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AmeriCorps Week 2024: AmeriCorps Is Not a Moment, It’s a Movement

AmeriCorps Week 2024: AmeriCorps Is Not a Moment, It’s a Movement

AmeriCorps will lead the celebration of AmeriCorps Week 2024 during the agency’s 30th anniversary. The theme, AmeriCorps is not a moment, it’s a movement, demonstrates the hundreds of thousands of members and volunteers, and the millions of alumni, who have committed to get things done for America for the past three decades.

[WATCH] National Girls & Women in Sports Day Virtual Celebration

[WATCH] National Girls & Women in Sports Day Virtual Celebration

On Wednesday, February 7th, Up2Us Sports hosted very special conversation in celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day with Training Manager Alannah Scardino, Up2Us Sports Ambassador Simone Charley, and Kensington Soccer Club participant Evie Morales.

Service Members Reflect on National Mentoring Month

Service Members Reflect on National Mentoring Month

Each January, MENTOR unites communities for National Mentoring Month. We are proud to join MENTOR by amplifying the voices of three of our AmeriCorps service members this month.

Seasoned Sports & Entertainment Tech Executive Scott Levy Joins Up2Us Sports Board of Directors

Seasoned Sports & Entertainment Tech Executive Scott Levy Joins Up2Us Sports Board of Directors

Up2Us Sports is pleased to announce the addition of Scott Levy to their Board of Directors. At the November 14th quarterly Board of Directors Meeting, Levy was voted in unanimously. The Board now sits at 19 members.

Up2Us Coaches Reflect on Coaching and #ThanksCoach

Up2Us Coaches Reflect on Coaching and #ThanksCoach

As we close out 2023, we spoke with some of our coaches about what is most rewarding about being a coach, what made them want to become a coach, and who they want to say #ThanksCoach to.

Up2Us Coaches, VISTAs, Staff Honor Hispanic Heritage Month

Up2Us Coaches, VISTAs, Staff Honor Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month runs annually from September 15 - October 15 and this year, Up2Us Sports’ Hispanic and Latinx coaches, VISTAs, and staff proudly shared about their Hispanic heritage, their culture and how it has shaped who they are and the work they do in the SBYD field.

[LISTEN] Danielle Lugo on Athletic Brewing Co.'s podcast, Without Compromise

[LISTEN] Danielle Lugo on Athletic Brewing Co.'s podcast, Without Compromise

Up2Us Sports’ Los Angeles Program Manager Danielle Lugo was selected for the 2023 cohort of the Laureus Sport for Good Emerging Leaders Program. Part of her experience was her joining Peter Feldman from Laureus on The Athletic Brewing's podcast, Without Compromise.

[WATCH] Morgan Stanley Innovation Awards Features Up2Us Sports

[WATCH] Morgan Stanley Innovation Awards Features Up2Us Sports

The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health Innovation Awards—an initiative that aims to identify and fund mental healthcare solutions for children and young adults across the United States—honors a 2022 winner, Up2Us Sports.

National Poetry Month: Coaches Using Sports & Poetry to Make an Impact

National Poetry Month: Coaches Using Sports & Poetry to Make an Impact

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we spoke with with some of our Up2Us Coaches about how they use poetry and sport to inspire the next generation of poet-athletes and what some of their favorite aspects to coach in both poetry and sport are.