What Inspires This Saints LB to Serve His Community
By Movieguide® Contributor
New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis has been serving his community since 2013.
“When I came across Stand Together, which is probably five years ago, and moved towards a partnership with them, I realized that we had the same mission in mind,” he told the “Faith on the Field” podcast. “What Stand Together is, is a philanthropic community that aims at tackling some of America’s biggest issues at the root level.”
“And I just believe that a lot of times the issues that we try to address, we deal with at the symptom level, but not at the root level. And education is one of those areas where they’re looking to tackle and that’s the area that me and my wife have been passionate about and been working in since 2013 [when] we started our foundation,” he added.
Davis continued, “…it’s really about transformative education. How do we go from an education system that looks to help every child from a one-size-fits-all, everybody’s coming in the classroom, and they’re being taught the same way and being measured by the same standard, and it just doesn’t work? We’re all different. We’re all designed uniquely.”
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He believes that our unique design means we need to learn differently.
“Nobody has the same fingerprints. And so if we’re all different, we all have different gifts and we all have different strengths. We all have different talents. We all have different weaknesses and limitations. We have to have curriculums that are tailor made to how we grow and how we adapt,” Davis explained.
His testimony and faith in Jesus inspired Davis’ foundation, Devoted Dreamers.
“In 2008, while a student at Arkansas State University, Demario was shepherded into a relationship with Jesus Christ by the team chaplain. As the transformation took place in his heart, his life was transformed as well. Demario soon realized he had a heart to reach not only his teammates, but the next generation of leaders for the Kingdom of God. Demario, along with his wife, want to impact generations the way he was impacted by the Gospel,” his website explains.
Due to his impact in the community, Davis was named a “Community Champion for the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee.”
Davis shared the news on his social media and wrote, “Super Bowl LIX represents more than just a football game. It’s an opportunity to showcase our community and create lasting positive change. This is the New Orleans standard. Welcome home!”
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