Advocacy Action Team kicked off! The new Advocacy Action Team launched this quarter with representatives from more than eight coalitions across the country. Members will learn about successful advocacy efforts, support each other's local advocacy initiatives, and develop a shared policy agenda to advance sport equity nationwide.
Ashoka Partnership for new Shared Learning Action Team. CSEq has partnered with Ashoka, a global organization that identifies and supports social entrepreneurs, to create our Shared Learning Action Team - a group that will meet through this summer and learn about systems change. This collaboration will strengthen our capacity-building efforts by connecting coalitions with expertise and resources that enhance sport-based youth development practices.
Research Project Initial Report. The preliminary findings from our Coalition Research Project are now available, representing data from 14 coalitions and over 400 organization surveys. Initial results show promising evidence that collective action is successfully increasing both resource allocation and participation in quality youth sports programs. The research indicates that coalition membership delivers tangible benefits. See the data here. Some highlights include:
84% of CSEq coalition member organizations are nonprofits that collectively serve over 1.5 million youth
94% of members report positive perceptions of their coalition's impact on improving sport, recreation, and play equity in their service area with 87% agreeing that "youth and families in our service area are better off because of the Coalition"
