Sports for Change

I’ve been thinking about the RJ athletes, many of whom have games/practice tomorrow evening that will prevent them from gathering at the RJ annual dinner.  These students often link to sports-focused community service activities, like Second Mile, or organize the sports activities for Jefferson Field Day.  This post honors the athletes within the RJ community and recognizes that sports provide spaces for positive change as well.  Just consider Right to Play.  This is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world.  Right To Play trains local community leaders as Coaches to provide sport programs in more than 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.  The organization focuses on four strategic areas:  basic education and child development, health promotion/disease prevention, conflict resolution and peace education, and community development.

“When children play, the world wins.”