Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

1 month reminder – Peace and Sport Int'l Forum

Hopefully we will have some reps from the U.S. there. November 25 – 27, 2009 The Peace and Sport International Forum  2009 http://www.peace-sport.org/homegb.htm For more information about the 2009 Forum,…

Videos of great work in action

New Videos from sportanddev’s Favorites (YouTube) Inside PPI – ME’s Conflict Resolution Retreat Tag Rugby Development Trust – Hurstmere School Tour to Zambia 2009 SwimLanka Periyaneelavanai 09 03 2009 SwimLanka…

Good luck Mr. Hirsch – Doin' 26.2 at age 75

Sounds like a New Yorker’s New Yorker. A great story on many levels: Running the New York Marathon at age 75. Getting support from friends and family. Running to raise…

IOC granted UN observer status

Being engaged with other thought and action leaders is a good step for the IOC. Hopefully they will give it the type of consistent attention and the level of resources…

National School Lunch Week – playing and eating right

For those of us older than 20, memories of school lunch are mixed with fear and joy. Fear – “what exactly is that you are serving me?” versus Joy –…

Diversity across the board

Diversity on the field, or on the track, is but one step in the development of any sport. Not every sport, of course, will have the same racial, gender or…

New Balance – makes sense

With more and more discussion about the “triple bottom line” and companies taking into account their profit and social impact goals, i.e. having balance, it should not be a surprise…

Patrick Patterson – Star student-athlete-friend

Jason King from Yahoo! Sports has a very nice story on one of college basketball’s top players, Patrick Patterson, from the Univ. of Kentucky (see, I can do non-Georgetown stories!)….

John Wooden – leadership in action

Mike Penner from the LA Times put together a great piece on legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who celebrated his 99th birthday on Oct. 14. You can find the…

Right to learn

A great piece on work being done by Right to Play in Thailand in conjunction with with the United Nations Children’s Fund, the MOE, Chulalongkorn University, Thaksin University and the…