All too often, we see young girls in our communities who have yet to realize the strength they have as individuals and as members of a whole. This can be due to factors such as a lack of selfesteem, the negative influence social media can have, and the everyday adversities young women face. Our […]
As with each Fall, the team at UKSD is often very busy with high school soccer seasons. While some of our programming might seem to slow down, this is the time of year when final planning and preparations are underway for the exciting programs we will see between the winter and summer months. Mark our words, the turning […]
Like many people, we are attempting to hold onto the final days of summer. As we reflect on all of the wonderful programming we were able to hold this year, we find our greatest takeaway was how many incredible kids we were able to work with from all across the Cape and beyond. We learned […]
There is an electric current running through the soccer world right now as we all watch the greatest women from cross the globe battle it out in the World Cup. For so many young players, watching this tournament gives them a sense of drive and passion. They revel in the success of the women paving […]
This doesn’t just apply to baseball, folks. To say that our first ever street soccer cage event- filled weekend was a success would be an understatement. Thanks to our friends at Mettle Sports and Massachusetts Youth Soccer, we were able to host a 3 vs. 3 street soccer Food Donation tournament for high schoolers, free […]
This Spring, our Community Empowerment and Leadership Club hosted an event in collaboration with the Cape Cod WE CAN ( Women’s Empowerment Through Cape Area Networking) organization. The focus was to open up multigenerational discussions about what it means to be an empowered woman and girl within our communities and within society as a whole. […]
“There is no tool more effective for development than the empowerment of women”. Kofi Annan Something we have always strived to focus on here at UKSD is having our youth participants help to carve the way for future projects. If we are working to better the lives of our youth participants, then it is imperative that we listen […]
There is something simultaneously exhilarating and humbling about being a presenter. Crafting a talk which engages just as much as it educates is something which takes trial and error. Here at UKSD, we have recently tried our hand with this type of work. This January, we were invited to speak at the United Soccer Coaches […]
Hello! Our names are Alexis and Phoebe Papavasiliou, and we are here to share our experience with UKSD! We started UKSD when we were 5 and 7 years old in a run down gym in Osterville, Massachusetts. There were about 4 other kids in the class, who are now very close friends. He introduced himself […]