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by | April 8, 2013 · 2:53 pm

March Madness – PeacePlayers Style!

Tonight

PPI is Dropping Dimes for Peace Tonight in NYC and watching the NCAA men’s final!

Tonight’s the night. The main event! The NCAA championship showdown between Michigan and Louisville goes down tonight in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Whether you are the champion of your bracket competition, a diehard fan of one of the teams or just enjoy watching some hoops, tonight’s game should be a great one!

Tonight’s a big night for PeacePlayers too! We are hosting our Dropping Dimes for Peace Party at Hill Country BBQ in NYC tonight. We have received tremendous support and the event has sold out. We are excited to watch the NCAA men’s final with our PeacePlayers in the Big Apple and celebrate the children in all of our programs who are champions for peace.

Tonight's event will celebrate and support the children in our programs around the world

Tonight’s event will celebrate and support the children in our programs around the world

Even if you’re not in New York and can’t make it to the event, there are so many ways to be a sixth man for PeacePlayers and show your support. You can host your own event, fundraiser or 3-on-3 tournament. If you’d like to learn more about being getting involved check out this page: http://www.peaceplayersintl.org/support/host-event

And share with us what you do in the comments!

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by | January 30, 2012 · 9:26 pm

A Day in the Life: Interning for PPI in DC

PPI - DC Technical Assistance Interns, Nick Rust (left) and Eddie Herndon (right), working hard on upcoming projects at PPI's DC office.

This week’s DC blog post is written by Communications and Development Intern, Oscar Norsworthy, a junior at George Washington University.

Yes, we’re on the red line. Yes, we enjoy cupcakes. And yes, we all work for a non-profit.

While riddled with stereotypes, we did find ourselves agreeing with many of the lines from the Washington DC version of the meme “stuff people say” videos.

After my first two weeks of interning here in the DC office for PPI, I can confidently say that I want to make a career working for an international development non-profit. The atmosphere within the office is empowering as nearly every project includes teamwork on some level. Doors are always open and smiles are a plenty as we walk past each other in the hallways that are decorated with photos of kids playing basketball from our four project sites. As an intern, I even get to contribute to the Friday music playlist! For the most part it’s been 80’s rock, but now that Nick, Eddie (PPI’s Technical Assistance interns), and I have come in, we’ve been adding Ke$ha, Enrique Iglesias and little bit of Rihanna. Jokes. We’ve kept it strong with The Beatles and Michael Jackson.

I look forward to sharing more of a PPI intern’s perspective with all our friends as my internship continues in the coming months. Until then, keep an eye on our Twitter feed (@peaceplayers) to find out not only what we’re jamming to at the PPI DC office, but also to catch up on the latest conversations in the sport-for-development field!

Think you would fit in well with our team? Check out our current internship opportunities here. 

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by | September 19, 2011 · 1:52 pm

PPI: Friend, Follow, Like, Comment

Bring it in! Connect and share with PPI via facebook, twitter, flickr, youtube...

The From the Field blog is a great way for our supporters to get an inside look at how we bridge divides, develop leaders, and change perceptions on a daily basis. Nonetheless, thanks to an ever-growing social media presence, there are additional ways to join the conversation and interact with the organization. Check out how to get the most out of PPI online:

Facebook: PPI maintains a facebook pages for PPI Global, PPI-South Africa, and PPI- Middle East with weekly updates from the field in addition to special info about upcoming events. It’s a great space to ask questions and we often prompt our supporters to offer their insight. PPI-Cyprus also maintains a facebook group that serves as a space for its participants to interact in Greek, Turkish and English.

Twitter: PPI tweets daily! HQ (@peaceplayers), Northern Ireland (@peaceplayersni) and South Africa (@peaceplayerssa) have independent twitter handles that give our followers the most up-to-date information. PPI-SA, for example, often tweets meetup info for impromptu practices and results of its team recent matches. PPI’s tweets often share photos (via flickr) or videos (via youtube) from the field that are not posted on our website or blog.

So, what are you waiting for? Join the conversation. Let us know what you want to see. Give your advice and opinions. With your participation and enthusiasm, PPI’s online presence will become all the greater!

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by | January 25, 2010 · 2:24 pm

What We’re Tweeting

Can you capture the complexities of addressing deep communal divides through through sport in 140 characters or less? We don't know. But we'll try.

Those of you who have been to From the Field before have probably noticed the little Twitter feed box in the bottom of the column to the left. But we’d like to take a minute today to explain what exactly we have going on over at Twitter, so that you can all join the conversation.

First, it’s another way to get your daily dose of From the Field, as we’ll publish links to all our stories on Twitter shortly after they appear here. Second, each day we post a new picture – usually never before seen, sometimes from deep in our archives – so that you can see for yourself what peace through basketball looks like. Third, we have occasional features, like selections from the Hebrew English Arabic Basketball Dictionary (hasthtag: #BBallDxnry) that can help you “unleash the peace” to quote our Fellow in Cyprus, Rory. And of course, we’d like to have an ongoing conversation with all of you. We’ll respond to your questions, throw out some of our own, and pass along any interesting nuggets we find about sports, peace, development, our program countries, or anything else that might be of interest to you. Like this song for example, by a group called “Playing for Change,” which is sure to help you start your Monday a little bit more pleasantly than usual:

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