Like everything else in America today it seems, youth sports is stratifying: kids from wealthy families are playing more and at a higher level than ever before; kids from poor and working-class families are playing less. What's going wrong? Can youth sports still build community? Ethics Forward talks with Patrick Fitzgerald, director of Highlands Youth Recreation, about building a sports league that's about recreation rather than winning, and how sports can bring together kids who would not otherwise get to know one another.
Cover photo celebrates the partnership between Highlands Youth Recreation and Kentucky Refugee Ministries. More info at http://www.hyrsports.com/
Embedded music includes Carly Johnson, "Hit the Ground Running", from her sonaBLAST! EP Demons. More info at http://www.sonablast.com/artists/#/carly-johnson/
Also Emanuel Jal's "We Want Peace" from the free download "33RPM Voices of the Revolution," available at https://33rpmvoices.bandcamp.com/releases
and "Cloud Nine" and "Sage" by Prismic, available at https://soundcloud.com/prismicofficial.