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USRowing to Hold Second-Annual Changing the Tide Workshop
By Brett Johnson // USRowing // January 31, 2008
USRowing will host approximately 100 coaches and non-profit leaders in its second annual “Changing the Tide – Making Rowing Accessible to Urban Youth” workshop on Saturday, February 23, in Philadelphia, Pa.
The interactive workshop, which is being held from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Tuttleman Learning Center at Temple University, will address the challenges and opportunities of bringing the sport of rowing to the youth of urban America.
Peter Westbrook, founder and executive director of the Peter Westbrook Foundation in New York, and Julian Zimlich, outreach director at the George Pocock Rowing Foundation in Seattle, highlight the list of presenters. A six-time Olympian and 1984 Olympic bronze medalist in the sport of fencing, Westbrook now runs the Peter Westbrook Foundation, which utilizes fencing as a vehicle to develop life skills for young people from underserved communities. Since its inception, the organization has seen thousands of inner city kids come through its doors and has produced collegiate, national and Olympic level fencers who also have excelled academically at prestigious high schools and universities. Zimlich, a former college and elite rower, is the director of the Pocock Rowing Foundation’s outreach program and wrote The Rowing Outreach Cookbook, which explores how to match outreach vision with organizational realities.
Other presenters scheduled to lead break-out sessions include John Cruzat, USA Swimming’s diversity specialist who will discuss his organization’s outreach efforts and the values of such programs; Robert Kidd, USRowing board member and chairman of USRowing’s Task Force on Access, Affordability and Diversity, who will lead a panel discussion on the organizational facets of summer rowing programs and similar outreach initiatives; and Amanda Kraus of Row New York, who will lead a discussion on how to create long-term rowing opportunities.
If you are interested in attending the workshop, please register in advance at www.Regattacentral.com by clicking on the USRowing button under “Camps & Clinics.” The registration fee is $100 per participant. (Fee waivers are available for programs that may not be able to afford the cost by contacting USRowing at 1-800-314-4ROW.)
USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing’s Official Sponsor is Johnson & Johnson; its Official Suppliers are Hudson Boat Works, NIKE, Inc., and Rosetta Stone; its Official Patron is Concept2; its Official Electronics Outfitter is Nielsen Kellerman; its Official Timer is Powerhouse Timing; its Official Registrar is RegattaCentral; and its Preferred Printer is Sport Graphics Printing. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation.
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