by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Jan 25, 2021 | stories
From the Coalition for Belonging: The sport-based youth development (SBYD) community emphasizes the need to support community building and preservation of connections between coach-mentors and youth during the pandemic. Over one billion young people are currently...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | May 1, 2020 | blog, uncategorized
Ethan Connelly One way that assumptions of difference help sustain economic disparities that have led to migration movements is via the “our country against their country” mentality. Due to the common mentality that one shares more similarities with every...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Apr 13, 2020 | blog
Emma Feeney The refugee and migration crisis is a global issue that is increasing in severity. The number of people seeking to escape from danger and civil unrest in the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Central America continues to rise. We have had multiple class...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Apr 13, 2020 | uncategorized
The “Home and the Human” project is supported primarily by the Martha A. Mitten Endowment fund. A BTU Emerging Idea grant has contributed resources in 2019-2020. BTU, or Baltimore-Towson University, is an initiative driven by Towson University to...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Feb 2, 2020 | blog, front page, stories
Jennifer Ballengee There are currently 65.3 million forcibly displaced people in the world—the highest number ever on record. Over 20 million of these people are recognized by the United Nations as refugees of war. Millions of these people live in tents—fields of...
