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Student-Athletes Leading Social Change (SALSC)

Student-Athletes Leading Social Change (SALSC) is a passionate coalition of current and former college student-athletes who want to use their leadership skills to make a real difference on a local, national, and international level. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization began as a natural offshoot of our Leadership Academies and allows interested student-athletes to apply their leadership skills to social change issues across the globe. SALSC has raised over $120,000 during the past two years to help build schools for impoverished villages in Kenya and Ecuador.

 

Check out the Big Ten Network's Special Feature on SALSC and Co-Founder CeCe Marizu:

 

 

KENYA 2010

In 2010, SALSC sent a team of student-athletes from Michigan, Illinois, Lehigh, North Carolina, and Central Michigan to Sikirar, a small remote village in the Masaai Mara region of Kenya. The team of student-athletes worked side by side with the Maasai tribe to help build the school SALSC funded, conducted a sports camp for the local children, went on a water walk with the mamas of the village, and immersed themselves in the Kenyan culture.

 

Check out our SALSC Kenya Highlight Video:

 

 

ECUADOR 2011

In 2011, SALSC sent a team of student-athletes from Michigan, Illinois, Lehigh, North Carolina, Central Michigan, and Iowa State to Chismaute, Ecuador. Again, the team worked side by side with the community to build an elementary school, support a Girls' Leadership Club, implement a water project, and develop a sports field for the community. SALSC also won the Big Dreamers Award and a $5,000 grant from Free the Children for their inspiring work.

 

Check out our SALSC Ecuador Highlight Video:

 

 

CHICAGO 2012

SALSC will sponsor a service project in Chicago on June 9, 2012 in conjunction with the Chicago Serv-a-thon. Check the SALSC site for details.

 

KENYA 2012

SALSC will return to Kenya in 2012 on another service leadership trip to build another school for a remote African village.

 

 

 

 

SALSC Co-Founders

SALSC was co-founded in 2009 by Janssen Sports Leadership Center founder Jeff Janssen, Illinois swimmer CeCe Marizu, and Central Michigan women's soccer player Amanda Waugh.