This week my guest is Sarah Murray of Women Win, who is a global authority on play who has spent two decades promoting gender inclusion in sport. Wearing the Women Win jersey since 2009, she is currently the organization’s U.S. and Global Catalyze Director — leading efforts to empower adolescent girls to achieve their rights through sport. In this role, she captains strategy development, programs, resource mobilization and global thought leadership.
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More About Sarah: Prior to joining Women Win, Murray spent 10 years as the Web Producer for the Women’s Sports Foundation – a nonprofit started by Billie Jean King focused on gender equity in sport. Her editorial leadership secured the top Google result for “women’s sports” and made the organizations the most highly trafficked women’s sport site on the Internet. She authored the GoGirlGo! Curriculum, which won the U.S. National Health award and worked with top athlete activists such as Mia Hamm, Christiane Amanpour, Geena Davis and Abby Wambach. An animated public speaker, Murray has challenged audiences from stages such as Beyond Sport, IWG Women in Sport and Next Step. She regularly facilitates cross-cultural workshops related to gender, sport, leadership, storytelling and human-centered design. Her writing has appeared in dozens of magazines, newspapers and books, including Feministing.org, Women’s Adventure and the Huffington Post.
In this episode you’ll hear:
•How your organization can develop a “tribe” to increase the scale and depth of engagement
•Ways to encourage progress in gender inclusion in sport by rewarding organizations and programs for excellent practices
•About Digital Storytelling, a workshop-based methodology that focuses on the everyday person’s ability to share aspects of their life story.
