2024 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL-2 - Flipbook - Page 9
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
NOVEMBER 2004
OCTOBER 2014
MAY 2018
OCTOBER 2021
JUNE 2022
SEPTEMBER 2023
Rescuer of Humanity
Award, Project Love
PeacePlayers Plays
at White House with
National Security Advisor
Susan Rice
Sports Business Journal
Celebration of Service
Award
MARCH 2015
Kwazulu-Natal
Recreation Body of the
Year (South Africa)
Nike featured Natalie
Gutierrez of PeacePlayers
Los Angeles in their
Hispanic Heritage Month
Campaign
The NY Liberty (in
conjunction with
Laureus) Honors
PeacePlayers Brooklyn
Team During the Sport
for Good Night at the
Barclay Center
US Co-Executive Director,
Sally Nnamani testi昀椀ed at
US Capitol at the USOPC
Commission Hearing on
the Future of Olympic &
Paralympic Sports
JULY 2022
Northern Ireland Coach
Luke Marshall, was
nominated for ‘Disability
Coach of the Year’ with
Sport Northern Ireland
MARCH 2005
Sportsmanship Day
Award, Institute for
International Sport
APRIL 2006
Partner, Clinton Global
Initiative
JULY 2007
Dave Cullen and Trevor
Ringland receive Arthur
Ashe Courage Award
(ESPY Awards) on behalf
of PeacePlayers
FEBRUARY 2008
Brendan and Sean
Tuohey: Laureus Sport
for Good Award, Laureus
World Academy
APRIL 2011
PeacePlayers Receives
Technology Donation
and Acknowledgment
in Honor of the Royal
Wedding
OCTOBER 2011
2011 NGO for Peace of the
Year, Peace and Sport
Heni Bizawi Speaks at
Clinton Global Initiative,
University of Miami
OCTOBER 2016
Sport for Con昀氀ict
Resolution Award,
Beyond Sport Summit
and Awards
NOVEMBER 2016
Re昀氀ections of Hope
Award from The
Oklahoma City National
Memorial and Museum
JANUARY 2017
Nike and PeacePlayers
Launch Equality
Campaign and National
Partnership
SEPTEMBER 2017
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF) Sports
Award
JUNE 2018
Institute of International
Education (IIE) Victor J.
Goldberg Prize for Peace
in the Middle East
SEPTEMBER 2018
JANUARY 2020
PeacePlayers Northern
Ireland Wins the Flax
Trust Arts North Belfast
Community Leadership
Award - Sporting Group
Making a Difference
JUNE 2020
PeacePlayers United
States Youth Leader
Javonn Islar Awarded
Billie Jean King Youth
Leadership Award at
2020 ESPYS
NOVEMBER 2020
PeacePlayers United
States is One of Four
Organizations Awarded
Dicks Sporting Goods/
Beyond Sport’s
Collective Impact Award
for Reducing Racial
Inequality Through Sport
PeacePlayers Los Angeles
Recognized by the Los
Angeles Clippers as a
“Community Hero” at
Clipper Game
NOVEMBER 2021
2021 Youth In Sports
Award Recipient at the
1st Annual KwaZuluNatal Youth Business
Awards (South Africa)
KwaZulu-Natal
Department of Sports and
Recreation Awards - 2021
Recreation Body of the
Year Award Recipient
(South Africa)
PeacePlayers Northern
Ireland receives the
Rotary Clubs Peace
Award
NOVEMBER 2023
SEPTEMBER 2022
DECEMBER 2023
Joanne Fitzpatrick and
PeacePlayers featured
at #PeaceHeroine, a
@HerstoryIreland
exhibition
PeacePlayers Northern
Ireland nominated for the
‘Sport for Change Award
at the British Sports
Awards with The Sports
Journalists’ Association of
Great Britain
MAY 2023
PeacePlayers Los Angeles
JrNBA 2023 Program of
the Year Finalist
JUNE 2022
AUGUST 2023
Cultural Arts Academy
Charter School Honors
PeacePlayers Brooklyn
with the “Organization
Leading by Example”
Award
PeacePlayers Receives
Naismith Basketball Hall
of Fame’s 2023 Mannie
Jackson Basketball’s
Human Spirit Award
APRIL 2024
PeacePlayers Northern
Ireland featured in
the PBS documentary
Bridging Divides: Sharing
Heartbeats
DECEMBER 2024
PeacePlayers NI Head
of Programs Joanne
Fitzpatrick awarded MBE
title in recognition of
her efforts to build a
harmonious Northern
Ireland.
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