"There's work to be done off the court," Renee Montgomery wrote on Twitter on June 18 in announcing her decision to skip her season with the Atlanta Dream. "Social justice reform isn't going to happen overnight but I do feel that now is the time and Moments equal Momentum. Let's keep it going!"
Since then, Montgomery has been pouring her energy into the Renee Montgomery Foundation. Through that platform, she's pursuing goals that range from educating voters in the issues at stake in November to providing grants to students from historically black colleges and universities.
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