2022 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL - Flipbook - Page 52
FROM THE YOUTH
Johnny from PeacePlayers Detroit presented the following message to 100+ people from around
the globe at the 2022 Friendship Games in the Middle East:
“Detroit is my home. Everybody can call it home. And it’s a wonderful place where people with
any color can work together. But in Detroit, I feel like in sports I have to be Hispanic to play
baseball, or I have to be Black to play basketball. As a Hispanic and Black person, I shouldn’t
have to feel uncomfortable, or have different privileges than other Hispanic or Black people.
But in PeacePlayers, they changed that for me. They made me feel comfortable playing with
anybody with different cultures or different religions, and it turned me into a better leader
than I’ve ever been before.”
JOHNNY
PeacePlayers United States Participant, Pictured Left
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