I'm Hopeful the Power of Sport Will Expand to Spur Social Change

Author(s)

Richard E. Lapchick, University of Central Florida

Description

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Publication Date

2-25-2015

Keywords

Power of sport; Sports; Social change; DeVos Sport Business Management; Diversity and Ethics; NBA; People of color; The Harlem Rens; Black History Month; NBA Newsmakers Breakfast; Stephen Curry; Deah Shaddy Barakat; Racism; Sport and society

Introduction

I teach a class in the DeVos Sport Business Management graduate program at the University of Central Florida on ethical and moral principles in sport. Last week we welcomed a distinguished panel to our class, which included: Charlie Freeman, executive vice president of the Orlando Magic; Linda Landman-Gonzalez, vice president for government affairs and community relations for the Orlando Magic; Brett Lashbrook, chief operating officer of Orlando City Soccer; and Keith Lee, the chief operating officer of the National Consortium of Academics and Sport.

Subjects

Multiculturalism; Sports; Social change ; Racism

Collection

UCF Forum

Publisher

University of Central Florida

Source

https://today.ucf.edu/power-sport-can-spur-social-change/ (UCF Today: UCF Forum)

STARS Citation

Lapchick, Richard (2015). I'm hopeful the power of sport will expand to spur social change. UCF Today, 2015-02-25. Retrieved from https://today.ucf.edu/power-sport-can-spur-social-change/

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