Soccer, Community, Innovation, Politics (SCIP)
Goals
The SCIP VIP leverages the beautiful game of soccer and other sports to understand and to accelerate community and youth transformation. Teams study various forms of innovation, work with local organizations that use soccer to transform youth in the state of Georgia and beyond, produce children’s books and other media, generate resources for community development, create new soccer datasets, host conferences on soccer’s societal impact, and produce media to inspire the world about local superheroes and community leaders.
Issues Involved or Addressed
Global Development, philanthropy, media, leadership, power relations, youth development, neighborhood transformation, leadership, social innovation
Partners/Sponsors
Jon R. Wilcox, Rise Up & Care
Link(s)
Methods and Technologies
- Working in multinational teams
- Art directing
- Branding
- Social media
- Web design
- Product design
- Film-making
- Writing
- Portuguese
- Illustrating
Majors Sought
Business: General Management
Computing: Computational Media, Computer Science – Online MS
Design: Industrial Design
Engineering: Analytics – Online MS, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering
Liberal Arts: Economics, History, Technology, and Society, International Affairs
Preferred Interests and Preparation
Major(s) all: Background/interest in transforming neighborhoods and youth in the Global South. Should also appreciate documentary film, children’s books, story-telling.
Major(s) all: Experience with or willingness to learn social entrepreneurship.
Advisor
Kirk Bowman
Kirk Bowman
kirk.bowman@inta.gatech.edu
Day, Time & Location
Full Team Meeting:
12:30-1:20 Thursday
CoC 107
Subteam meetings scheduled after classes begin.