This Badminton Academy in a Favela Will Give You Hope for the Rio Olympics

Posted July 26, 2016

External Article: The Washington Post

Kirk Bowman, associate chair and Jon Wilcox Term Professor of Soccer, Global Politics, and Society from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs was quoted in “This Badminton Academy in a Favela Will Give You Hope for the Rio Olympics” for The Washington Post.

Excerpt:

Back then, Ygor was “just a little kid, dreaming of the Olympics,” said Kirk Bowman, a professor in soccer and global politics at Georgia Tech, who runs Rise Up & Care with Jon Wilcox, a banker from Orange County, Calif.

Brazilian filmmaker Katia Lund, a co-director of the hit film “City of God,” is making documentaries about the Rio projects she works with, including Miratus, which will be shown in Rio on Aug. 6.

“The news from Brazil is like the seven plagues,” Bowman said. “But there are positive stories as well, especially in the favelas.”

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