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Dr. James Kallusky Assumes Role As CAA Director |
| Up2Us is pleased to announce that Dr. James Kallusky will assume leadership of Coach Across America. James has been working in the fields of Sport-Based Youth Development and nonprofit management for 20 years. (READ MORE) |
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LEAVE YOUR MARK --- MLK Day Of Service |
 On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Up2Us challenged coaches and athletes to make a positive impact on their community through service. Up2Us tipped off the Martin Luther King holiday weekend by partnering with Chainlink Fundamentals and Nike to host the "Leave Your Mark Challenge", a free interactive basketball clinic held at Columbia University for more that 150 youngsters who were also asked to commit to doing service learning projects of their own design to affect positive change in their local communities. Do you want to organize your team around a service project? For more information on the service curriculum please visit http://www.up2us.org/for-communities/servicethroughsports |
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Guide For Youth Sports To Help Haiti |
 The devastation following the earthquake in Haiti has struck us all. Hundreds of thousands were killed. Cities, homes and schools were destroyed. As Americans, we want to do our part to help. As youth sports coaches, parents, administrators and athletes, you have the ability to make a difference in Haiti. There are no better leaders in our communities than young athletes. Download the "Guide for Youth Sports to Help Haiti" to learn how your team can conduct a meaningful service project to help those displaced by the Haiti earthquake. (Read More) |
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Regional Conferences - Where We Were And Where We Are Going |
 To unite local sports programs around the concept of Sports-Based Youth Development, Up2Us has hosted free, half-day conferences in New York, Boston, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Chicago. (READ MORE) |
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Project Coach Grad Fellowships --- Tuition Free Master's Program |
 "Teaching-Social Entrepreneurship-Youth Development" Seeking candidates to become 2010-2011 Project Coach Graduate Fellows at Smith College. PC Fellows receive a tuition-free Master's degree in our teacher education program (elem, middle, and high school licensure) while working in an innovative after school program that prepares urban teenagers to be youth sport coaches and community leaders. (READ MORE) |
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Global Gear Drive |
 The Global Gear Drive is a program that was established by the International Alliance for Youth Sports to put sports equipment in the hands of children living in developing regions around the world that wish to take part in quality sports activities but are unable to due to shortages of equipment and the lack of facilities in their countries. (READ MORE)
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PHOTO REQUEST --- Up2Us Wants To Showcase Your Organization |
 Up2Us is in the process of improving our website and designing several research publications, and we would love to include pictures from your programs. We'll be sure to recognize your organization in the caption.
Thanks to Harlem RBI for this picture |
| America's Promise Alliance Is Looking For
The 100 Best Communities For Young People.
Find Out How Your Community Can Be Named One! |
 Does your community make children and youth a priority? Is it committed to reducing the challenges faced by young people and creating better places to grow up and live? Are people working together to ensure every young person graduates? If so, you and your colleagues should enter America's Promise Alliance's 100 Best Communities for Young People (100 Best) competition presented by the ING. (READ MORE) |
| Looking For Youth Leaders To Inspire Healthy Living!
(Alliance For A Healthier Generation Youth Advisory Board) |
 The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is searching for a select group of young people to serve on its Youth Advisory Board (for 2010-2011) and roll up their sleeves for a few hours a month of critical thinking, engaging conversations, good fun, new friendships, and high-profile leadership. Applicants must be between the ages of 8 and 17 years old when membership begins July 2010 and live in the United States. Interested youth can visit www.empowerme2b.org for more information. |
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The First Lady Unveils Her New Initiative To Fight Childhood Obesity |
The First Lady's campaign,  Let's Move! has an ambitious but important goal: to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation. Let's Move's goals align with Up2Us's as the campaign aims to combat the issue of childhood obesity which threatens the healthy future of one third of American children. (READ MORE) |
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