Brotherly Love Pro Am Basketball Summer League

Mission, Vision & Values of our Foundation

Mission

The Brotherly Love Pro-Am League (Brotherly Love) works to create equity, opportunity and lasting camaraderie by cultivating a network of professional athletes, centering both fitness and wellness to improve the physical, financial and mental health of communities in Philadelphia. In partnership with professional athletes, community members and youth, we are putting the ‘brotherly love’ back in the city.

Our programming includes: Pro-Am basketball league, workforce development, youth engagement, violence prevention and food banks.

Vision: Brotherly Love seeks to create a Philadelphia that is grounded in community and guided by the spirit of basketball. We envision a city where peace takes the place of poverty; camaraderie over powers violence; and outcomes are determined by what people put in, rather than their inputs.

Values: Our values are driven by our network of professional athletes who leverage their time and resources to uplift Black and marginalized Philadelphians, especially Black boys and men, people with exceptionalities and terminal illness and low income communities.The lived experience of our leadership and network reflect the communities we work with. Our community is our family; this is the foundation around which all our work is oriented.

Joy Activist “Half Time”

Joy is a channel for change and opportunity

Mutuality “The Oop”

Reaching back to pay it forward

Innovation “Huddle”

Invention is the teammate of history

Leadership “MVP”

Leadership is a collective effort

Youth of Tomorrow “Pre-Season”

The present is preparation

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