Volleyball Relaunches Share the Mic Campaign

DURHAM – The Duke volleyball program has relaunched its Share the Mic campaign for the spring, a partnership with several HBCU volleyball programs. 

First launched in 2020 by associate head coach Kellie Catanach Johnson, Share the Mic is intended to help increase the visibility of HBCU programs within the sport, provide a platform for their student-athletes to have their voices heard and form a partnership between the schools to impact change for years to come.

“Personally, I’ve enjoyed the privilege of a husband who is not only a former Duke football student-athlete, but who has worked at two different HBCUs over the last several years,” Catanach Johnson said. “This has allowed me the opportunity to understand just a little bit better the experiences of these student-athletes. HBCUs have such incredible and rich histories and, like so many Black stories, they are often overlooked. We’ve also learned that one of the most important pieces of allyship is elevating Black voices and were inspired by the #ShareTheMic movement on social media this summer to lend our own platform. As a program, we have the privilege of the Duke brand, which gives us an opportunity to reach tens of thousands of people through our social media platforms. By marrying these two things, we knew we could use this privilege to take actionable steps towards change by lending the power of that Duke brand.

Share the Mic kicked off Monday as Morgan State took over the Duke volleyball Instagram account. 

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