It was a week of horror for America with the mass murder in the synagogue in Pittsburgh, the pipe bombs mailed across America, and the murder of two African-Americans at a Kroger grocery story in Kentucky. Hate seemed to beget hate. At the DeVos Sport Business Management Program and the Institute for Sport and Social…
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National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in January resulted in one of the largest months for community initiatives, and that effort continued into February. Not only have community initiative efforts increased, but in a three-day statewide crackdown on human trafficking in California, more than 500 arrests were made and over 50 victims were rescued. Just as…
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Having spent 50 plus years working to use the power of sport to bring about positive social change, for me Sunday was the most important sports day since Muhammad Ali said he would not go to fight in Vietnam. It evoked memories of Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics;…
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August means the beginning of a new school year and the quickly approaching start to a new season of college football. Though football season is an exciting time in sports and has the capability of bringing communities together, we cannot forget that major sporting events are massive targets for Human Traffickers. I urge all fans…
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As this summer comes to an end, let us not forget the victims of human trafficking and the families of those impacted by this horrendous crime. For many of us, we are currently busy with preparing for back to school whether it be for ourselves or our children. The number of victims of human trafficking…
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I would like to wish everyone a Happy Independence Day. The holidays are always a special time to be with family, but it is important that we do not forget those people who are suffering. Human trafficking remains a constant problem in our society. It is as important as ever that we come together and…
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HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel recently featured a story about the horrific sexual abuse scandal that has shaken British football. This truly disturbing story first broke in the fall of 2016 and accounts of sexual abuse have been pouring in from former British football players since then. If you are unfamiliar with the scandal,…
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Like anyone who kn ew him, read him, watched him or listened to him, I feel a great sense of loss with the passing of Frank Deford. He was one of the media’s biggest social consciences and always spoke the truth about what was right and wrong about sport in America and around the world.…
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As we enter into the spring, recent media coverage has sparked a conversation about human-trafficking in the United States in the wake of the immigration policy of the Trump Administration. Undocumented victims of human trafficking are reportedly afraid to come forward for fear of being deported. The same is being reported about victims of sexual…
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Since President Obama declared the month of January to be National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, there have been over 370 human trafficking arrests made. Just as this form of modern-day slavery continues to grow, so does the number of individuals associated with trafficking crimes during major sporting events. Many believe that this on-going epidemic gravitates…
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