BBC
23 May 2014
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London, United Kingdom
For youth from low-income or disadvantaged families, the joy of participating in sports activities is often unobtainable, due to the costs of equipment, membership, and even cultural barriers. Street Games is a charity working to provide access to sport, especially for young women, through a personalized, accessible approach that includes hosting games in accessible public areas such as parks in low-income neighborhoods.
http://qz.com/416311/why-is-india-flipping-over-ultimate-frisbee
Ankita Rao
Quartz
1 June 2015
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Ultimate Frisbee is, in the Indian context, one of the few sports where men and women play on the same team, building gender equality through play.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/opinion/sunday/david-l-kirp-what-do-the-poor-need-try-asking-them.html
David L. Kirp
The New York Times
8 August 2015
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Neighborhood Centers, a Houston anti-poverty program has a simple philosophy: “The people are the asset, the source of potential solutions, not the problem.” The non-profit has scaled nationally, employing its bottom-up approach to disburse funds in poor communities.
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/12/13/ground-level-latino-connections-torch
Elizabeth Baier
Minnesota Public Radio
12 December 2013
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
Minnesota schools began a comprehensive program aimed at assisting children of minority groups to successfully navigate the college application process and push them towards higher education.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/the-end-of-the-cold-war-coach
David Bornstein
The New York Times
25 October 2011
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When adults are asked what values they think youth sports actually reinforce most, they say competitiveness and the importance of winning. The Positive Coaching Alliance provides teaching tools that help coaches redefine the idea of “winning” from something that is reflected on a scoreboard to something that is reflected in a child’s character.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/young-peacemakers
David Bornstein
The New York Times
1 May 2013
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Young people are often viewed as needing protection or needing correction. However, a Boston organization is creating young peacemakers and powerful change makers by taking kids seriously and giving them the tools to act on their ideas.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/the-power-of-positive-coaching
David Bornstein
The New York Times
20 October 2011
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A group called Positive Coaching Alliance is training thousands of coaches and parents to change to culture of youth sports for the better, using a "relentlessly positive" approach, and trading out the win-at-all-costs ethos of professional sports for evidence-based, age-appropriate guidance to players.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/14/the-future-project_n_7043956.html
Jaweed Kaleem
The Huffington Post
14 April 2015
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The Future Project aims to give students the resources needed to define and fulfill their dreams and re-engage students in school. Dream Directors get teens motivated to act on their ideas and expand their abilities.
http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-4-h-program-brings-science-technology-to-somali-youth/390387791
Eric Roper
Minneapolis Star Tribune
17 August 2016
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Somali youth that immigrate to the United States can struggle to find some direction toward a career and what it means to be on a team. La Joog, a nonprofit based in Minneapolis, launched a 4-H program designed to immerse Somali youth in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Students work on projects together and share them with city council members.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/01/cleveland-mayoral-youth-council/91614726
Lori Higgins
Detroit Free Press
1 December 2016
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In Cleveland, a youth council program started by the mayor, gives teens a voice in helping improve life for young people in the city. Kids on this council have propelled more security near the city’s recreation centers, better school lunches, more tutoring for state exams, all the while developing leadership skills.
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2016/nov/30/jps-students-avoid-conflict-peer-mediation
Sierra Mannie
Jackson Free Press
30 November 2016
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Whitten Preparatory, a mostly black middle school, is one of four schools in Jackson that are trying to combat disciplinary issues and keep violence low by using peer mediation - training students to be mediators so they can help their classmates come to a peaceful resolution to their issues.
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