Stories of Play
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October 26, 2016
Building Civil Society in the Jungle ›
Have you ever wondered how the world would be different if every kid had the opportunity to play—every day? We asked how you are leveraging the power of play to…
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October 24, 2016
From Playworks to TFA ›
After graduating from Kalamazoo College, Imani Sims knew she wanted to become a leader in her home city of Detroit. She was inspired by the Playworks mission and, in 2014,…
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October 12, 2016
Bringing out the Best: Mindful Life Project ›
JG Larochette came to work for Playworks during its Sports4Kids days and ultimately went on to become a teacher, starting as a sub at the Richmond, CA elementary school where…
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October 3, 2016
For Eli Wolff, Inclusion Inspires Innovation ›
"The sport, recreation and play domain, far from being trivial, is essential for fully realizing the human rights promise" —Anne Hubbard, The Major Life Activity of Belonging (2004) I met…
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August 29, 2016
Bringing Out The Best: Fran Mainella ›
First as the director of the Florida State Parks and later as the first woman Director of the National Park Service back in 2001, Fran Mainella worried about the absence…
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August 11, 2016
Bringing Out the Best: The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition ›
If you ask a grown-up of a certain age about the Presidential Youth Fitness Test, you are likely to get one of two responses. Half of the people (and I…
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August 4, 2016
Bringing Out the Best: Project Play ›
“There’s a lot of things we can do to put [playing] back in—number one, making sure kids have recess at school. That’s where they’re spending most of their time. That…
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July 29, 2016
Bringing out the Best: BoomShake ›
In honor of our 20th anniversary, Playworks is sharing stories of other nonprofits transforming kids and communities through the power of play. BoomShake is a multicultural music and movement community…
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July 19, 2016
Bringing Out the Best: Beat the Streets ›
In 2010, Billy Watterson was a freshman at Brown University and on the wrestling team. When a wrestling alum dragged Billy out to volunteer in the Providence community through Junior…