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Promoting access to youth sports

September 10, 2020 Allison

Access to sports is important, especially for youth. I recently wrote this article for Global Sport Matters: When sports come…

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Associations at work to make the world a better place

August 14, 2020 Allison

I wrote a dozen of the 100 profiles ASAE published for its 100th anniversary. Here’s a look at the important…

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Book project: Cheryl Treworgy

April 9, 2019 Allison

I’m in the process of working with Cheryl Treworgy to write a book about her life. She became the first…

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Running empowers refugees & asylum seekers

April 3, 2019 Allison

This simple running program is changing lives—of refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland as well as local Irish people. All…

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Antiguan women make history

April 2, 2019 Allison

After rowing more than 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua, four Antiguan women became…

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Recent Posts

  • The healing power of nature
  • My favorite stories of 2022
  • An oral history project for pioneers of women’s running
  • Athlete activists
  • Athletes step up as advocates for racial justice