Podcasts about peaceplayers international

In this episode of the PREP Athletics Podcast, we sit down with Coach Harry Morra of Perkiomen School. Coach Morra shares his journey from playing and coaching basketball at various levels, including his extensive experience as an Associate Head Coach at Lehigh University, where he played a key role in recruiting and developing high-level players. We discuss his unique coaching philosophy, his first season at Perkiomen, and what it takes to build a competitive basketball program at the prep school level.Coach Morra also reflects on his playing days at DeSales University and his experience playing overseas, including a stint with the Belfast Star of the Sea in the Irish Superleague. He emphasizes the importance of personal growth and development both on and off the court, particularly for student-athletes seeking to succeed at the next level.

Bill Fenlon, the winningest head coach in DePauw University men's basketball history amassed 585 wins, 6 NCAA Tournament appearances, and 7 conference championships in 37 seasons overall as a collegiate head coach including 30 at DePauw. Fenlon previously coached seven seasons as a head coach at Sewanee, Rose-Hulman, and Southwestern University (Texas). He retired in 2022 as the 4th winningest active coach in Division 3.Fenlon was recognized as the 2021 Jack Bennett Award recipient which is presented annually to a non-Division I head coach who achieves success on the basketball court, while displaying great moral integrity off of the court as well.Fenlon's impact has been felt beyond the student-athletes he's coached as he has annually led student teams to Belfast, Northern Ireland to work with PeacePlayers International on conflict resolution and peace initiatives.As a player, Bill earned three letters as a member of the Northwestern Wildcats basketball team. He was an all-state high school player at Marist High School in Atlanta and was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2006.Follow us on social media @hoopheadspod on Twitter and Instagram and be sure to check out the Hoop Heads Podcast Network for more great basketball content.Be prepared with a notebook and pen as you listen to this episode with Bill Fenlon, retired Head Men's Basketball Coach at DePauw University.Website - https://depauwtigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/bill-fenlon/60Email - billfenlon22@gmail.comTwitter/X - @CoachBFenVisit our Sponsors!Dr. Dish BasketballOur friends at Dr. Dish Basketball are doing things a little differently this month with $3,000 Off the Dr. Dish Rebel+, $3,000 Off the Dr. Dish All-Stat+, AND $3,000 Off the Dr. Dish CT+ during their first ever Semi-Annual Sales Event. Shop now and have your team more ready for the upcoming season than ever before.Fast Model SportsFastModel Sports has the most compelling and intuitive basketball software out there! In addition to a great product, they also provide basketball coaching content and resources through their blog and playbank, which features over 8,000 free plays and drills from their online coaching community. For access to these plays and more information, visit fastmodelsports.com or follow them on Twitter @FastModel. Use Promo code HHP15 to save 15%GameChangerIntroducing GameChanger, a free app that provides you with data to make strategic coaching decisions and to deliver memorable moments to your team and its fans. Engage your players, empower your coaching decisions, and give parents the thrill of watching every play unfold in real time this season. Download GameChanger now on iOS or Android. GameChanger equips your team with the tools they need to succeed. Download it today and make this season one for the books. GameChanger. Stream. Score. Connect. Learn more at

Jamie Asante-Asare is the co-executive director of peace players international. Her journey towards fostering peace through sport began long before her involvement with PeacePlayers. Her collegiate experience laid the foundation for her passion for sports and its potential for positive change. Following her collegiate career, Jamie delved into the realm of peacebuilding, joining PeacePlayers as an International Fellow in the Middle East in December of 2012. Since then, her unwavering commitment and dedication have propelled her through various positions within the organization, each contributing to her growth and impact. Transitioning from a Fellow to a Project Manager in the Middle East, Jamie spearheaded initiatives in collaboration with USAID, a crucial partner in PeacePlayers' mission. Her leadership and strategic vision facilitated the successful execution of projects aimed at fostering peace and understanding through sport. PeacePlayers International offers basketball programming, peace education, and leadership development. Through our programming, we transform the lives of youth living in communities affected by conflict and inequity. As a result, youth become equipped to influence lasting change in their communities. Links: PeacePlayers: https://peaceplayers.org/ ----  Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award and Canadian Podcast Award. Send us an email at ⁠sportsforsocialimpact@gmail.com⁠  Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact⁠ Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-for-social-impact⁠ Follow us on Instagram (@SportsSocImpact)  Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/

