Named one of the “100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century” by Life magazine and a 2009 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Billie Jean King is the founder of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, founder of the Women’s Tennis Association, the Women’s Sports Foundation and part of the ownership group of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Sparks and Angel City FC.
In September 2020, King became the first woman to have an annual global team sports event named in her honor when Fed Cup, the women’s world cup of tennis was rebranded as the Billie Jean King Cup. The National Tennis Center, home of the US Open, was renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in honor of her accomplishments on and off the court.
In 2017, Fox Searchlight released the critically acclaimed film, Battle of the Sexes, which depicts the cultural and social impact of the groundbreaking match. In 2018, King received a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. In 2019 King’s deep Southern California roots were recognized with the opening of the Billie Jean King Main Library in her hometown of Long Beach and in 2020 King was honored with the release of the Billie Jean King Barbie doll, part of Mattel’s Inspiring Women Series.
Billie Jean King serves on the board of the Women’s Sport Foundation, is an Adidas Global Ambassador and is a past member of the Board of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and a past member of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.
Friday, January 22, 2021
1 pm
$25 event ticket – All event ticket proceeds are donated to the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation.
The Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative is a non-profit dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion and advocating for equal pay for equal work.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation tackles the most pressing problems facing Los Angeles with a mission to improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all Angelenos.
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