PLAYWORKERS

JPP’s playworkers are the transformative force to ensure all children have the right to play.

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Phoebe Wyllyamz
Lead Playworker

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Cheryl Haner
Lead Playworker (2018-2019)

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Beth Myers, PhD
Co-Founder | Playworker + Teacher

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Tamar Law
Playworker | Afterschool Just Play

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Kevin Maley
Lead Playworker (2018-2019)

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Rusty Keeler
Co-Founder | Designer + Author

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IYB Youth Employment Services (YES!)
Teen Playworkers | Summer 2018

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Alex Cote
Lead Playworker + Trainer

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Kim Wilkinson, PhD
Researcher

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) International Treaty

ARTICLE 31

“THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO REST AND LEISURE, TO ENGAGE IN PLAY AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES APPROPRIATE TO THE AGE OF THE CHILD AND TO PARTICIPATE FREELY IN CULTURAL LIFE AND THE ARTS.”

THE CRC IS THE MOST WIDELY RATIFIED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY - PROTECTING AND RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE. SINCE 1989, 195 OF 196 STATE-PARTIES HAVE RATIFIED THE CRC...LEAVING THE UNITED STATES AS THE SOLE COUNTRY NOT TO RATIFY THE CRC.