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Hoops for Hope Basketball Tournament organized by SAYA!'s Young Professionals Action Council on May 1, 2010 (Photo: Robert Nickelsberg).
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SAYA!'s sports program
engages high school youth four times a week in organized basketball to increase
their athletic skills, health awareness, self-confidence and leadership skills.
Through mentoring, conditioning exercises, basketball drills, games and tournaments,
the Sports Coordinator motivates youth to set and achieve personal goals. Basketball
is a means to an end; the program is about the holistic development of these youth.
This year the traveling team competed in four New York City-based competitions:
Lefrak City Basketball Tournament, Real People Serious about Basketball (RPSA)
Championship, Utopia Classic Tournament and the United East Basketball League
(UEBL). Young
Men's Empowerment Group meets on Friday afternoons to play basketball. Sports
provides a common activity and safe space for youth to raise social, emotional,
cultural and religious challenges and get connected to SAYA!'s other programs.
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Desi Girls on 'Da Rise Students compete at Hoops for Hope Basketball Tournament. |
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