Name: Julian Silver

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Access, Equity and Inequity in Youth Sports

Date of Fieldwork: March 1, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):NBA Cares

Type of Fieldwork: Tour of Organization

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?:

On March 1st, we visited the NBA Cares Center. It was amazing! We first went on tours and saw awesome stuff, such as a table made out of the wood from an NBA basketball court, and leather from the ball. Signed jerseys, and balls. Trophies and rings, and the coolest thing in my opinion was that they had Wilt Chamberlains game worn shoes from his historical 100 point game. After the tour, we sat down and had interviews with various people who work different roles in the organization.

We learned a lot about how we can help, and how kids are not only the future, but kids can help a lot in the present. We learned about all of the money that they give to non profit organizations. It was cool how much the NBA is making a difference in society and helping kids get into sports. The offices and the building was a really cool place and must be really fun to work in.