US Lacrosse, the national governing body of lacrosse has announced its commitment to the Urban Lacrosse Alliance, to help foster increased diversity and inclusion efforts within the game. US announces its plan to become a charter member of the Urban Lacrosse Alliance, which pulls together like-minded organizations dedicated to expanding lacrosse opportunities for urban youth.
US Lacrosse joins MetroLacrosse (Boston), City Lax Denver, Blax Lax (Baltimore), Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership (New York), Winners (Washington DC) Charm City Lacrosse (Baltimore), OWLS (Chicago), Philly (Pa.) Select, 13th Girl (Baltimore), BRIDGE Dallas, PG Pride (Maryland), Next One Up (Baltimore) and Oakland (Calif.) Lacrosse in this initiative.
"One of the primary benefits of having the Urban Lacrosse Alliance is the structure that it provides for each of our organizations to connect and network with each other," said Eboni Preston, associate director of diversity and inclusion at US Lacrosse. "As the national governing body, we're excited to be able to gather the input and advice of these organizations to better understand how we can support and partner with them in the future."
The Urban Lacrosse Alliance (ULA) was formed to help provide urban lacrosse leaders and advocates with the opportunity, guidance and voice to further advance their administrative strengths, content and strategies. The vision for this alliance is to have representation and collaboration from a diverse group of urban youth teams and organizations from around the country, believing that each program can benefit from an open forum where ideas and tactics can flow freely in order to maximize sustainability efforts in each urban lacrosse program.
Registration for the trip will open on Wednesday, February 19th (with early registration on February 18th). Prior to registration, players who are interested in participating are asked to submit their information to Israel Lacrosse coaches and management here.
