WHY GIRLS PLAYING BASEBALL MATTERSJUSTINE SIEGAL

ISDPA POWER OF SPORT SUMMIT 2010

BASEBALL FOR ALL

Provide meaningful opportunities and instruction in baseball, especially for girls.

BaseballForAll.com

BASEBALL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Providing girls the opportunity to play baseball

fosters both empowered girls

and enlightened boys.

SPARKS

http://www.girlsofsummermovie.com/trailer.html

THE CHALLENGE

Chelsea Baker: A Case Study

http://www.thefocusmagazine.com/rod-baseball.htm

IT MATTERS TO ME...

“Baseball and softball are two entirely different

sports, so girls should have the option to choose

which is their preference and pursue that decision

without having to face historical gender biases as

an obstacle.” -April

IT MATTERS TO ME...

“I have loved baseball since I was very small.

Actually playing it was out of the question for one

of my generation, so I ultimately moved on to

other sports. I wonder how things might have

been different had I been encouraged and allowed

to pursue baseball. Being a Red Sox fan is not the

same as being a baseball player.” - Lynn

IT MATTERS TO ME...

“People should be judged on ability, not on

color, religion, ethnicity, or sex. One group

in society should not have power and

privilege over another — yet this is the case

when ruling bodies of men forbid girls and

women from playing baseball.” - Barbara

IT MATTERS TO ME...

“For no other reason then, the fact that

women are humans, and in so being, should

be afforded any and all rights as given to

men.” - Tammy

FREEDOM TO BE

“What most people want is the freedom to

be able to choose and not have it chosen

for them.” - Leslie

FREEDOM TO BE

“I play baseball because i love it and

because i can play it. I am only nine and

some people say i am to small or i am a

girl but i say "watch me play then

decide". If a girl is good enough, then

why can't they play? I KNOW GIRLS CAN

PLAY BASEBALL!!!” -Natasha

SUCCESS

WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER

WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER

“One has got to say to our people, ‘I

love you. I care for you.’ And when I

care about black liberation, it is

because I care about white liberation.”

- Desmond Tutu

CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION

If you tell a girl she can’t play

baseball what else will she believe

she can’t do?

CONCLUSION

If you tell a girl she can’t play

baseball what else will she believe

she can’t do?

If you tell a girl she can play

baseball what will she believe she

can do?