Category Archives: Social Responsibility

What to do during recess? Play and Learn!

Recess is defined as a “temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.” During our school years, recess was seen as a time to free our minds and…

Sports and Social Responsibility, an amazing effort

I am pretty set on having the World Cup in the U.S. in 2022. May seem like a long way off but the decision to pick a host is much…

News item: Barclays continues partnership with Beyond Sport

We are introducing a new feature at SDG. When we see a worthwhile news story, we will include it but not always offer any commentary. We will just report the…

CSR – caring sports resources

A quick note about CSR (okay, it really means corporate social responsibility :-)). In one of the classes I teach we spoke about CSR and ethics in the world of…

A peace (and sport) process that is actually working

The Middle East peace process, once again, is underway. Not terribly confident about its prospects. Part of that is based on the multitude of past failures, the often-uncivil nature of…

Seeing the power of sport

The Homeless World Cup is currently taking place. This is a wonderful event that brings together teams from around the world to compete for a championship but also serve as…

A baseball player finds his place to help others find theirs

We highlight a story from my alma mater, Georgetown, which is representative of activity we are seeing with high school and college age individuals. So many from these groups are…

GoGirlGo! and NFL/United Way tackle obesity head on

Nationwide, we are facing an obesity and overall poor health epidemic. It truly is everywhere. For example, a recent study was done involving kids in Massachusetts which found that 1…

Double effort – Bopanna and Qureshi go for the tennis and diplomacy title

Tonight, at the U.S. Open in New York City, the doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi will be playing the Bryan twins for the title. Both doubles teams…

GAMECHANGERS|Sports Micro-Venture Fund – microfinancing CAN change the game

Since the pioneering efforts of Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the idea of microfinance has captured the imagination and attention of individuals, organizations, and companies in the development world….