Episode 10

Revolutionizing Sports Medicine: A Conversation with Hawk Newsome

Published on: 5th September, 2022

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Hawk Newsome, activist, community leader, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York. Hawk brings his sharp insights on social justice and equity to the world of sports medicine, challenging us to see healthcare as a frontline in the fight for justice.

The conversation explores how systemic racism shows up in healthcare access, the parallels between activism and athletic training, and why dismantling oppressive structures requires both courage and creativity. Hawk’s voice pushes listeners to move beyond surface-level change and to consider what it means to revolutionize not just sports medicine, but the systems that shape people’s lives.

This episode is as much a rallying cry as it is a conversation, reminding us that health equity cannot exist without justice.

-AT L.A.S.T.

Website: WeAreATLast.org

Email: adam.cady@weareatlast.org

Support: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/athletic-trainers-leveraging-activism-for-social-transformation

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/at-l-a-s-t

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atlastpod

35% OFF Thorne Products compliments of http://raincrosshp.com/ go to https://thor.ne/Ch2Uc

20% OFF Xcelerated Recovery products: Code Rain20: https://xrscience.org/

Artwork by Jason Eisenberg 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dots_and_squares/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoneisenberg00/

Music by Willie B the Ichiban Don

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ichibandon/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-brown-25945b168/


Production / Engineering / Editing / Content Creation by Gerson Sandoval

Website: www.davyrover.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davy.rover/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gersonsandovalengineer/


-Guest

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hawk.newsome/?hl=en


Next Episode All Episodes Previous Episode
Show artwork for The AT Last Podcast

About the Podcast

The AT Last Podcast
Sports medicine practitioners recognizing, addressing, and catalyzing change.
Sports medicine practitioners recognizing, addressing, and catalyzing change within their spheres of influence. Hosts Christopher Bates and Adam Cady focus on advancing health equity and DEIA in sports medicine, exploring how issues of race, representation, and systemic barriers shape the care and opportunities available to athletes and healthcare providers. Through candid conversations with leaders, practitioners, and changemakers, the podcast highlights both the challenges and the transformative possibilities of building a more just and inclusive future in sports medicine and beyond.
Support This Show

About your hosts

Christopher Bates

Profile picture for Christopher Bates
Christopher Bates is a proud family man and has passionately worked in sports medicine and human performance for over a decade. He is both a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), as well as a Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach (RSCC). Bates' experiences and paradigms for excellence have led to the creation and establishment of several holistic sports medicine and athletic-performance skill development programs across all levels of athletics including Olympic, University, High School and youth.

Currently, Bates serves as the Sports Medicine Manager and Head Athletic Trainer for USA Water Polo’s Men’s Olympic team. Bates also directs the athletic-performance skill development for the team along with the team's dedicated strength and conditioning coach.

Adam Cady

Profile picture for Adam Cady
Adam C. Cady holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology/Athletic Training from California State University-Fullerton, and a Master of Health Science from Duke University. He is also a graduate of the sports medicine fellowship program at The Steadman Clinic, in Vail, Colorado. He currently works as a Physician Assistant at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles, where he specializes in sports medicine.

His current passions/research interests include improving health equity in underserved communities and Functional Medicine.