Category Archives: Organizations

Fun and Philanthropy in NYC

Our friends at the United Way’s Young Leaders Council are having a special event Saturday night December 12 in New York City, honoring Beverly Bond, a premier DJ, activist and…

Peace and Sport Awards 2009 – The Winners

The Peace and Sport Awards Reward the Best Initiatives for Reconciliation through Sport In front of an audience of over 400 high-profile personalities from sport, politics, business and civil life…

Courtney Walsh and Cricket for Change in Jamaica – a six run start

http://www.cricketforchange.org.uk/news/fast_start_for_walsh_foundation Fast start for The Courtney Walsh Foundation and C4C Nov 25, 2009 Following the news last week that a party from Cricket for Change staff had made their way…

Rhodes Scholars – Part II – Tyler Spencer

One of the recipients of a 2009 Rhodes Scholarship is Tyler Spencer. We featured Tyler and his Grassroots Hoyas effort in a story on Aug. 21, 2009.  Grassroots Hoyas is…

Sports, Business, and Philanthropy event – NYC

The third annual Sports, Business & Philanthropy luncheon will be taking place on December 8th in New York City.  Organized by All Stars Helping Kids, highlights of the event will…

Building the next generation of changemakers

There are A LOT of young people who want to work in sports. They can be found, of course, in sports management programs from the undergraduate to doctoral levels, and…

Head of the family, head of the team

Research in the world of economic development has discussed the power of women and the impact of their own economic and social growth and the positive impact it has on…

How much for a Flying Tomato?

Our friends at Sport and dev* had this recent item about Shaun White, the world champion snowboarder and skateboarder (showoff :-)). Shaun partnered with one of my favorite organizations, Right…

The Positive Ladies Soccer Club

In the past couple of weeks multiple news outlets covered the story about an all HIV-positive woman’s soccer team in Zimbabwe.  They are using the sport as a unifying force…

Wheelchair rugby – not for the meek

This story highlights the power of sport, whether it is seen as a means to an end or just the end in and of itself. In the case of Talbot…