DONATE DONATE PeacePlayers Detroit’s Barbara and PeacePlayers Brooklyn’s Diamond reflect on their experience at the PeacePlayers National Girls Summit Last Fall March 29, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Bringing young people together to learn from coaches and one another has always been a key part of the PeacePlayers core mission. Sometimes, obstacles can get… Continue reading PeacePlayers Detroit’s Barbara and PeacePlayers Brooklyn’s Diamond reflect on their experience at the PeacePlayers National Girls Summit Last Fall
Category: Global
Stories from PeacePlayers Global Youth Movement
A Safe Space Not Just for Basketball, but for Healing
DONATE DONATE A Safe Space Not Just for Basketball, but for Healing March 29, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn What PeacePlayers provides for young people often goes far beyond just playing basketball. On March 3, 2020, a shooting took place during an adult pickup game at Palmer Park — on a court the kids… Continue reading A Safe Space Not Just for Basketball, but for Healing
Frank Mena Helps PeacePlayers Youth in Brooklyn Discover the Power of Vulnerability
DONATE DONATE Frank Mena Helps PeacePlayers Youth in Brooklyn Discover the Power of Vulnerability March 29, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten cities throughout the United States, at PeacePlayers, we have adapted to provide virtual programming for our young people. Each week, teammates gather on a Zoom call to… Continue reading Frank Mena Helps PeacePlayers Youth in Brooklyn Discover the Power of Vulnerability
How Female Role Models Are Changing the Game in Brooklyn
DONATE DONATE How Female Role Models Are Changing the Game in Brooklyn March 29, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The event on the basketball court at Nike headquarters in midtown Manhattan began, as they typically do, with the young women excitedly talking to one another and taking a few warm-up shots. Then something happened… Continue reading How Female Role Models Are Changing the Game in Brooklyn
How Coach Shawn Gains the Trust of Young People She Works With On and Off the Court
DONATE DONATE How Coach Shawn Gains the Trust of Young People She Works With On and Off the Court March 29, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Even a few months away from working with kids was too long for Shawn Lemmon. The 34-year-old Baltimore resident had left AZIZA PE&CE, a non-profit that uses fashion… Continue reading How Coach Shawn Gains the Trust of Young People She Works With On and Off the Court
A Q+A with Coach Thandeka from South Africa; On Gender Inequity, and Being a Female Basketball Coach
DONATE DONATE A Q+A with Coach Thandeka from South Africa ON GENDER INEQUITY, AND BEING A FEMALE BASKETBALL COACH March 5, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Coach Thandeka Mhlongo takes us through her experience in South Africa of encountering gender based violence and inequity, and what being a female coach through PeacePlayers has meant for… Continue reading A Q+A with Coach Thandeka from South Africa; On Gender Inequity, and Being a Female Basketball Coach
Niamh Burns: A Female Leader for Community Unity in Northern Ireland
DONATE DONATE Niamh Burns: A Female Leader for Community Unity in Northern Ireland March 3, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The programme in Northern Ireland uses the neutral sport of basketball, to unite, educate and inspire children and young people from the two historically divided traditions in NI, Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist and Catholic, Nationalist, Republican… Continue reading Niamh Burns: A Female Leader for Community Unity in Northern Ireland
Friendship Games Twinning Two: How Virtual Teambuilding Activities Led to a Screen of 100 Beaming Smiles
DONATE DONATE Friendship Games Twinning Two: How Virtual Teambuilding Activities Led to a Screen of 100 Beaming Smiles March 1, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn On Sunday, 21st February, nearly 100 PeacePlayers youth, coaches, coordinators and directors from all over the WORLD gathered for an hour of Team Building! Steph, Internal Operations Manager from Cyprus,… Continue reading Friendship Games Twinning Two: How Virtual Teambuilding Activities Led to a Screen of 100 Beaming Smiles
Meet Talent Juru of PeacePlayers South Africa
DONATE DONATE Meet Talent Juru of PeacePlayers South Africa “This was an upgrade in my way of living and my way of thought; and through this I changed in ways I could never have imagined.” -Talent Juru (17) 7 Years with PeacePlayers January 21, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn When Talent Juru first joined PeacePlayers,… Continue reading Meet Talent Juru of PeacePlayers South Africa
How PeacePlayers Northern Ireland’s Annual Jingle Ball Prevailed Through COVID-19 Restrictions
DONATE DONATE How PeacePlayers Northern Ireland’s Annual Jingle Ball Prevailed Through COVID-19 Restrictions January 20, 2021 SHARE Facebook Twitter LinkedIn At PeacePlayers – Northern Ireland (PP-NI), we use basketball as a tool to connect children and young people from Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist and Catholic, Nationalist, Republican backgrounds in Belfast and surrounding areas. By competing… Continue reading How PeacePlayers Northern Ireland’s Annual Jingle Ball Prevailed Through COVID-19 Restrictions