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[WATCH] 1-on-1 With Up2Us Sports, Episode 6: Sasha DiGiulian

[WATCH] 1-on-1 With Up2Us Sports, Episode 6: Sasha DiGiulian

1-on-1 with Up2Us Sports is a virtual series hosted by Up2Us Sports where we sit down and speak with athletes, coaches, partners and others about interesting topics related to our work in the Sports-Based Youth Development field. Episode 6 is with Sasha Digiulian.

[WATCH] She Changes the Game Lunch & Learn Series, Episode 2: Targeted Recruitment & Best Practices From the Field

[WATCH] She Changes the Game Lunch & Learn Series, Episode 2: Targeted Recruitment & Best Practices From the Field

Up2Us Sports launched a Lunch & Learn Series for our She Changes the Game initiative in order to educate sports-based youth development programs about diversifying recruitment strategies, the importance and benefits of having women staff and coaches, and the progress we’ve made in advancing opportunities for women and girls in sport.

[WATCH] She Changes the Game Lunch & Learn Series, Episode 1: Impact of Women Coaches on Youth

[WATCH] She Changes the Game Lunch & Learn Series, Episode 1: Impact of Women Coaches on Youth

Up2Us Sports launched a Lunch & Learn Series for our She Changes the Game initiative in order to educate sports-based youth development programs about diversifying recruitment strategies, the importance and benefits of having women staff and coaches, and the progress we’ve made in advancing opportunities for women and girls in sport.

[WATCH] 1-on-1 With Up2Us Sports, Episode 5: NB3 Foundation & National Nutrition Month

[WATCH] 1-on-1 With Up2Us Sports, Episode 5: NB3 Foundation & National Nutrition Month

1-on-1 with Up2Us Sports is a virtual series hosted by Up2Us Sports where we sit down and speak with athletes, coaches, partners and others about interesting topics related to our work in the Sports-Based Youth Development field. Episode 5 with the NB3 Foundation.

Getting to Know: Nate LeJeune

Getting to Know: Nate LeJeune

In 2013, Nate LeJeune moved his family to New Orleans in pursuit of a sacred calling: to work with young people in a youth development setting, most likely a church program. He had no idea that this calling would lead him to Up2Us Sports.

Getting to Know: Jerita Mitchell

Getting to Know: Jerita Mitchell

Finishing school with a degree in Kinesiology in hand, Jerita Mitchell thought a career awaited her in a hospital or clinical setting. Instead, she discovered it on the playing field.

Up2Us Sports to Host Virtual Celebration for National Girls & Women in Sports Day

Up2Us Sports to Host Virtual Celebration for National Girls & Women in Sports Day

Join Up2Us Sports Ambassadors and She Changes The Game Advisory Council members for an incisive virtual conversation on how to get more women coaching and more girls playing sports.

Getting to Know: Dr. Ahada McCummings

Getting to Know: Dr. Ahada McCummings

Dr. Ahada McCummings is not afraid to make changes, on the playing field or in life. It might surprise you to learn that Up2Us Sports’ Senior National Director of External Affairs and Organizational Learning began her professional life in the field of mathematics, working as an actuary for an insurance company in New York City.

Turning National Service into Meaningful Careers

Turning National Service into Meaningful Careers

Up2Us Sports may be best known as the only national service program for sports. But beyond providing kids and communities with caring coach-mentors, Up2Us Sports supports its service members who wish to find full-time nonprofit and/or sports-related work.