Playworks Southern California Junior Coach Impact Report April 2017

  1. Updates

Playworks Southern California is pleased to present this impact report highlighting our Junior Coach Leadership Program during the 2015-16 school year. The Playworks Junior Coach Leadership Program impacts young leaders, and through them, the world. More than 1,000 fourth- and fifth-grade students participate in the Junior Coach Leadership Program. Junior Coaches become agents of real change in their communities, leading group games on the playground, solving conflicts with ro-sham-bo, and learning to lead with respect.

For more information, please contact Diane Santana at diane.santana@playworks.org.

For partnership inquiries, please contact Sheronda Helton at sheronda.helton@playworks.org.


View or download a printable version of Playworks Southern California’s Impact Report for the 2015-16 Junior Coach Leadership Program.

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