326 Soccer as a Tool for Global Social Change

Thursday, March 18, 2010: 8:45 AM-10:00 AM
Convention Center: 108
NASPE/Research/Social Sciences
Presider: Terry Eguaoje, Nova Southeastern University, Brandon, MS
Speakers: Ronald W. Quinn, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH; and David B. Carr, Ohio University, Athens, OH
The Ohio University - Play Soccer Partnership provides a significant exchange of cultures among the United States and Ghana, Senegal and South Africa. The Urban Soccer Collaborative is comprised of non-profit organizations that use soccer to affect positive youth development, in which Xavier University is a founding member. Both authors will outline how these relationships have evolved and will present programming ideas designed to help us meet the social and health needs of participants.