Kristin Boggiano: Leveraging Organized Sports to Promote Youth Development

Mar 12, 2024 Posted by: Sujit Kunte Kristin Boggiano,  NY,  SDG 10,  SDG 16,  SDG 3,  SDG 4,  SDG 5,  SDG 8,  USA

Kristin: Thanks for having me, Spiffy. TurnKeyTix supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #3, focusing on leveraging organized sports to combat pediatric obesity, enhance mental health, and promote social, cognitive, and emotional development among youth. TurnKeyTix uses its comprehensive sports management platform to increase access to and participation in youth sports, thereby contributing to better health outcomes and overall well-being. Youth sport improves teamwork, social skills, and social responsibility. It improves educational and occupational skills (e.g., determination, perseverance, grit, resilience, and critical thinking). It is also linked to higher levels of academic achievement. Finally, it leads to a stronger long-term labor market and economy.

Maria Ida Palmieri: Bringing Social Business Models inside of Companies

Jan 11, 2024 Posted by: Sujit Kunte Germany,  Maria Ida Palmieri,  SDG 1,  SDG 10,  SDG 11,  SDG 16,  SDG 17,  SDG 4,  SDG 5,  SDG 8

Maria: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! Through my work at The Grameen Creative Lab (TGCL), we were mainly addressing one challenge—how can we make business as usual become even more usual by putting people and the planet at the center? At TGCL, we were using creativity and innovation, in particular, to train social entrepreneurs and company leaders of today and tomorrow to adopt social business principles and mindsets in the way they were designing and carrying out their business, following the vision of our founder and Nobel laureate—Professor Muhammad Yunus. Key aspects of our programs were to first analyze problems systemically.

Paula Sevilla Núñez: Thinking Through Ways to Reduce Inequalities in Societies

Nov 16, 2023 Posted by: Daniela Vega NY,  PaulaSevillaNuñez,  SDG 10,  SDG 11,  SDG 16,  USA

Thanks for having me, Spiffy! At NYU CIC, through the Pathfinders initiative, I work with governments and organizations to think through ways to reduce inequalities in societies, so that everyone has access to services and opportunities. We show how societies that are more equal are also better positioned to address other challenges, like climate change, pandemics or violence. We help raise awareness of lessons learned and experiences from different countries and organizations, and provide evidence for the importance of ensuring fairer outcomes for all members of society regardless of their income, race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, etc.