This is an episode of #WomenSportsDev, our ongoing series hosted by one of Africa's leading sports broadcasters, Shon Osimbo, which features insightful conversations with leading female sports executives, leaders and stakeholders about the development of women's sport in Africa and globally. In this episode, Co-Executive Director: United States at PeacePlayers International, Sally Nnamani, joins Edem to reflect on her varied career in the sports industry and discuss the kind of work she is involved in at PeacePlayers International, strategies for building peaceful and thriving communities through sport, fostering transformation in the current sport for development landscape in Africa, and her advocacy efforts for advancing opportunities for women and girls in sport. ------------------- ⭐ The best way to support the podcast is to subscribe, share and leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Paul and Ian are joined by Sally Nnamani, Co-Executive Director of PeacePlayers International, to discuss her work using the power of sport to create more peaceful and thriving communities, testifying at the Capitol on the future of Olympic and Paralympic sport in America and the rise of women's college basketball. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-green-light/support

Hosts Chinny and Emmett are joined by two powerful leaders in their respective fields of peacebuilding and sports: Karen Doubilet is the Executive Director of PeacePlayers International, and Dr. Sarah Hillyer is the director of the Sport, Peace & Society Center at the University of Tennessee. In today's episode of Play it Forward, a social justice podcast, we explore their origin stories - how they took two seemingly different paths, but found themselves working to improve the lives of others and build peace through sport. Throughout the conversation themes of confidence, leadership and competition in sports are raised as it relates to not just their personal journeys, but the journeys of millions of girls across the world. Karen speaks to the relationship of competition and retention in sports within PeacePlayers, and Dr. Hillyer addresses and speaks to society at large. This a wonderful conversation that we hope leaves you all feeling as inspired as we are! Content Warning: Brief discussion of disordered eating. For more information on the Center for Sport, Peace & Society visit: https://sportandpeace.utk.edu/ And follow them on social at: Instagram @sportandpeaceut Twitter @SportandPeaceUT YouTube UT Center for Sport, Peace & Society Facebook @TheCenterForSportPeaceSociety Interested in learning more about PeacePlayers mission to build a more peaceful and equitable world? Visit our website https://peaceplayers.org/playitforwardpodcast/ and check out our social handles. Twitter: @peaceplayers Instagram: @peaceplayersintl and @playitforwardpodcast Facebook: @peaceplayersintl LinkedIn: PeacePlayers International YouTube: PeacePlayers The Play It Forward podcast is produced by: Chinny Nwagbo Emmett Shepard Leif Frymire The Play It Forward podcast audio engineering and editing LeBaron Leath Animation and music created and designed by LeBaron Leath Podcast Cover Art by: Adam Hawkins Marketing by: Gabriella Mora Sophie Kennedy Bailee Rasmussen

Nelson Mandela and his leadership in the wake apartheid in South Africa, considered through a story about the 1995 Rugby World Cup, where the Springboks of South Africa prevailed against fierce international competition in addition to intense and complex domestic pressures.Invictus (2009) starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, directed by Clint Eastwood, written for the screen by Anthony Peckham, based on John Carlin's book "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation". Nelson Mandela, in his first term as president of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. (IMDB)Featured in this episode of PopViolence are two podcast hosts from the organization PeacePlayers. Their podcast debuts July 12, and is called Play it Forward; "Through the lens of activism in sports presented by PeacePlayers International, Play it Forward will feature conversations with youth leaders, community organizers, industry experts and those using sport as a tool for positive change around the world."This episode confronts the themes of the film, like forgiveness and reconciliation, and how they are desirable outcomes that may not have been depicted in a way that deeply considers how such progress can be made in the wake of intense and overt oppressive regime change (or in any context of systemic violence really). While the meaning of the film takes the foreground, the conversation is deeply connected to issues around racial justice and and equity."I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended." -Nelson Mandela"Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. -Nelson Mandela"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me." -Nelson Mandela See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the incredible non-proft of PeacePlayers International, comes a new and fresh podcast called Play It Forward. Through the lens of activism in sports presented by PeacePlayers International, Chinny Nwagbo and Emmett Shepard will host conversations with youth leaders, community organizers, industry experts and those using sport as a tool for positive change around the world. They both firmly believe that the way to a more peaceful and equitable society, starts with an uncomfortable conversation about issues that affect us all. And, The Play it Forward Podcast: allows us to shift perspectives and see the humanity in others.

