The University of Michigan’s chap- ter of the Spill the Honey Foundation, an organization committed to telling the history of Black and Jewish civil rights alliances, screened the new film “Shared Legacies” Thursday evening. The documentary discusses the part- nership between the Black and Jewish communities during the Civil Rights Movement. About 70 students and professors attended the screening. The film highlighted how Jewish leaders supported Martin Luther King and the Black community’s efforts to combat segregation and racism in the 1960s. The film included prominent leaders such as members of the King family, Rabbi Alvin Sugarman and the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). After the screening, a panel dis- cussed takeaways from the film. Shari Rogers, director and produc- er of “Shared Legacies” and founder of Spill the Honey, said she was inspired to create the film to show how the Jewish community supported the Black community during the Civil Rights Movement. Rogers said she understands how history can be difficult to talk about, but she thinks people should still share their experiences in order to promote further conversations in the future. “When souls have been destroyed, no one wants to talk about it. It’s so painful,” Rogers said. “We have a shared responsibility to slowly come to terms with the importance of mem- ory and talking about what we went through.” Panelist and Rackham student Andre Ray said the film calls attention to the shared histories of the Black and Jewish communities while also pro- viding an opportunity for connection in the present. “(It’s) an opportunity to build a bridge with another community,” Ray said. “These communities have such a rich history and to witness it together, in the same room, is such a powerful point to move forward from on a cam- pus like this.” The third panelist, Business senior Blake Weissman, is the national youth president for the Spill the Honey Foundation. Weissman said Spill the Honey’s main motiva- tion for screening the film was edu- cating people about the connection between the Black and Jewish com- munities. Weissman said they chose to screen the documentary at college campuses and schools because they believe it is especially important for youth popula- tions to know this history. “We’re bringing this to college cam- puses, we’re bringing it to high schools, we’re bringing it to middle schools,” Weissman said. “It’s not like it should be (taught). It needs to be taught. And that’s what we’re doing.” In a group discussion after the panel, students shared their reactions to the film. LSA sophomore Samuel Hausman- Weiss said the film screening was a great way to spark discussion about topics generally not spoken about. He said college students need to learn about new perspectives and the film screening promoted learning about the intersection between Black and Jewish histories. “This is where it starts. It starts with a conversation,” Hausman-Weiss said. “I think that this is the best first step there has been in a while.” Business junior Henrik Angelstig attended the event and said he found the film eye-opening. Despite being familiar with Black and Jewish history prior to the viewing, Angelstig said he had never actually learned about how the two groups worked together dur- ing the Civil Rights Movement. “This has definitely been one of the most profound things I’ve ever watched,” Angelstig said. “Of course we have read about Black history and Jewish history in school, but I’ve never actually made a connection between the two. I’m just amazed at how blind I have been to that fact.” Daily Staff Reporter Navya Gupta can be reached at itznavya@umich.edu. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News 2 — Wednesday, November 3, 2021 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is publishing weekly on Wednesdays for the Winter 2021 semester by students at the University of Michigan. 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PHOTO Senior Layout Editor: Sophie Grand NAVYA GUPTA Daily Staff Reporter A recent University of Michigan study on concussions among college athletes found the timeline for concus- sion recovery can take up to 28 days, as opposed to the previously suggested 14 days. With a $42.65 million grant, the concussion study is believed to be the largest of its kind in history. The grant was split between $25 million from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, $10 million from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and $7.65 from the U.S. Defense Health Agency. The study was conducted by Steve Broglio, head director of the U-M concussion center and member of the CARE Consortium — the NCAA-U.S. Department of Defense’s Concussion Assessment, Research and Educa- tion leadership team. Broglio and his colleagues began the study in 2014 at 30 sites across the country, includ- ing four military academies. They enrolled all eligible varsity athletes and service academy cadets. A total of 1,751 concussion cases were