Hank Aaron Week

L.E.A.D. is a sports-based development organization that uses baseball as tool to empower Black youth to overcome three curveballs that threaten their success: crime, poverty, and racism. The dinner will showcase L.E.A.D.¡¯s work supporting young athletes in achieving educational goals and overcoming circumstances through baseball. This is a ticketed event in support of L.E.A.D. Center for Youth. For more information, please click here.

The Atlanta Braves are partnering with the United States Postal Service to unveil a stamp in honor of Henry Louis Aaron at Truist Park. The ceremony will take place at 10:00am and the first day-of-issue event is free and open to the public. The stamp art features a portrait of Aaron as a member of the Atlanta Braves, based on a 1968 photo, showing Aaron¡¯s famous right-handed batting stance from the waist up. Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp and pane with original art by Chuck Styles and typography by Kevin Cantrell. This event is open to the public, and attendees are encouraged to RSVP.

Bryant is the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron. Attendees will have the opportunity to view the exclusive exhibition More Than Brave: The Life of Henry Aaron before or after the author talk. This is a ticketed event.

As part of the Atlanta Braves¡¯ efforts to create more equity and access in baseball and softball, the team will recognize the 2024 Braves RBI athletes who are receiving scholarships made possible by Morgan Wallen Foundation. These eight exceptional baseball and softball players will be matriculating out of Braves RBI this year and heading to collegiate baseball and softball programs across the country. The Braves will celebrate the 650+ athletes that participated in Braves RBI Summer League powered by Marquis Grissom Baseball Association and ¡°send off¡± the scholarship recipients in a pre-game, on-field ceremony.