Catching Up! Announcing Participation in an upcoming Sports Symposium!

Lots of great things have happened over the past months.  All of the accomplishments made in 2011 are now in the history books.  I won't leave you hanging! Stay tuned for a recap of the amazing feats that happened so quickly the challenge became capturing all of these exciting moments in words.  So, please be patient with me as I attempt to discuss the recent past while focusing on the wonderful opporunities in the present. Before I do anything else, let me share information on an upcoming event where I will present on a panel.  If you're interested in attending, please hurry and register.  Seats are filling fast, and there's free lunch!

REGISTER TODAY at http://www.eastern.edu/academic/ccgps/sld/sports-symposium.html - only a few spaces are left!

The Eastern University School of Leadership and Development, Comcast Spectacor and Access Sports present Sports Symposium 2012: Sports as Caring: Dimensions of Therapy and Life Skills in Sports and Community Recreation. This Symposium will be held on Saturday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Hall of Fame Room at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Speakers will include Eastern University Professor Hans Tokke; Mr. Jordan Burnham; Mike Quick, Philadelphia Eagles Radio Sports Commentator; Dr. Stephen Schecter, President, Global Abilities; Jeffrey J. Harrison, Former Vice President, World Team Tennis; Ms. Farah Dailey, General Manager, Philadelphia Firebirds; Ashley Harker, Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist; Bill Roth; Dr. Ed Hastings, Director, Neumann University Institute of Sports and Spirituality; Lance Lee, Vice President of Operations, Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis; Pastor Todd Stavrakos, Gladwyne Presbyterian Church; Dr. Cheryl A. Mobley-Stimpson, PhillySportsMom.blogspot.com; Jim Britt, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation; and James Osborne, School of Leadership and Development.

“Faith, Family, and Sports: A Journey of Life-Linkages”
Dr. Cheryl A. Mobley-Stimpson, PhillySportsMom.blogspot.com, @Facebook and @Twitter

This presentation will focus on the interlinks between faith-based agencies, families, and sports as motivators and encouragers of whole life living and academic scholarship. Ms. Mobley-Stimpson, a Palmer Seminarian and Sider Center Scholar, will profile her work as a mother of elite athletes, fifth-generation South Philadelphians who today are college athletes and Major League Baseball Prospects. Their journey through the “ranks,” as well as key principles that must be the focus of youth sports development, will be discussed. The session will suggest means that faith-based organizations, churches, community development corporations, & community-based organizations can more effectively build their programs.