Beat the Streets lifts Philadelphia kids from city violence
PHILADELPHIA -- ABC Owned Television Stations and ABC's Localish present 50 inspiring stories from around the country for Fifty/50, as part of The Walt Disney Company's monumental initiative highlighting the 50th anniversary of the passing of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any educational institution that receives federal funding, and gave women the equal opportunity to play. This story was originally published in October 2020.
Philadelphia football coach Nafis Muhammad is helping kids by not only training them to be better players on the field but helping them navigate life.
His program is called Beat the Streets.
He named the program that because he feels he has done just that.
Many of his players have dealt with violence in the city and his goal is to be a mentor to them and help them 'beat the streets' and get into college.
By getting them to be better players on the field, he helps them get scholarships into college.
