UConn hoops fanatic and friend of Setshot Suzanne referred us to this organization. "Playing for Peace" is a non-profit agency that bridges social divides, develops future leaders, and educates kids through basketball. Their modus operandi appears to be getting kids from opposing social and political groups to play ball together: white kids and black kids in South Africa, Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East.It looks like they're getting some good publicity. Steve Kerr is an advocate, and the Dalai Lama (pictured) is reported to have been breaking ankles and backboards at a recent exhibition, earning the streetball nicknames "Monky Business" and "Transcendental Conflagration." (Ok, I made those up.)
Playing for Peace has a bunch of interesting-looking job opportunities at its various sites. It could be a good way for the aging baller to prolong his involvement in the game while doing good in the world.
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this is crazy. my friend Ori started this organization as a way to build his resume for Columbia business school. It started out as an organization called Soccer for Peace. I DJ'd their initial fundraiser.
serendipity.
oops. it turns out ori's soccer for peace organization is not connected to this after I checked out the site. Mark Alarie is on there though. Jeff, can you erase these two posts? I don't have access to the tools to delete them...
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