Check out this recent article from the AJC about our organization winning the Robert Wood Johnson Sports Award!
This award recognizes and honors those in sports who display an innovative and collaborative approach to making their communities a healthier place to live. This includes sports teams, athletes,
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AGE UP, Border Youth Tennis Exchange, Running Medicine, Soccer in the Streets, and the United States Association of Blind Athletes have been selected as 2020 winners of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Sports Award. This award recognizes and honors those in the sport who display an innovative
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Check out this article from The Athletic about how a Black soccer culture rose in Atlanta!
The first time Tony Carter was called the N-word on the soccer field came when he was nine years old, playing for the South Dekalb YMCA in a match against a
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As part of a summer project, the Clarkston youth players have worked with a community gardener, Ralph MacDonald, to utilize space in their field by turning it into a vibrant garden. Five of the youth players have been visiting the garden weekly to work on keeping the vegetables
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Check out this article from Fox5 Atlanta about Soccer in the Streets!
Founded in Atlanta in 1989, Soccer in the Streets reaches kids through soccer play, work-readiness training, hands-on experiential activities, and participation in youth leadership councils. Since the pandemic, the organization has not been able to
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Check out this article written by ESPN about the various awards at this year’s 2020 ESPY’S!
Our West End Program Manager, Joel Apudo, was one of the recipients for the Billie Jean King Leadership Award! We are so proud of you Joel, keep up the great
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Rose Scott talks to SITS staff members about how our local organization aims to empower youths to build healthier communities through the game of soccer…..
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