by Raphael | May 29, 2020 | News, Stories
In 2012, a Senator tree in Florida tragically burned and fell to the ground. This wasn’t just any old tree. It happened to be 3500 years old, declared by President Calvin Coolidge as a ‘National Historic Monument’, and a centerpiece of Big Tree Park...
by Raphael | Jun 14, 2017 | Kids & Family, Stories
Disney’s Queen of Katwe movie tells the amazing story of Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the slums of Katwe, Uganda, whose life is changed forever through discovering chess. You may have watched the movie in a theater, on an airline flight or on DVD. If you...
by Raphael | Apr 20, 2017 | Stories
Since 1991 Barbara has visited Kenya where Antonio and Eunice started a school in rural Kitale, Kenya about 12 years ago. Every time Barbara visits Kenya she has asked Antonio (“Tony”) what is needed for the school. He told her that one of their teachers in the school...
by Josh Burger | Nov 28, 2016 | Kids & Family, News, Stories, Teachers
Raydell Lacey’s chess club Chess Moves Against Violence is just the beginning of strategic action toward ending violence. A September 2016 chess tournament was the brainchild of Lacey, a chess parent who lost her grandson to senseless gun violence. Raydell shares, “My...
by Raphael | Sep 7, 2016 | News, Stories, Uncategorized
The Queen of Katwe is based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled...