Transforming communities through the power of poet-athletes.

DC SCORES

Washington, D.C.

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Our goal is to reach every Title 1 elementary and middle school in the District by 2030. Build Poet-Athlete City with us!

What We Do

  • Soccer
  • Poetry
  • Service Learning

Soccer

DC SCORES creates neighborhood soccer teams that become lifelong communities. By coming together for practices, gamedays, and tournaments across the school year, poet-athletes forge meaningful relationships with friends and coaches and build a support network that stays with them long after they graduate from the program.

Poetry

During our fall season, poet-athletes learn how to write creatively and perform their poetry as a team. By raising their voices on the issues they care about most, poet-athletes improve their social and emotional health, learn to express themselves creatively, and become champions for their neighborhoods and wider communities.

Service Learning

In the spring, poet-athletes take on an issue they explored in their poetry and apply their soccer teamwork skills to a community service project. By working together on something that matters to them, poet-athletes form deep connections to their neighborhoods and become young leaders for positive change in their city.

Who We Are

We envision a D.C. where every child experiences the joys of childhood and is empowered to grow into a physically and emotionally healthy adult — on and off the playing field.

3500

+

Poet-Athletes
Served Each Year

68

+

Schools

30

Years of Impact

Student Voices

“DC SCORES and poetry makes me feel happy, it makes me feel powerful, it makes me feel me."

- Uel, DC SCORES Poet-Athlete

“[DC SCORES' Our Words Our City] was my ‘I made it’ moment. All artists have that, so it made me feel like an artist.”

- Kayla, DC SCORES Poet-Athlete

"I love DC SCORES and I love my dad. I like DC SCORES because you can meet new friends."

- Aspen Jr., DC SCORES Poet-Athlete

“I wanted to share my story. DC SCORES gave me that space.”

- Yanina, DC SCORES Alumna

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