Presented by The Associated’s Solomon Society
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The Power of Sports to Make Peace in Israel
May 31 @ 6:00 pm
Discover how sports programming, peace education, and leadership development empowers youth to build peaceful and equitable societies.
Featuring Brendan Tuohey
Co-Founder & President, PeacePlayers
Dinner served. Dietary laws observed. Valet parking provided.
Questions? Contact Jeffrey Blavatt at 410-369-9208.
About Brendan Tuohey
After graduating from college, Brendan’s brother Sean played professional basketball in Northern Ireland and operated basketball clinics for Protestant and Catholic children in Belfast. The clinics showed Sean that basketball – one of the few neutral sports in Northern Ireland – could help overcome deeply entrenched barriers between the two groups. Sean recruited Brendan, who had played basketball professionally in Ireland, to his cause, and together, the Tuoheys established PeacePlayers International [PPI] in 2000, grounded on their own life experiences that showed that “children who play together can learn to live together.”
While Sean led PPI’s efforts in the field as it started its first operations in South Africa, Brendan built the organization from Washington, D.C. He has led the organization in its expansion to Northern Ireland (2002), Israel and the West Bank (2005) and Cyprus (2006). Brendan launched PPI’s first domestic program in New Orleans (2008), which was transitioned to full local ownership in the summer of 2009.
Brendan lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, Jody, and three children. He is a 1996 graduate of Colgate University where he majored in Philosophy and Religion and played basketball. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Master’s Program in Sport Management.
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