Sports and Peacebuilding Symposium - Panel 1
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2014-07-03

Sports have been used as a way to build trust, teamwork and social cohesion from the international to the neighborhood level for thousands of years. Scholars and advocates alike assert that it can also serve to improve security, reintegrate traumatized populations, break down stereotypes and reconcile torn societies and groups in the context of violent conflict.
On October 26, 2010, USIP held a symposium Tuesday addressing the impact of sports and peacebuilding. Panel 1 examined the historical perspective of sports and peacebuilding.

For more information: http://www.usip.org/events/sports-and-peacebuilding-symposium

Speakers
• Tara Sonenshine
Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Mike Lekson
Deputy Provost, Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Dr. Victor Cha
Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University, Author, "Sports Diplomacy and the Olympics in Asia" 
Former Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council
• Dr. Dean Ravizza
Assistant Professor, Salisbury University
• Eric Dienes
Liaison Officer, United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace