2022 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL - Flipbook - Page 50
SEMINAL MOMENTS
PeacePlayers partners with Nike to launch programming in five cities in
the United States, using basketball to connect youth of color with safe
spaces and equitable opportunities.
“PEACEPLAYERS’ EMPHASIS ON CREATING SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SPACES FOR GIRLS, LEADING WITH
FEMALE REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AND ELEVATING THE VOICES OF FEMALE
LEADERS IS A POWERFUL MODEL FOR PEER ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING TO BUILD MORE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND THE IMPACT PEACEPLAYERS
WILL MAKE AS THEY SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE THE POSITIVE CHANGE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.”
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MATT GESCHKE
North America Senior Director of Social and Community Impact for NIKE, Inc.
PeacePlayers hosts its first Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day Celebration
across its cities and serving an average of 120 young people per city, in
partnership with Nike and the launch of their Equality Campaign.
