Gymnast Aly Raisman is no stranger to accepting awards. She’s earned six Olympic medals, five World Championship medals, and now, the Variety Courage Award, presented by Purina. She accepted the honor at Variety ‘s L.A. Power of Women event Wednesday in Beverly Hills. After an introduction from her fellow Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles , Raisman took the stage, delivering a speech that stressed the importance of coming together to create avenues for change, because “Hope grows when communities show up.”

While Raisman’s accomplishments on the mat are legendary, she is being honored with the Courage Award for her work as an advocate, ally and activist. She testified before the Senate in 2018 about the sexual abuse allocations against USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar and cont

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