Coach Hill draws on her experience as an NAACP activist and marcher in the March on Washington to teach her students about Black history.
Howard soccer coaches and former players have been instrumental in expanding DC SCORES’ work in the District.
DC SCORES has launched the League of Champions, an annual giving society made up of individuals who have made transformative gifts to the nonprofit.
Vincent has been partnering with DC SCORES to support and inspire girls in the District through a shared love of soccer. Photo: Justin Williams.
Winter programming has been a hit at Thomas Elementary for the past two years. Photo: Brian Anderson
At Neval Thomas Elementary School, DC SCORES poet-athletes are beating the cold and learning new skills by participating in DC SCORES’ winter program. Held between the organization’s fall and spring seasons, the winter program incorporates poetry and soccer while also focusing on an important component of being a well-rounded athlete: nutritional health.
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DC SCORES has relaunched the Youth W.O.R.D. Project, an initiative to support young spoken word artists in Washington, DC. DC SCORES, which serves more than 3,000 District kids through its soccer, poetry, and service-learning programs, revamped the project after two years of pandemic disruption.
From dance parties to raffles for DC SCORES merchandise, every World Cup watch party has been a huge hit.
2022 included the return of in-person poetry slams, the organization’s most successful One Night One Goal gala, and a World Cup commercial placing DC SCORES poet-athletes at the center of this year’s biggest soccer story.
The slick 30-second America SCORES commercial showcases the talents of DC SCORES poet-athletes and the work of a number of DC-based creatives. Photo: Brandon Bloch
DC SCORES middle school poet-athletes took to the pitch at Audi Field and The Fields at RFK for the 2022 Capital Cup championship finals. Photo: Justin Williams
Boyde recently joined the DC SCORES staff as a Program Coordinator focused on poetry.
Laisha Dougherty was one of the first poet-athletes to participate in DC SCORES at its founding school, Marie Reed Elementary School.
