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Super Bowl LV: Amanda Gorman Praises Essential Workers in Powerful Poem
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Dedicating her poem for essential workers amid COVID-19 pandemic, the 22-year-old Youth Poet Laureate recites an original poem titled Chorus of the Captains . Feb 8, 2021
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Youth Poet Laureate
Amanda Gorman offered people yet another stunning poem ahead of Super Bowl LV, which kicked off on Sunday, February 7 in Tampa, Florida. Dedicating her poem for essential workers amid COVID-19 pandemic, Gorman recited an original poem titled Chorus of the Captains .
With her poem, the 22-year-old celebrated and introduced the three honorary captains, who were specially invited to the game by the NFL. They are Pittsburgh-based Marine veteran James Martin, who volunteers with the Wounded Warrior Project and works with at-risk kids, Los Angeles educator Trimaine Davis and Tampa ICU nurse manager Suzie Dorner.
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Who is Trimaine Davis?
Justin Williams #2 of the Wyoming Cowboys battles for position with Trimaine Davis #20 and Mohamed Abukar #34 of the San Diego State University Aztecs in the championship of the Mountain West Conference Basketball Tournament on March 11, 2006, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado (Getty Images).
Trimaine Davis is an alum of the San Diego State University, having earned a degree in 2006 in African American Studies. He was a retention coordinator for the VIP Scholars at UCLA, played basketball from 2003 to 2006 for the Aztecs, and was a team captain on the 2005-06 squad. According to NBC, Davis was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He was also a founding member of the Student African American brotherhood at the San Diego State University. At Cal State Northridge, he helped start the Black Male initiative. Gorman said of Davis in her poem, Trimaine is an educator who works nonstop / Providing his community with hotspots / Laptops, and