Lunchtime Speaker: Beyond the Field: The 30-Year Legacy of the Poet-Athlete
What started in 1994 as a small soccer team for 15 girls at Marie Reed Elementary has evolved into a city-wide movement, transforming thousands of "poet-athletes" across North America every year. Katrina Owens, Executive Director of DC SCORES, shares the organization’s journey from a grassroots experiment to a cornerstone of Washington, DC’s youth development landscape. […]