SWB Boston Director Preston Hollis on stage for the election announcement in Berlin 12/1/18 (photo: sfw) Since 2012, Soccer Without Borders has been an active member of the streetfootballworld (sfw) network, a global network of member organizations changing the world through football and advancing the #Football4Good movement. Participation in the network has accelerated our learning in each of the three regions where we operate (North America, Latin America, East Africa), an

Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is pleased to announce the addition of its newest program: SWB Seattle. The Seattle program will open in partnership with the Seattle World School in March 2018, beginning practices and games with newcomer refugee and immigrant youth this Spring. Seattle World School (SWS) is a public school for newcomer students ages 11-20, serving over 230 students in 2016-2017 and growing still. First designed solely as an orientation center for newcomer refu

This year marks the start of new waves. The East Boston team has doubled in size, with four full-time coaches now on board. Preston and Rachael joined Lucas and Lindsey in mid-August as the boys’ and girls’ coaches for the existing U12 teams and the new U16 teams. In addition to the new high school teams, SWB Boston is piloting a new youth leadership program. Four high school students, two girls and two boys, on-boarded as student coaches for our elementary school "Little Lea

As the 2016 Lipman Family Prize winner from the McNulty School of Leadership at the Wharton School of Business, Soccer Without Borders was recently featured in a video and podcast on Knowledge@Wharton. The Wharton website reads: "Each year, the University of Pennsylvania awards one organization the Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize in recognition of great leadership and innovation in creating positive social impact. The 2016 winner is Soccer Without Borders. Chosen from among