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GAME DETAILS & ENTERTAINMENT THE FIRST DUUUVAL This week, TIAA Bank Field welcomes a member of the Jacksonville based EVAC Movement to do the game’s 1st Duuuval! From Harvard to the White House, the EVAC Movement has created positive change nationwide, while yelling DUUUVAL the whole time. EVAC is a youth-led movement based in Jacksonville, Florida that began when Black students in a high school leadership class realized their shared experiences with violence, racism, loss and the justice system. They began inviting police officers to class to hear their stories and collaborate for change. In just over one year and with no formal funding, these so-called “at-risk” youth redefined themselves as at-HOPE leaders who met President Obama, testified on Capitol Hill, made the front page of The New York Times and won first place nationwide in a contest sponsored by Harvard. These DUUUVAL youth have gone on to be published authors in the Harvard Educational Review, launch their “I am Not a Gang Member” clothing line and give a Tedx Talk of their journey: https://tinyurl.com/EvacTedTalk To learn more, visit www.EVACmovement.com and @EVACmovement on all social media. HALFTIME The Jacksonville Jaguars will be showing special prerecorded performances by young Jacksonville Artists: Keedron Bryant and the Don’t Miss a Beat All-Stars. Just thirteen years old, Keedron Bryant is a young R&B and gospel singer from Jacksonville, Florida who captured the world’s attention in May of 2020 when he posted a powerful a cappella video of himself singing “I Just Want to Live,” a song written by his mother in protest of the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd. Keedron wrote a melody and posted a video of himself singing the song a day later, and its impassioned plea struck a