PeacePlayers International
non-profit organization in the USA
PeacePlayers International is a non-profit organization which uses the game of basketball to unite and educate children and their communities.
In 2017, NIKE partnered with Peaceplayers International to promote equality in communities across the United States through the power of sport.
On Wednesday 11 July 2007, David Cullen and Trevor Ringland received the Arthur Ashe award for Courage at the 2007 ESPY awards.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “PeacePlayers International” is non-profit organization in the USA. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through PeacePlayers, International and non-profit, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “non-profit organization in the USA” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 18, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q7157421. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017 and 2007.
Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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