Mission
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL (PYB) IS A COMMUNITY-BUILT YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION THAT LEVERAGES THE ICONIC GAME OF BASKETBALL TO HELP TODAY'S URBAN YOUTH OVERCOME THE MOST URGENT AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES FACING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.BUILT OF, BY, FOR, AND WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, PYB'S UNIQUE EQUITY-BUILDING MODEL COMBINES ENGAGING GROUP ACTIVITIES AND SPORT & SOCIETY MODULES WITH REAL-WORLD LIFE LESSONS FROM HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO PERSONAL GROWTH AND LEADERSHIP. THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT HINGES ON THE ACCESSIBLE, CULTURALLY CREDIBLE COACH-MENTORS AT PYB, MANY OF WHOM COME FROM THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS AND CIRCUMSTANCES AS THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE SERVE. ENTREPRENEURIAL AND EVIDENCED-BASED, PYB HELPS THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FIND THEIR VOICE, VALUE AND VISIBILITY DURING THEIR CRITICAL FORMATIVE YEARS, TO BRING ABOUT MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY CHANGE AND LASTING ECONOMIC MOBILITY.