As we look for heroes in and out of sport, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala has started to recognize other young heroes through The Malala Yousafzai Fund. One was in West Bengal where17-year-old Anoyara Khatun was once a victim of trafficking. Now she is a global hero who has stopped about 50 child marriages and…
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Like many around the world, I am filled with frustration and disbelief over the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson. How could it decide not to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown? Yet, I want to remind people of the great lesson of the life of hero…
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Our Shut Out Trafficking Program starts our 4th campus at Brown (Providence, RI) tonight with our 4th week of programming. The week’s activities on human trafficking show why it is imperative to fight human trafficking. Human Trafficking continues to grow and evolve, currently the world’s second most profitable organized criminal enterprise following drug trade. This…
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Human Trafficking is a challenging subject to address because it happens in the shadows, is very difficult for law enforcement to penetrate, and has no borders. It is our hope that the Shut Out Trafficking partnership between the NCAS and the US Fund for UNICEF will shed light and help bring this horrible industry out…
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The Institute for Diversity and Ethics (TIDES) in Sport released the 2013 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card today (CSRGRC) and I had the privilege of co-writing this report with April Johnson, Erika Loomer, and Leslie Martinez. At a time when there is so much going on in college sport, the bad news in…
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From June 12 to July 13 the world was fixated on Brazil. Sport fans that do not typically follow soccer could not help but find a team to support. In the midst of all the patriotism and excitement, there were several instances where a game went from a remarkable display of talent to a horrible…
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In the midst of the World Cup, the NBA and NHL Finals, and the US Open, the Edward O’Bannon vs. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) trial is capturing the public’s attention. Federal Judge Claudia Wilken may be the most influential person in college sport at this time as she will help decide the fate of the…
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MLB reached a score of 91 for racial hiring practices up from 90.6 in 2012. MLB improved its gender hiring practices with 77.6 points from 75.2 in 2012. Finally, MLB achieved a combined grade of a B/B+ with 84.3 points, up from the 2012 RGRC when it accumulated 82.9 points and received a combined grade…
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Study reveals women are doing better than men, but the gap between African-American and White females persists…. Read the full report here.
Graduation rate study of NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament teams reveals some improvement in overall graduation rates and APR performance but continuing large disparities between the academic success of White and African-American student-athletes. Read the report here.
