BEAT THE STREETS LOS ANGELES BLOG

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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Tomorrow’s Leaders Program Update
Beat the Streets Los Angeles is halfway through a successful second phase of its inaugural Tomorrow’s Leaders Program, growing its impact to over 20 participants. The Tomorrow’s Leaders Program, offered to high school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates, features virtual...
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Informed Consent for person-to-person contact
In accordance with the most recent Reopening Protocols for Youth and Adult Recreational Sports Leagues (click here) by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, with your informed consent, your child can participate in moderate and high-contact activities outdoors. If...
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Coach Santa Maria and Beat the Streets Downey
John Santa Maria, head coach of Beat the Streets Downey, received additional funding for his community wrestling program this year. The generous grant, awarded to Beat the Streets Los Angeles by West Coast Sports Associates (WSA), will help Coach Santa...
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