CWRU’s Dennis Harris discusses the National Youth Sports Program initiative

This summer youth sports camp was common nationally. Now, Cleveland’s is among the last

ideastream: Dennis Harris, director of the university’s National Youth Sports Program, discussed the initiative, which was once a coalition of about 200 universities founded in 1968 to provide economically disadvantaged youth with access to sports and educational programs. The lone remaining participant is CWRU. “I get the sports, we add in some educational classes,” he said. “Now we teach the kids about history, about leadership, civics. We have a music class. We have it all here.”