AMERICA SCORES New York
New York, New York
America SCORES New York seeks to create equitable opportunities for young people to experience sport, express themselves and inspire positive change off the field and outside the classroom. Using a social justice youth development framework, we emphasize racial equity, fair play, teamwork and youth voice as key drivers of building a better, more equitable New York City. Our unique after-school program partners with public schools across New York City, blending soccer, poetry and civic engagement and deploying coach-mentors who help shine a spotlight on these poet-athletes, inspiring them to develop the skills necessary to lead impactful lives off the field and outside the classroom.
America SCORES was started in 1994 by a public-school teacher in Washington, D.C. and is a national organization serving 15,000 students.
America SCORES New York was founded in 2001 to address the absence of high-quality after-school programs for public schools in under-resourced NYC communities. Its core social justice youth development program provides 1,000 students in grades K-12 with daily soccer, poetry and civic engagement workshops, complemented by weekly soccer games, ... Read More
