The calm before the storm

Sport in Society was firing on all cylinders this week. Between the Ron Thomas Panel Discussion on Race in Media and the Junior Coach Leadership Convention it’s been busy (and that’s the understatement of the century). Oh wait what? It’s only been a four day long week? It felt like a 90-hour week in the… [Read more…]

Ready, Set, Go

“How have classes been going? What are your plans for the spring? What do you mean by co-op? ” Looking back to just about two months ago, I wish I could go back to the Nolan family Christmas party and better explain what I’m really doing this semester.  With an overwhelming crowd of 14 aunts… [Read more…]

A Week in the Life With…

My name is Eric Wahlberg. I am a one of the 6 coops who work at Sport in Society. As part of working for Sport in Society, I am assigned to work at 2 different Y’s in the Boston area as well as volunteer at community events. After being employed for a little over a… [Read more…]

Perspective

If there is one thing that I have learned in life it is the importance of gaining perspective. To surround yourself with different people,  communities, experiences, and personalities is vital. In 7th grade I went to an extremely “ritzy” private school. It was a great school – but it was just not for me. When I… [Read more…]

I am he as you are me and we are all together

These last few weeks I have been exposed to a new side of society, the philanthropic side, that I didn’t really think existed except in the government’s welfare offices, or in the fairy tail lands Disney movies. It seemed like people cared more about cats and dogs than their fellow man. I was beginning to… [Read more…]

Not Your Everyday Coop…

As a journalism student with a disdain for “real news”, my only viable career options left are in entertainment or sports, and I just don’t see myself following the mundane daily details of the lives of Lady Gaga or Kim Kardashian.  So when I saw the Sport in Society entry on the list of potential… [Read more…]

Wrapping it up on the Eastside..and what’s next?

Since the last time I blogged, I talked about how after the Thanksgiving break Tom and myself would be facilitating two more sessions at McKay Middle School. Well the two weeks have passed and now we are done facilitating there. For the last session, we showed the kids the video MTV Flipped and followed up… [Read more…]

East Side!!!…the trainings at McKay Middle..

For the past two weeks, Tom and I have been doing our Project Teamwork facilitations at McKay Middle School, which is in East Boston. Everything has been going well so far and the kids have been a great group. During the first week, our main goal was to simply get to know the kids because… [Read more…]

This past week, Demetrius and I went out to East Boston to start a new training session.  We attended the McKay Middle School where we had the pleasure of teaching both 7th and 8th graders about the project teamwork curriculum.  The first session was really fun, Demetrius and I talked about ourselves then we got… [Read more…]

On to the next one…

Last time I blogged, I talked about how myself and Tom were finishing up our facilitation of Project Teamwork at Point Webster Middle School. Now starting this upcoming tuesday, we will be back at it again, this time at the McKay Middle School, which is in East Boston. It’s been about two weeks since we… [Read more…]