Name: Pascal Duravcevic

Social Justice Group: Access, Equity, and Inequity in Youth Sports

Date of Fieldwork: January 24, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s): Associate Director Of Sports at the City Parks Foundation

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

Jonathan Gamberg is the associate director of sports at The CPF. He basically manages the instructors and people that teach kids to love sports and play them. He said that the main issue that children go through is access to resources and that many children who live in areas that don’t have them are struggling in many fields. Gamberg informed us that sports create so many benefits for children, including mental and physical health. Jonathan also told us that people who play sports become more successful at working with others and also with their creativity. For example, 57 percent of those who play sports when younger grow up to be business leaders. “this is only a fragment of what sports can do for children!” said Jonathan. Jonathan’s organization is one of few that actually make a change in our society and it was an honor for us to meet with him face to face. It was a true delight to interview him and his answers were always on point. Jonathan gave us so much information about the organization he is a part of and even more about youth sports.