{"id":35,"date":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/arizona\/2014\/02\/20\/suns-superstar-gerald-green-inspires-playworks-students\/"},"modified":"2018-12-07T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T22:52:26","slug":"suns-superstar-gerald-green-inspires-playworks-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/arizona\/2014\/02\/20\/suns-superstar-gerald-green-inspires-playworks-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Superstar Gerald Green Inspires Playworks Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"userContentWrapper aboveUnitContent\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"_wk mbm\"><span class=\"userContent\">Star\u00a0<a id=\"js_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/suns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=45898408995&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\">Phoenix Suns<\/a>&#8216; player, Gerald Green, was bullied as a child.\u00a0In an unusual accident in sixth grade, he lost part of his left finger, Green shared during a visit to Loma Linda Elementary School,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Playworks-Arizona\/262737497079190\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=262737497079190&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\">Playworks Arizona<\/a>&#8216;s partner school.<span class=\"userContent\">\u00a0Following that day, he kept his left hand in his pocket as much as possible, but that didn&#8217;t prevent all the bullying. It was over time that Green learn to ignore the\u00a0bullying and focus on basketball.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_wk mbm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-media-original\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Gerald.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" data-original=\"{&quot;fid&quot;:&quot;5980&quot;,&quot;view_mode&quot;:&quot;media_original&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;media&quot;,&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;height&quot;:480,&quot;width&quot;:480,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;media-element file-media-original&quot;}}\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_wk mbm\">Gerald Green shared his experience being bullied as a child with the hope to make a difference in kids&#8217; lives today. &#8220;Every kid should feel safe at school. 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