Monday 21st September is International Day of Peace. Our guest, Nasiphi Khafu, is the South African Executive Director of PeacePlayers International. This extraordinary young woman has dedicated her life to social development to help advance youth and women's advocacy. We delved into what the word peace means, the promotion of justice, and pursuit of truth.

You are a super-prepared salesperson.  You’ve acquired deep knowledge of your products, your markets, your customers – even your competition. In doing so, you’ve placed yourself well ahead of many salespeople who don’t put in the time to be a knowledge giant. Now comes the moment when you launch toward new sales. Will you be able to shift into performance mode like the sales athlete you could be? Or will you settle  for so-so results and waste all that preparation? This Asher Sales Sense Podcast – “Shift Your Mind” - features host John Asher with guest Brian Levenson, founder of Strong Skills, which provides executive coaching and mental performance coaching and consulting to elite organizations, performers and leaders He has worked with CEOs, professional athletes and teams in the NBA, NHL, and MLS, Division 1 athletic departments, the Federal Reserve, Department of Homeland Security, and many other organizations. How are sales and sports similar? What characteristics do successful sales leaders and athletes share? What qualities lead to performance success? What are intentional performers? How can we nurture nature and develop human potential? Tune in and learn the answers to these and other questions so you can shift into sales overdrive and leave your competitors in the dust.  About our Guest Brian Levenson Brian Levenson is the founder of Strong Skills, which provides executive coaching and mental performance coaching, speaking, and consulting to elite organizations, performers, and leaders. He has been fortunate to work with CEO’s, professional athletes, and with teams in the NBA, NHL, and MLS, Division 1 athletic departments, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Homeland Security, Hilton, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and many other organizations. He also has a weekly podcast, Intentional Performers, where he interviews a diverse group of elite high performers. His new book, Shift Your Mind, is scheduled to be released in October of 2020. Brian currently lives in Bethesda, MD, with his wife and two kids.   Specialties: Shift Your Mind, Framework, Focused Habits, Resilience, Positive Psychology, Teamwork, Leadership, Mental Performance Education: BA, Syracuse University (Major in Sociology, Minor in African American Studies). MA, John F. Kennedy University in Sport Psychology Certifications: Leadership Coaching Certificate at Georgetown University Institute for Transformational Leadership, PCC Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Hogan Leadership Assessment, Leadership Circle 360 Assessment Philanthropy: Board Member at PeacePlayers International, National Young Leadership Cabinet at Jewish Federation of North America, Supporter of DC Scores, Children Deserve a Chance, DC Soul, and others.  Asher Sales Sense is hosted by John Asher and Kyla O’Connell of ASHER Strategies which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  ASHER Strategies is the sponsor of ASHER Sales Sense.     

Thibault Manekin is one of the co-founders of Seawall Development and original founders of Peaceplayers International. Learn how Thibault has been uniting communities through creative ideas and re-developing the built environment.