included in the study, with results showing 85% of people took over one month to be cleared for unrestricted participation in sports after a concussion. “We need to reframe the normal recovery time because there’s vari- ability in how people recover from all injuries,” Broglio said. LSA freshman Tyler McLaurin, a linebacker on the U-M football team, said many coaches and athletic train- ers have talked to the team about the findings of the study given the high number of concussions in football. McLaurin said he believes extending recovery time is beneficial in the long run even if it keeps players off of the field temporarily. “I think that it hurts a person at the moment, but it is about more than just football,” McLaurin said. “Concus- sions are long term and can affect a person in more ways than just the physical symptoms.” A main goal of the study was to nor- malize longer recovery rates, according to Broglio. Broglio said if sports teams follow the current medical literature, anyone who has 14 or more days of recovery time is “bucketed into the abnormal recovery group, even though they’re a 51st-percentile person.” The “abnormal” label given to ath- letes can be mentally demanding, Bro- glio said, and can often cause them to put their athletic career before their physical health. Broglio said he has heard of many injuries ignored or not reported until after an event. “A concussion is unique in that if an athlete wants to hide it, it can be hidden,” Broglio said. “From a psy- chological standpoint, we’re trying to reduce inadvertent pressure on team- mates, coaches and parents to get somebody back to play, by reframing this from a more holistic manner.” McLaurin also said he believes concussed student-athletes should have post-concussion recovery time in order to catch up on academic work. “I feel as though it is much hard- er to catch up after a concussion,” McLaurin said. “I have seen people force themselves to grind for days at a time in order to try to learn the infor- mation during their concussion while everything that is going on around them in class.” The paper also found minimal differences between how men and women recover. In addition, the study analyzed recovery time between concussions from contact versus non-contact sports. Overall, the study found there were not significant dif- ferences in recovery time in different sports, according to Broglio. “Those differences are really a day or two away, which in the grand scheme of things doesn’t really mean much,” Broglio said. “This allows cli- nicians to have a unified approach to concussion management. They don’t need to make special circumstances for the football athlete versus the cross country runner, etc.” In addition, individuals with their first, second and third injuries all recovered at approximately the same rate. It wasn’t until the fourth injury that researchers started seeing longer recovery periods. Broglio emphasized that the “longer” recovery period is only a day or two different than the normal one found in the study. “There’s certainly not this idea of ‘three concussions and you’re done with your career,’” Broglio said. “Those decisions are made on an individual basis, based on severity, the goals of the athletes and other per- sonal factors.” LSA freshman Hunter Thomson, a U-M varsity golfer, believes non-con- tact-sport athletes should also take con- cussions seriously. Though Thompson has never gotten a concussion himself, he hopes to pass the findings of the study along to friends and teammates. “This information is very impor- tant, and by the sounds of it, it could help possibly elongate the careers of athletes,” Thompson said. Broglio plans to use his grant for a future study that will consist of two phases. The first five years of the study will involve online evaluations, imaging studies, bloodwork, full neu- ropsychology evaluations, clinical exams and DNA capture of current subjects. The second phase will fur- ther explore how concussions affect aspects of the subjects’ future lives. “The main goal is to continue track- ing the individuals through middle age and older adulthood to understand who ends up with poor outcomes and who doesn’t, and why,” Broglio said. “This will all help us get a handle on the long-term effects of injury.” McLaurin said many athletes are passionate about following the find- ings of the study in order to put their health first. “This is more than a game,” McLaurin said. “Football and all sports are just for a small amount of time. Sports end for various reasons, such as injuries or old age, so it is nec- essary to be ready for backup plans. Concussions ruin the idea of backup plans because it dents the mental health and capability of a person.” Daily Staff Reporter Ashna Mehra can be reached at ashmehra@umich.edu. U-M study shows timeline for concussion recovery is nearly a month long, double the currently suggested length Recovery rates for concussions are lengthened, athletes talk putting health first ASHNA MEHRA Daily Staff Reporter RESEARCH