BEAT THE STREETS LOS ANGELES BLOG

2020-21 Season in Review
As we conclude the 2020-21 school year, we are grateful to look back on a season of memorable accomplishments and programs for the Beat the Streets LA community.  Tomorrow's Leaders Program Starting last fall, we began the Tomorrow’s Leaders Program,...
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Congratulations to our Graduating Athletes!
This summer, Beat the Streets LA is sending off its graduating senior class to college, the military, and beyond.  Of the graduates, and soon-to-be Beat the Streets LA alumni, 15 will attend college in the fall, two will join the...
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Hiring: AmeriCorps VISTA Position Open for 2021-22 Season
In direct partnership with Up2Us Sports, Beat the Streets Los Angeles is currently looking for a full-time Program Development VISTA for the upcoming programming year. This volunteer position will be through the AmeriCorps VISTA program (link). The benefits of serving...
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Year of Seasonal Academies Concludes with Spring Academy
For the last six weeks, over 250 youth took part in the Spring Academy where they engaged in outdoor workouts, push-up and jump squat challenges, workbook activities, a chess tournament, and a program finale on Zoom. The Spring Academy was...
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Coach Spotlight: Jose Ramos, Beat the Streets LA Antelope Valley
Jose Ramos’s most vivid memory from his first high school wrestling practice back in 2009 was the coach telling everyone to do 60 push ups. Ramos, a self-proclaimed “scrawny freshman” at the time, said he couldn’t even do a single...
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Postseason Survey
Thank you for completing this post-season survey! We use surveys to measure the impact of our programs. This helps us improve in every way. It also lets the donors, foundations, and other organizations that support us know that we are...
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Women’s Coaching Recruitment Seminar featuring Clarissa Chun
On Wednesday, June 2nd at 6pm (PDT), Beat the Streets Los Angeles will host a women-only virtual fireside chat with USA Wrestling's Assistant National Women's Coach and 2012 Olympian Clarissa Chun. At the seminar, current and prospective women coaches in...
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Athlete Spotlight: Miyah Cleveland
Miyah Cleveland, senior at Fremont High School, started wrestling because of a joke. While dropping her friend off at practice as a favor one day, Cleveland met the wrestling coach, who teasingly said he would “see her at the next...
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Beat the Streets National & The Sports Bra Project Team Up To Close Gender Gap 
The Sports Bra Project will be donating 1,500 sports bras for girls participating in Beat the Streets organizations across the country! The Sports Bra Project has a mission of increasing access sports for women and girls by removing barriers to...
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LA84 Foundation Awards Beat the Streets Los Angeles $50,000
We are excited to announce that Beat the Streets Los Angeles is a proud 2021 grant recipient of the LA84 Foundation! The grant will total $50,000, the second largest grant in the nine-year history of Beat the Streets LA. The...
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