Ray Hoffman introduces the guests for this episode. “Is there such a thing as entrepreneurial love? After visiting Thibault and Lola Manekin, I’m inclined to think there is because in talking to Thibault, Co-Founder of a remarkable property development firm called Seawall, and his wife, Lola, who created a wildly popular space known as Movement Lab, I learned about an entrepreneur’s love for the city of Baltimore, an entrepreneur’s love for teachers and abandoned buildings from the 19th century, and for clients and residents of all shapes, colors, and sizes. I first met Thibault and Lola outside of R. House, which used to be a car dealership in the North Baltimore neighborhood called Remington. Upstairs is Lola’s creation, Movement Lab. Downstairs, on the ground floor, is a kind of food court, Thibault’s creation. But, really, it’s a concept kitchen for 11 up-and-coming local chefs. It’s all quite an entrepreneurial love story.”Listen in to hear more of Thibault’s and Lola’s social entrepreneurism.   Key Takeaways: [:22] Ray Hoffman introduces the guests for this episode of This Is Capitalism.[1:21] Thibault describes the strong entrepreneurial spirit of his wife, Lola. [1:50] Lola immigrated to the United States and started working in restaurants, cleaning houses, and babysitting. Following her vision of success was a slow process. [2:25] Lola’s first memory, growing up in Florianopolis, Brazil, was making bracelets with her cousins and selling them door-to-door. Lola was the middle child in her family. [3:14] Lola came to the U.S. through a program in Florida that brought in immigrant students from around the world for four-month jobs. After her four-month program was over, Lola had finished her college degree in natural therapies, so she decided to stay. She went to massage school in Florida and got licensed to do massages. [3:50] Lola tells how she met Thibault in Brazil when she was visiting her family. Then, they began a long-distance relationship between Baltimore and Florida. Thibault eventually convinced Lola to move to Baltimore. [4:36] Thibault’s first renovation project was Miller’s Court; it is Lola’s favorite. Lola describes how it came to be developed from an old building in a dangerous area into a specialized teachers’ apartment building. It set the pattern for future renovation projects. [5:56] Thibault explains how he got involved in teachers’ housing and how Miller’s Court was created from an abandoned tin-can factory with broken roofs and large rats. [8:55] After Seawall bought the property, they moved quickly to finance it, design it and build it, all in about two years. [9:05] Thibault co-founded Seawall Development with his father in 2006. Thibault says he has a vision of uniting the world and bringing people together. Real estate touches everyone. Thibault wants to fight against the division of communities by real estate and reimagine the power of the built environment to unite cities and launch powerful ideas. [10:56] Thibault’s grandfather and his brother started a real estate company in Baltimore at the end of the Second World War. For them, it was never about the transaction; it was 100% about the relationship. People started to really trust them and ask them to do things way outside their comfort zone. [11:32] Thibault’s grandfather and his brother were two of seven children growing up in a two-bedroom apartment above the grocery store their father ran on the first floor. They believed that if they treated people fairly, at the end of the day it would work out. [11:55] Thibault’s father graduated from college with the intention of going into public education. He first took an internship with his dad in the real estate firm and saw that the business was not about earning money at all costs, but about creating deep relationships and helping companies grow. [12:36] Thibault tells how his father had just retired in 2000 when he was invited to be COO of the Baltimore City School System. After his time in real estate, he realized it was time to pursue his lifelong dream. He committed to working long hours, seven days a week to help kids and education. [14:00] He brought together a competent team of people from different sectors with different experiences that touched the school system in some fashion. They went to work and turned the budget from red to being in the black. His position was a two-year interim position so he hired his own replacement. [15:06] Inspired by his father’s work with teachers, Thibault went into business with him to create centrally-located, affordable housing set aside for teachers new to the area who didn’t know the neighborhoods. They also wanted to find a centralized space for education nonprofits. [16:44] The goal was a 5,000 square-foot building. They renovated a 100,000 square-foot building that was more than they expected. It provided a great space for both teachers and nonprofits. [17:03] Teachers were able to design their own apartments and amenities, and choose their own rent. Based on the rent the teachers said they could afford, Thibault and his father