Program areas at Philadelphia Youth Basketball
Philadelphia Youth Basketball ("pyb") delivers year-round programming to nearly 1,300 participants led by skilled, caring, and authentic coach-mentors. Central to our approach is the notion that Basketball is an iconic game in our city and region, transcending lines that historically divide us lines of race and ethnicity, neighborhood, and economic circumstance to create relationships that bind us together. Through a combination of Basketball skill-building and game-play, academic enrichment, positive coaching and mentorship, healthy meals and nutrition information, leadership development, and more, we are committed to helping young people build positive relationships with their peers and adults, learning and education, community, and future trajectories.
Lace up & learn up summer camp series (lulu) is a full-day summer camp for participants in grades 5-8. Lulu offers community builders, drills & skills, academic learning, guest speakers, gameplay, and healthy meals.
Pyb's middle school partnership program (mspp) is a comprehensive after-school program, which combines academic enrichment, Basketball skill development, and positive coaching and mentorship to empower young people as students, athletes, and positive leaders in their community.
The i am because we are (iabwa) program is an anti-violence mentorship program that uses Basketball to develop young people ages 13-18 into the next generation of leaders. Deeply rooted in the african philosophy of "ubuntu" in which our sense of self is shaped by our relationships with others, we combine off-court, social-emotional, identity development curriculum with on-court skill building and gameplay. Iabwa's coach-mentors use restorative strategies to build a thriving community and provide safe spaces for youthespecially those who have been impacted by gun violence and the justice system. Participants benefit from support in mitigating these traumatic environmental circumstances and welcome the program's empowering redirection in their lives.financial empowerment programs include financial literacy workshops and business plan development opportunities, including a "magic academy," which is a startup accelerator model for high school students with prize money.hoophers is a girls empowerment program for middle school students with on-court and off-court skill development tailored to young women to flourish as leaders.workbased learning opportunities are provided to high school students to intern with partner organizations for practical learning experiences, while receiving resources, training, and enrichment to develop as career-ready leaders.