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• W25652805 abstract "In racial tumultuous times, it is not easy to find ways to build a bridge to close gap between various racial groups. New Orleans in aftermath of Katrina forced America to confront race and poverty in ways we have not been able to do in recent years. With college campuses being third biggest site for hate crimes in America today, concept of teamwork in sport presents us with a rare opportunity to bring different racial groups together on an equal playing field. The presentation will focus on this special role sport plays but also elaborate on how we can transfer lessons of teamwork into society. Richard E. Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, internationally recognized expert on sports issues, scholar and author, Lapchick is often described as the racial conscience of sport. He brought his commitment to equality and his belief that sport can be an effective instrument of positive social change to University of Central Florida where he accepted an endowed chair in August 2001. Lapchick became only person named as One of 100 Most Powerful People in to head up a sport management program. Lapchick helped found Center for Study of Sport in Society in 1984 at Northeastern University. He served as Director for 17 years and is now Director Emeritus. Sport in Society has attracted national attention to its pioneering efforts to ensure education of athletes from junior high school through professional ranks. Sport in Society Project TEAMWORK was called America's most successful violence prevention by public opinion analyst Lou Harris. It won Peter F. Drucker Foundation Award as nation's most innovative non-profit program and was named by Clinton Administration as a model for violence prevention. Sport in Society helped form National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), a group of over 215 colleges and universities that have adopted Sport in Society's programs. To date, more than 22,000 athletes have come back to NCAS schools. More than 9,000 have graduated. NCAS athletes have worked with more than 10 million students in school outreach program, which focuses on teaching youth how to improve race relations, develop conflict resolution skills, prevent gender violence and avoid drug and alcohol abuse. Lapchick serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of NCAS. Lapchick was American leader of international campaign to boycott South Africa in sport for more than 20 years. In 1993, Sport in Society launched TEAMWORK-South Africa, a program designed to use sports to help improve race relations and help with sports development in post-apartheid South Africa. He was among 200 guests specially invited by Nelson Mandela to his inauguration. Lapchick is a prolific writer. His tenth book was published in November 2001 with a foreword by Muhammad Ali. Lapchick is a regular columnist for The Sports Business Journal. He has written more than 450 articles and has given more than 2,600 public speeches. Considered among nation's experts on sports issues, Lapchick has appeared numerous times on Nightline, Good Morning America, Face Nation, The Today Show, ABC World News, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN and ESPN. Before Northeastern, he was an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Wesleyan College from 1970-1978 and a Senior Liaison Officer at United Nations between 1978-1984. He is listed in Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in American Business. He was named for six consecutive years as one of 100 most powerful people in sport. In 1993, he was named as outstanding alumnus at University of Denver where he got his Ph.D. in international race relations in 1973. Richard is son of Joe Lapchick, famous Original Celtic center who became a legendary coach for St. John's and Knicks." @default.
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