reverse-engineered the project to come up with a budget. The budget turned out to be $6 million, which was $14 million short of costs! [17:48] They figured out how to get the $14 million to be able to provide affordable housing for teachers and nonprofits. [18:19] They created a movement by building from the inside-out - from the teachers and nonprofits to community associations, to a team of guardian angels made of attorneys, accountants, banks, and lenders. They found creative financing solutions that fit the needs with historic building tax credits and city, state, and Federal assistance. [19:55] People were helping this project because it wasn’t a “real estate deal.” Thibault and his father led with their purpose. It wasn’t their idea; it was the idea of the teachers and nonprofits. It was such an easy story to tell. Lenders wanted to get involved. [20:26] Not only did their lenders and team want to bring the first project to life, but they also wanted to be part of so many more of these projects and replicate the model across the country. [20:56] Thibault shares some background to his story. Thibault had graduated college and was in touch with a friend of his in Northern Ireland, Sean Tuohey, who was working in a program to bring Protestant and Catholic children together through basketball. Sean was invited to bring the program to post-apartheid South Africa. [21:24] Sean came home to D.C., and he and his brother helped start a nonprofit, at the time called Playing for Peace, and later called PeacePlayers International. Sean went to Africa and Thibault reached out to him by email. Sean replied he was on his way back to D.C., and they had a three-hour lunch discussing the success of the program. [22:20] Thibault helped raise $3,000 from friends and family and went with Sean to South Africa to help. Thibault worked behind the scenes with Sean to help the idea come to life. Nelson Mandela and his organization were their largest supporters and the floodgates were opened. [23:14] PeacePlayers International replicated the model in the Middle East with Israeli and Palestinian children and in Cyprus with Greek Cypriot children and Turkish Cypriot children. Thibault and Sean were living out of their suitcases all this time. [23:34] At 21 years old, Thibault didn’t have any confidence in himself as a leader. He worked with PeacePlayers for six years and learned a lot about himself, about life, about inspiring people, and leading. This translated into Thibault’s professional life, marriage, and family. [24:20] Thibault and his father started their development business in 2000. They knew there would be risks. They closed financing on their first project, Miller’s Court, three months before Lehman Brothers collapsed. Thibault is confident those three months were the key to succeeding instead of failing to launch their first project. [25:08] Seawall wasn’t interested in leasing space to national credit tenants. They wanted to support small nonprofits and teachers. Thibault compares Seawall’s passion for this first project to the passion of a teenager in love for the first time. They were committed to this idea to help the teachers, and so, the children, of the city. [26:10] Thibault talks about the Union Mill project. Everything Seawall does is driven by the community. After Miller’s Court, they had a waiting list of over 300 teachers and 12 nonprofits. They took a larger team of professionals and helpers and started looking for another building. They were armed with all their experience from the first project. [27:09] They knew instantaneously that the Union Mill building was right, that they could do it, and that it would be the next project. [27:16] Thoughtful and inclusive real estate should be able to bring people together. Thibault talks about the R. House project, which is more than a food hall; it’s a launchpad for Baltimore’s most creative chefs. It was renovated with purpose first. [27:45] The Lexington Market downtown is Seawall’s current project. Thibault says it will be the most significant project they will ever do. The challenge is proving a single building that can really unite an incredibly divided city. It’s about massive job creation. It’s about making the city fall in love with a historic, iconic place that has fallen off the radar. [29:07] As Seawall has really dug in and listened to the communities that surround it, they believe Lexington Market needs to become a place where everybody in Baltimore feels welcomed into in a beautifully diverse way. Thibault describes the project details. It will be the main public market in Baltimore with startups and new diverse vendors. [30:20] Thibault explains the process of deep listening they are doing for Lexington Market. They hold a series of town hall meetings city-wide where they discuss important topics such as crime, safety, the environment, recruiting of vendors, diversity of vendors, support to be given to vendors through implementation, vendor selection, and more. [31:20] Seawall’s vision is to be invisible in the Lexington Market project. It should