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Switch the Pitch Oakland
A community initiative rooted in racial justice in soccer in partnership with Oakland Roots
About the Project
The purpose of Switch the Pitch is to strengthen community, build individual and collective empathy, examine and interrogate inequitable structures, and apply a racial justice lens to the practice of coaching and nurturing youth.
Switch the Pitch equips participants to foster meaningful dialogue and lead by example to take action toward racial justice. We leverage tools to…
Key Facts
8
total months of immersive participation in both cohorts in Oakland
6
participating educational institutions, from middle and high to Division I colleges and universities
3,500+
Bay Area youth soccer players indirectly impacted through Switch the Pitch
Project Partners
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