Carolina for Kibera enters Nike+Ashoka Changemakers "Sport for a Better World" Competition

Carolina for Kibera enters Sport for a Better World Competition

Carolina for Kibera entered the Changemakers "Sport for a Better World" competition sponsored by Nike and Ashoka today. The competition seeks out innovators in the field of sports-for-social-change, and CFK submitted the youth sports and leadership program developed by CFK Founder Rye Barcott and CFK Executive Director Salim Mohamed as a model for ethnic and religious violence prevention in marginalized communities worldwide.

You can help CFK in the competition by registering with Changemakers, reviewing and commenting on the CFK competition entry, voting in December if CFK is chosen as a finalist, and telling your friends + family to do the same!  Also, please add the RSS feed Widget from the CFK competition entry to your personal webpages, including Facebook, MySpace, or weblog. That way, you will be in-the-loop when others post comments about CFK.  Comments will help us to revise and improve our competition profile.  Voting for our innovative youth sports and leadership model in December could help us win one of three $5,000 prizes!

Are you a student, faculty or alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? UNC-Chapel Hill is one of a select group of universities that will act as Official University Commentators for the Sport for a Better World Competition. There will be prizes for student commentators and an award for the university with the highest level of participation.  Sign up for the UNC-Changemakers listserv to receive details and announcements about the competition, UNC’s role in the competition, and how you can get involved.  Through this listserv, we will send “how to” details, resources, and helpful reminders to the UNC community. Sign up by sending a blank email to: join-unc-changemakers@listserv.unc.edu.