Weekend Academy for Sport & Society Training Camp featuring Philadelphia 76ers and NBA Star Willie Green.
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The Weekend Academy for Sport & Society featuring
NBA Star Willie Green of the Philadelphia 76ers is a collaborative partnership
between Pro Sports Community Consultants (PSCC), the Philadelphia
School District's Office of School Climate and Safety (OSCS) and the
Philadelphia Community whereby high school students are introduced to the lives
and histories of public figures, artists, entertainers, and professional
athletes who have committed their lives, careers, and public fame to causes
involving peace, unity, non-violence, and social change with a special focus on
Renaissance Man and International icon Paul Robeson.
During select weekends from January until June, students are exposed to a
diversity careers in the music, entertainment, and professional sports
industries and are tutored in creative writing, mathematics, computers, and SAT
preparation.
Participants also take community field trips to local sporting events, engage
professional athletes in community forum on their careers, and are exposed to
regular workshops integrated with sports and entertainment themes covering
issues such as peer pressure, drugs, and alcohol, violence, cultural and social
responsibility, leadership, and academic achievement including.
Parents and the community are regularly invited to join their children in
weekend physical activities (and athletic competition) that combine lessons of
sports with inner growth and personal achievement.