harlem lacrosse and leadership

US Lacrosse Among Founding Members of New Urban Lacrosse Alliance

By Lacrosse Playground | January 28, 2014 |
BALTIMORE, Jan. 28, 2014 – Consistent with its strategic goal to help foster increased diversity and inclusion efforts within the game, US Lacrosse has committed to being a charter member of the Urban Lacrosse Alliance (ULA), which pulls together like-minded organizations dedicated to expanding lacrosse opportunities for urban youth. US Lacrosse will partner with the ULA’s other member organizations to grow the game through shared strategies and the exchange of best practices. Read More...
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership: Harlem Bowl

Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership: Harlem Bowl

By Lacrosse Playground | November 13, 2013 |
The first annual Harlem Bowl is on Saturday, November 23rd, at Randall's Island, Field 90. Support our Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership (“HLL”) kids as the girls’ squads of Frederick Douglass Academy I (“FDA”) and P.S. 149 the Sojourner Truth School (“Truth”) face off against each other, as well as FDA’s boys taking on the Truth’s boys afterwards. Read More...

Harlem Lacrosse Brings on New Full-time and Part-time Staff

By Lacrosse Playground | December 6, 2011 |
HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY - Jake Klein, former assistant coach with the Frederick Douglass Academy Middle School and High School Varsity Lacrosse Teams, was hired this past spring as HLL’s first official , full-time Program Director. In addition to coaching the middle school program, Jake directs the academic mentoring services, coordinates work with Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership’s talented body of tutors, and manages the boarding school placement counseling services offered to about a dozen students by HLL. Read More...