2022 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL - Flipbook - Page 11
2001
2006
TO
2000
2001
2002
2005
2006
Playing for Peace
founded by Sean Tuohey
Established
South Africa
Established
Northern Ireland
Established
Middle East
Established
Cyprus
EARLY YEARS
2007
PRESENT
TO
PEACEPLAYERS
INTERNATIONAL
2007
2017
2021
Playing for Peace becomes
PeacePlayers International
(PPI) to reflect our global
movement
Partnered with Nike to launch
programs in five U.S. cities and
established PeacePlayers United States
PeacePlayers Celebrates 20 Years
APRIL 2022
2008
2018
PPI launches its first
program in New Orleans
PeacePlayers United States launches
year-round programs in Baltimore,
Brooklyn, Detroit, Chicago, and L.A.
PeacePlayers United States partners
with the NBA Foundation to increase
employment opportunities, further
career advancement, and drive
economic empowerment for Black youth
throughout the United States
2019
MAY 2022
Founding of the Friendship Games by
Ed and Penelope Peskowitz
PeacePlayers relaunches SPIN as
The Sport and Peace Collective
2015
PPI launches its first
program in
Washington, D.C.
2011
PRESENT
T0
SPORT AND PEACE
INNOVATION NETWORK
Sport and Peace Innovation
Network (SPIN), our training
and consulting initiative,
has served organizations
working in 15 countries spread
over five continents, including:
JULY 2022
PeacePlayers Middle
East hosts the first
ever 5-site in-person
global convening, the
Friendship Games
SEPTEMBER
2022
PeacePlayers
launches the
Leadership Academy
2010
2013
2015
South Africa: Indigo Youth
Chicago: Peace on the Court;
Yemen: Promoting Youth Civic
Engagement;
Brazil: Sports and Peace Innovation
Network Training; Switzerland: UN
Sport for Development Camp
Portland: Peace on the Court;
Northern Ireland: Sport and
Diversity Program;
Kansas City: Police Athletic League;
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Youth Sports
Coaches Training
2011
Morocco, Ireland & Bulgaria: Anatomy of
Peace Training;
Tajikistan: International Sports
Programming Initiative;
Kyrgyzstan: Innovations in Coaching Kids
2011
Argentina: Sports and Peace
Innovation Network Training
2014
Ethiopia: Worldwide Orphans
Soccer League;
Sweden: UN Sport for
Development Camp
2018
Rwanda: Partnership with Ubumwe
Sports Initiative (USI)
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