America SCORES

As our Black History Month celebrations come to a close, we want to share one last poem by Victoria from America Scores Milwaukee! Read her powerful words in "Dream"

Check out "Self Love" - a poem by poet-athletes from America SCORES Chicago! They were inspired by poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni and her poem "Ego Tripping." Nikki Giovanni is best known for being at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s!

Attend this great event happening tomorrow! Register and see Canada SCORES Vancouver poet-athletes shine: http://www.tinyurl.com/cscores21

Come celebrate Black History Month this week with DC SCORES! As a part of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's series titled Respect Her Crank!: Creating Sounds of Blackness, our very own Charity Blackwell will be hosting the session tomorrow! https://hirshhorn.si.edu//respect-her-crank-cr/2021-02-25/

We have a Black History Month poet-athlete feature from DC SCORES for you today! Read an excerpt from poet-athletes at Brightwood Education Campus in their poem "Discrimination."

Our Black History Month spotlight today is with America SCORES Chicago: The Chicago Black Renaissance was the name of a movement that was the embodiment of arts, community organizing, and social activity of African Americans in Chicago during the 1930s-1950s. Here were some prominent figures of the time!

Today's Finalist Feature is Stacey from America SCORES Cleveland! See him perform his poem "The One and Only" on YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R06xRBoljY0 The premiere of the Ourwordsourcities movie is happening next week! Save the date and join us: https://bit.ly/OWOCPremiere

Today's Finalist Feature is Solayna from America SCORES New York! See her performance of her poem "Gun Violence" on YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yv3rcoXPthA The premiere of the Ourwordsourcities movie is less than two weeks away! See Solayna and the other finalists on the big screen next week! Save the Date and join us: https://bit.ly/OWOCPremiere

Happy New Year from America SCORES!

We're kicking off our countdown to the Ourwordsourcities premiere with a performance from Ahmed! Check out his poem "War" on YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lhWSgbkZ5oI Remember to save the date for the premiere! Sign up for a calendar reminder here: https://bit.ly/OWOCPremiere

We are two weeks away from the live world premiere of Our Words Our Cities- an original documentary about America SCORES’ National Poetry Slam Series and our poet-athletes. Mark your calendars on January 14th to not miss out on this exciting event! https://bit.ly/OWOCPremiere

Our Finalist Feature for today is Ryan from America SCORES Bay Area! Watch his performance of "Hidden Treasures" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGlVPFzLjw&t=27s The premiere of the Ourwordsourcities movie is next month! Save the date and join us: https://bit.ly/OWOCPremiere

We’re excited to announce that the world premiere of America SCORES’ poetry documentary Our Words Our Cities will take place online on January 14th, 2021 5pm PST | 7pm CT | 8pm EST! Join us! Follow Ourwordsourcities to stay up to date with news about this live virtual event! Sign up for a calendar reminder: https://bit.ly/OWOCPremiere

Join in for America SCORES Bay Area's SCORES Soccer Summit, happening today! This awesome event has some incredible speakers in partnership with womeninsoccerus!

Today's Finalist Feature is Ndeye from America SCORES St. Louis! Check out her performance of "Floating" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmh9sXG1pgs Watch Ndeye and the other finalists during the premiere of the Ourwordsourcities movie next month! Save the Date: https://bit.ly/OWOCPremiere

Yesterday, Volkswagen made a contribution on behalf of VW Ambassadors Tyler Adams and Crystal Dunn to support America SCORES programming. Thank you for supporting the future of soccer!

Our coaches have made this year a Year to Remember! They have made sure our poet-athletes are safe, supported, and hopeful virtually and in-person. You can help SCORES coaches continue to make a difference by donating this Giving Tuesday! https://bit.ly/GivingScores2020

Thank you so much to our friends at the Manchester United Foundation and Manchester United USA Supporters Club for providing an autographed Manchester United jersey - the top Giving Tuesday donor across our entire America SCORES network will receive this amazing prize! https://bit.ly/GivingScores2020