Sport and Art (with Project Backboard)

Shelton Hawkins is the founder of Play in Colour and muralist for Project Backboard. He restores public basketball courts with large-scale artworks. He aims to create safe spaces where kids of all races and genders can become more active. Project Backboard is a 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 2015, whose mission is to renovate public basketball courts and install large scale works of site-specific art on the surface in order to strengthen communities, improve park safety, encourage multi-generational play, and inspire people to think more critically and creatively about their environment.   Articles: Project Backboard: https://projectbackboard.org/about-1 Play in Colour: https://www.playincolor.org/ Historic International Wheelchair Rugby Cup starts in style: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/881486 NHL Backtracks on Pride Tape Ban: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nhl-backtracks-pride-tape-ban-1.7006393 Contact Project Backboard: Dan Peterson: [email protected] Shelton Hawkins: [email protected] ----  Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award in 2023. Send us an email at ⁠[email protected]⁠  Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact⁠ Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-for-social-impact⁠ Follow us on Instagram (@SportsSocImpact)  Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/