athletes and human rights: charity, engagement and activism
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Athletes and Human Rights: Charity, Engagement and Activism
Eli WolffKerri Heffernan
Brown University & Athletes for Human Rights
Predicators of Future Civic Engagement
Require athletes to assume leadership
Activities that allow athletes
to work collectively toward a
common goal
Offer opportunities to listen to
differentperspectives
Engagement
Ways athletes engage….
Activism Charity
CharityMembers of the FSU men’s basketball team stopped by Golden Book Preschool and taught preschool students basketball skills and discussed the importance of teamwork.
The Penn State spring sports teams combined to help raise money and awareness by hosting Pink Game fundraisers to benefit the Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks County.
Engaged Sport
The purposeful integration of sport into teaching, research and practice with the
goal of advancing scholarship and producing a public benefit.
Engaged Scholarship-Sport
Emily examined the connection between nerve regeneration
research in the laboratory and current bio-engineered medical
applications for treating neurologically disabled athletes
and wounded soldiers.
Baseball and Local Community Development
Scott investigated the economic impact of Major League Baseball academies on rural communities
in the Dominican Republic.
Javier created a business plan to develop, implement, and finance a
‘no-pay’ children’s flag football program.
Guaranteeing Children the Right to Play
Girls Athletic Leadership
SchoolNina created the charter for a middle
school that utilizes a movement-based approach to education. The School is the first all-girls charter school in Colorado.
Lacrosse and the Doctrine of Discovery
Athlete Activism
“athletes have the power to influence the silent majority
of the public and reach people who are completed
alienated from politics. (Zirin)
Sport for Development
Who owns sport? Does society own sport?
Practically how could you leverage sport to meet a ‘larger public
purpose?’
What are challenges and opportunities you face engaging
athletes, coaches?