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  • Boys' development

  • Ana Moser: Shaking Up Sports In Brazil Before the 2016 Summer Olympics

    Created: 05/12/10 by Carol Erickson

    Ana Beatriz Moser is argueably the most famous and talented Brazilian volleyball player of all time. After two decades as a professional athlete who won many Olympic and World Championship medals, she could have entered into quiet retirement. Instead, Moser is making a lot of noise, trying to reform the way Brazil views sport and physical education by making sports accessible to children of all socioeconomic groups.

  • Hoops for Hope: Peace Breaks Out on the Basketball Court in Kashmir

    Created: 03/24/09 by Anonymous

    Upon arriving in Srinagar, Kashmir in 2007, J.D. Walsh was keenly aware of two things: how much he -- a tall white man -- stood out, and the tense geopolitical circumstances that necessitated heavy security measures. Kashmir has been wracked by hatred and mayhem for years, caught in a bloody dispute between India and Pakistan. Quite improbably, Walsh felt right at home and was immediately convinced of two things: that this "was a time for peace" and that it could be achieved through a game unknown to the Kashmiris: basketball.

  • Enriching Men's Lives

    Created: 04/17/09 by Anonymous

    It takes an incredible amount of effort and ingenuity to change traditional social norms, but these Changemakers are redefining the meaning of manhood. By creating balance in the home, the workplace, and the community Volker Baisch and Jack Kammer are giving men of all ages a chance to overcome stereotypes, rise above social pressures and experience a fullness of life that cultural gender constraints often does not permit.

  • Raising Harlem: An Organization Embraces Local Youth to Shape Strong Leaders

    Created: 04/17/09 by Anonymous

    Inside a brownstone in West Harlem, kids and young adults are getting into things you may not expect from a group of people their age. Instead of videogames and troublemaking, these young people are discovering their heritage, finding purpose, and building self-confidence. This sanctuary, known to the community as The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, has spent over a decade providing an extended family of support to youth as young as seven years old. 

  • Not for Girls Only

    Created: 04/21/09 by Elise Pettus

    When it comes to teenage pregnancy and parenthood, Jorge Lyra believes it is time to stop leaving boys out of the conversation. For years, while teenage pregnancy rates were rising in Brazil, parenting education and pregnancy prevention efforts only targeted girls. Traditions of machismo combined with low expectations of teenage boys had reinforced stereotypes about male sexual irresponsibility and absentee fatherhood. 

  • Stretching and Growing: School Of Dance and Social Integration Makes a Difference in the Lives of Children in Brazil

    Created: 04/21/09 by Anonymous

    Dora Andrade has created a program (EDISCA) that combines dance training with other learning opportunities and support services for girls in economically and culturally deprived communities on the outskirts of Fortaleza, Brazil. The program is making important contributions to the girls' social development and is equipping them with the confidence that will enable them to enter adulthood with a positive outlook and develop productive lives.

  • The Future of Footwear: Nike is Searching for the Next Great Designer

    Created: 06/19/09 by andrea boston

    D'Wayne Edwards sketched his first pair of sneakers when he was just 11-years old. If you've got what he's got, you just might have a shot at becoming one of Nike's next big shoe designers.

    As a middle school student in Inglewood, CA, Edwards had a knack for illustrating his life using a No. 2 pencil and a clean sheet of paper, but when his imagination shifted to his shoes, he knew he'd found his calling.

  • Men Against Violence and Abuse: New Ideas About Men and Masculinity

    Created: 06/29/10 by Carol Erickson

    In 1991, Harish Sadani answered an Indian newspaper advertisement that read, “Wanted: Men who believe that women are not for battering.” He was one of 205 men who responded to the ad, which had been posted by a prominent Indian journalist.

    After a year of meetings with those like-minded men, Sadani decided to launch the nonprofit organization, Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA). It is the first men's organization in India to intervene directly against gender-based violence on women.

     
    “As a man, I always felt uncomfortable when we were tagged as the perpetrators," Sadani said. ”I felt that I could get a mechanism in place that would work closely with men, that this would help change their societal stereotypes. Men have always been viewed as the problem, but I think that it is necessary to involve them in the solution making process, too.”