One City will unite 28 community organizations working to prevent violence in the city. Each will have its own team.
"Everyone who is working and operating this league, including the coordinators who are here today, are experts in conflict resolution and are in the communities every day doing the work for violence prevention," said Yolam Anderson-Golhor. , program manager of One City.
A total of 280 players will compete every Saturday, and the league will support them off the court all summer. "We have integrated financial incentives," said Anderson-Golhor."There will be educational off-court programming. Art therapy is included. Job placement is one of our priorities." "It's the work that's going to go on after," Noah said."It's the conversations that are going on after. It's the unity that's happening not just on the court but after. That's what it's all about.""I'm impressed and excited about using these tournaments as a way to actually help develop and teach life skills as well," Johnson said."So, right on.
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