Right to Play Jordan Training

Eli Wolff & Meghan Mahoney

Sport in Society

July 13 & 14, 2009

Sport in Society

Sport in Society works to create a just world by eliminating discrimination, hate and violence, while creating lasting solutions, and promoting healthy development and social responsibility.

Sport in Society

• Raise Awareness

• Challenge Thinking

• Open Dialogue

• Inspire Leadership

Introductions

“It” Factor

Leadership

What is your personal definition of leadership?

Back-talk

Rhythm & Flowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQSWdR88LJc

Human Rights

““All human beings are born free and equal All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood” brotherhood”

- 1948 United Nations Declaration of - 1948 United Nations Declaration of Human RightsHuman Rights

Sport Defined

“All forms of physical activity that contribute to physical fitness, mental well-being and social interaction, such as play, recreation, organized or competitive sport.”

- UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace, 2003

Rights from Wrongs

"Rights do not come from God, nature, logic, or law alone. They arise out of particular human experiences with injustice.”

- Dershowitz, 2004

Action

What is a coach for

human rights?

Disability in Sport

Is it rocket science?

Athlete

What is an Athlete?

Agree / Disagree / Unsure

A person with a disability can always do the same job as a person without a disability.

Inclusion

What does inclusion in sport and play look like?

Inclusion

Inclusion Challenges

Inclusion

“The final stage of integration of people with disabilities in sport competition or organization, in which they are involved, accepted and respected at all levels of the competition or organization.”

- Nixon, 2007

Sitting Volleyball