come together organically, led by the people of Baltimore for the market of Baltimore, in Baltimore’s longest-running, most iconic institution. [31:48] Thibault considers working on Lexington Market to be one of the greatest honors and the most significant project in Baltimore to be brought to the Seawall team to bring to life. Thibault predicts that somewhere else, around the world, they will work on a more significant project in the future. [32:24] If Seawall stays true to their purpose, there is an opportunity to help other developers understand that when you lead with your purpose and when you are a part of creating movements, and when you build everything from the inside out, that so much more is possible. [32:42] Movement Lab is Lola’s business. Thibault discusses the space, the amazing, eclectic people, and the inspiring exercises they do. It is a unique space. [33:51] Lola did a TEDx talk, Taking Movement Beyond. She tells about redefining the conversation around fitness. Instead of thinking about a beach body or a weight loss goal, think about fitness being the consequence of moving. Lola describes the various activities available at Movement Lab. [34:51] Lola is from an island in Brazil and movement has always been important in her life - running, dancing, wakeboarding, and being in nature all the time. When Lola moved to Baltimore, walking a treadmill in a gym was not right for her. [35:16] Then Lola learned of the NIA movement and signed up for training right away. She felt completely at home in her body from the first exercise. In Baltimore, there were no NIA classes being taught, so she started promoting it to gyms, yoga studios, church basements, and offering free demo classes. NIA is dance, martial arts, and yoga, to music. [36:18] Fitness is the consequence of all the movement in NIA. Everybody can do it. All the classes in Movement Lab are classes Lola has taken and enjoyed. People of all ages and sizes do it. There’s a sense of accomplishment when people realize that they can hang upside down in an Antigravity® Hammock and flip out of the hammock. [37:17] Thibault tells when he realized there was a business to build out of NIA and movement. Lola taught classes to one, two, a few, or even nobody as if there were 100 people in the room. When she started getting 100 women in a class, Thibault knew she needed a space of her own. [39:00] They started to find the right space for the studio. Lola was focused on reinventing what movement meant, with alternative forms of movement from around the world. Thibault encouraged her to start with yoga that was familiar and she asked why Thibault didn’t start building Walmarts and strip centers. She embraced her differences. [40:00] Seawall doesn’t use the word development. They are social entrepreneurs that happen to use the built environment to empower communities, unite cities and help to launch really important ideas. They will hire people from any field other than development. They are reimagining the industry. They don’t want real estate baggage. [41:41] Thibault Manekin of Seawall; Lola Manekin of Movement Lab, and the world; This is social capitalism.   Mentioned in This Episode: Stephens.com Seawall Development Movement Lab House City of Baltimore Florianopolis, Brazil Miller’s Court Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore Urban Debate League Playworks SunTrust USBank Enterprise PeacePlayers International Nelson Mandela Foundation The Union Mill Lexington Market Taking Movement Beyond, Lola Maniken, TEDx NIA Walmart Yoga Martial arts This Is Capitalism

Matt talks with Sean Tuohey, self-described operator & dreamer, about bringing people together through sports and food. Sean grew up playing basketball in Washington, DC, and around the world, which led him to co-found PeacePlayers International, uniting people through sports. Sean currently owns a popular restaurant/gathering place in Buffalo, NY and is still working to help reimagine therapy through sport.    

On this week's episode of Multifaithful, we are joined by Brendan Touhey, co-founder and Executive Director of PeacePlayers International, an award winning organization that uses basketball to bring children together in areas of conflict.

We have a great podcast today, it’s with Brendan Tuohey, one of the co-founders of PeacePlayers International. PPI is a non profit that uses the game of basketball to unite, educate and inspire young kids in divided communities.  They work with communities in conflict and bring these communities together by the game of basketball.  Their […]

Suzette Grillot hosts the program from Scotland, and Rebecca Cruise joins her by phone from Washington, D.C. to talk about the economic "baby bump" created by Prince George of Cambridge, and Pope Francis's visit to Brazil. Later, former World Views research fellow Jack Randolph returns to the KGOU studios to talk about his latest trip to Tel Aviv. He returned to Israel this week to work with Peace Players International, an organization that strives to use sports to bring divided communities together.