."
Though this isn't the first year the Broncos have made a donation through their Social Justice Fund, all the work that has been done throughout the year has represented a significant amount of progress, to be sure.
"To see the little steps that we've taken — not just as an organization in Denver, but I think in the NFL — just the little steps that we've seen them take have been steps in the right direction, but always looking to keep that going," Justin Simmons said. "Not to be stagnant and thinking that just doing a few things here and there and kind of just promoting a few things here and there will kind of change it, but always consistently staying on top of this from here on out. It's been great seeing all the support and all of the communication heading in the right direction. I just hope it's not just because this year was so prominent in bringing all those things up. I hope that happens for years and years to come because we know how powerful the shield is and the NFL can be, and there could be a lot of good change coming with that support."
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