PeacePlayers 2023 Impact Report 5 18 (5) - Flipbook - Page 63
WHERE THE SYSTEM
HAS FALLEN SHORT,
community sports organizations like
PeacePlayers and many others are
stepping in to eliminate barriers to
access. In the southside of Chicago,
we provide transportation to get
children to our programming because
of safety issues and shortage of sports
facilities; in Baltimore, we partnered
with a local community center to seek
funding to renovate their dilapidated
basketball gym. In Brooklyn, we’ve built
a grassroots girls basketball pipeline
from third grade all the way to high
school that includes girls of various
skill levels. In Los Angeles, where the
pay-to-play system has priced out
many young people from their local
recreation centers, we are working with
our local Los Angeles Rec and Parks
to offer our programs to make centers
more accessible. In Detroit, we facilitate
quarterly community conversations in
partnership with the Detroit Pistons,
Detroit Public
School, and
other local
stakeholders to
identify gaps
and collaborate
on solutions
affecting youth
sports and the
wider Detroit
community.”
-PeacePlayers United States
co-Executive Director Sally Nnamani, Speaking at
the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Commission Hearing
