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The Ultimate Peace program strives to bring
together thousands of youth who would never
otherwise meet due to the conditions of their
regional conflicts. It tries to teach them lessons
that they will apply in life to create a brighter
future. Barkan has faith in the effectiveness of this
program. “Ultimate Frisbee is such a unique sport
in that no referees are used. Players, even at the
highest level, have to develop the aptitude — the ability — to resolve differences on the field.
They make their own calls and come to some compromise so the game can move on. We felt,
what an amazing opportunity. We didn’t want this to be a missed chance to not use Ultimate
Frisbee as a peace-building tool,”(Barkan, David) Barkan said describing the use of frisbee to
resolve