Posts by Stephen Popovich

On November 6, 2017 the Tennessee Titans and United Way of Metro Nashville invited about 50 students from various community centers across the metro Nashville area to their practice facility. A group of players, including Pro-Bowler Jurrell Casey, hosted a panel session discussing various character education topics from the Character Playbook curriculum. Afterwards, the students…

On Tuesday, October 10th Green Bay Packers LB Blake Martinez hosted a video conference chat from Lambeau Field with 8 schools in the Green Bay area. There were about 300 students in attendance for the online event. Blake engaged the students in a true/false activity before fielding questions from a few eager student representatives. As…

On Tuesday, September 26th Cincinnati Bengals LB Vincent “Vinny” Rey and OL Clint Boling talked with a total of close to 400 students from 11 classrooms via video conferencing software. Both players had the opportunity to show their personalities while talking with the students about critical social and emotional learning topics. In response to some…

For the third consecutive month the Dallas Character Playbook LIVE continued to provide insight and ideas on character and healthy relationships to students across the Frisco, Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Arlington Schools. Alfred Morris was the special guest for this edition and hosted the first ever studio audience for a Character Playbook LIVE event at…

On Tuesday, September 19th, Detroit Lions Wide Receivers, Golden Tate and Marvin Jones Jr. joined us for an online video chat with students across the Detroit metro area. Since it was an off day for the team, students were able to see Marvin on daddy duty when his son, Murrell, made a guest appearance. There…

On Tuesday, September 19th New York Jets Linebacker Darron Lee virtually interacted with local New Jersey schools and chatted about the importance of character and healthy relationships. Lee engaged with nearly 200 Essex and West Hudson students in an exciting game of true and false, followed by a student Q&A session where select students had…

On Tuesday, October 3rd Jacksonville Jaguars Wide Receiver Arrelious Benn talked with nearly 100 local Jacksonville students about the importance of character and cultivating and maintaining healthy relationships. Students showed their knowledge of character and healthy relationship concepts such as analyzing influences and communicating effectively through a game of true and false led by Benn.…

On Monday, September 25th New York Giants Linebacker Mark Herzlich virtually gathered with students across the New York City area to chat about the importance of character and healthy relationships. work hard for what you want in life. As the voice of Character Playbook LIVE in New York City, Herzlich engaged with nearly 230 students in…

On Tuesday, September 19th, Cleveland Browns Safety Ibraheim Campbell held a virtual conversation with over 50 local students. Campbell engaged with students about the importance of character development and building and maintaining healthy relationships. Students showed their knowledge on character and healthy relationship concepts such as analyzing influences and communicating effectively through a game of true…

On November 14th the Seattle Seahawks, Verizon, and United Way of King County introduced the Character Playbook LIVE event to the students of Seattle. Streaming LIVE from the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, Seahawks Linebacker KJ Wright and Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett discussed the importance of character and provided specific examples of how to develop these…