PILR is a network of coaches working to eliminate barriers impacting underresourced student-athletes. Through resource distribution, skill building labs, and facilitated peer-learning, our model promotes peer support, community building, and the exchange of new understandings for coaches looking to optimize the impact of sports for young people.

We utilize sports as a vehicle to cultivate community safety, cultural competency, and holistic support for student-athletes. 

Join us in evening the playing field by working to ensure every athlete has a coach, team, and community that fully supports them. Winning is, and always will be, a team effort. For more info email [email protected].

Optimizing the Impact of Sports

In 2021 PILR Training & PA4WN Lab collaborated to provide members of the Greater Philadelphia Area sports ecosystem with space to:

• Envision equal resources for male and female athletic programs
• Identify ways to advance our communities through sports
• Explore the racial wealth gaps that exist in our communities
• Reimagine the power dynamics and equity within athletics
• Provide learning opportunities for coaches and student-athletes

Program participants included collegiate student-athletes, youth and high school coaches, athletic directors, physical trainers, mental wellness practitioners, professors, public health experts, business owners, and elected officials. Images from our inaugural convening found below.