DC SCORES Revamps Youth W.O.R.D. Project for Promising Young Poets in DC
DC SCORES has relaunched the Youth W.O.R.D. Project, an initiative to support young spoken word artists in Washington, DC. DC[...]
Category: Updates
DC SCORES Teams Up With Partners to Support Poet-Athletes During the 2022 Men’s World Cup
As any World Cup manager will tell you, teamwork pays off. This month, that maxim has been especially true for[...]
DC SCORES Wrapped: Celebrating a Year of Highlights From 2022
2022 was an important year for DC SCORES. More students than ever participated in the organization’s award-winning after-school program, which[...]
DC Creatives Come Together to Produce America SCORES World Cup Commercial
A soccer player places the ball on the penalty spot, breathes deeply, and shouts “Let’s go!” before striking cleanly into[...]
Twelve Middle School Teams Compete At The District’s Most Iconic Soccer Venues in DC SCORES Capital Cup Championships
DC SCORES middle school poet-athletes took to the pitch at Audi Field and The Fields at RFK for the 2022[...]
“Poetry Is My Foundation”: How Alumna Zarea Boyde Found Her Voice, and Her Power, Through DC SCORES
Zarea Boyde can pinpoint the exact moment she knew she was hooked on DC SCORES. She was seven years old,[...]
Almost Thirty Years After DC SCORES Was Founded at Her School, Alumna Laisha T. Dougherty Shares How Program Inspired Public Service Career
Laisha T. Dougherty was in second grade when her school, Marie Reed Elementary, introduced its girls’ soccer team. Established by[...]
After Two Years of Virtual Competitions, In-Person Poetry Slams Return For DC SCORES Poet-Athletes
Thousands of poet-athletes from more than 40 DC public schools competed in the first slams to be held in person[...]
“We’re A Good Mix”: Brothers José and Ronald Granados Make DC SCORES a Family Affair
In the close-knit community of DC SCORES, it’s not uncommon to hear people refer to the organization as a family.[...]
“We’re A Community”: DC SCORES Delivers Fun for More Than 2,000 Poet-Athletes at Fall Frenzy Events
Fans of the sport know that fall is always an exciting highlight of the soccer calendar and the DC SCORES[...]
One Night One Goal 2022 Raises More Than $440,000 to Break DC SCORES Fundraising Records
On October 6, 2022, DC SCORES hosted its fifth annual One Night One Goal gala and raised the highest-ever fundraising[...]
From Columbia Heights to College: DC SCORES Alumna Yanina Chicas Reflects on Identity and Community as She Begins New Life Chapter
Chicas has just begun her first semester at Lafayette College as a Posse Scholar. In November 2016, Yanina Chicas stepped[...]