Since 1996, Dr. Richard Zamoff has served as the Director of the Jackie Robinson Project. Originally headquartered at George Washington University in Washington, DC, the project has educated over 17,000 students across the US and Japan about the life and legacy of the first African American player in Major League Baseball’s modern era. Dr. Zamoff brought the Jackie Robinson Project to Tampa Bay International School last school year. With his son and school head, Bennett, he taught a unit on Jackie Robinson to our history and social students and made site visits to area synagogues, schools and community centers to educate the public about Robinson’s life and legacy. This school year, Dr. Zamoff will continue to teach a unit on Jackie Robinson’s impact - Athletes for Social Change – and visit younger TBIS students periodically to teach them about the life, legacy and historical significance of Jackie Robinson.