World Football Day

Soccer is the game of life: Carling Jackson’s “Uprooted to Unstoppable”

By:  Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer In light of the first days of the 2026 FIFA World Cup getting underway, and to celebrate World Football (Soccer) Day, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), unveiled a mural celebrating soccer players who came from backgrounds of displacement caused by conflicts and disasters around the world. The mural “Uprooted to Unstoppable,” was painted by Canadian artist and former soccer player Carling Jackson. The Peak spoke with Jackson to learn more about this mural, and the impacts of soccer around the world for diverse communities. This interview has been edited…

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