BOOKS OVER BALLS

Books Over Balls program is helping to bring the under served /disadvantage youth off the streets and onto the basketball court, where their focus can be driven to community unity, education, and professional success,.The purpose of this program is to positively impact the lives of Chicago youth (ages 11 to 24) by promoting higher education, social and emotional learning, positive behavior interventions, STEM, financial literacy, career readiness, accountability, respect, mentoring, leadership, violence prevention and civic engagement. It is with the undeniably passionate vehicle of basketball, that we strive to build a citywide coalition of Community organizations, Community Service, Schools, Churches, Businesses, and Media to work together to unify the masses for community outreach and philanthropy, to support, empower, and impact the lives of youth.