The Gym, Beyond Boxing's Community Partner
BB identifies and partners with gyms that have a long-standing history of serving justice impacted communities. To date, Beyond Boxing has partnered with two community-based boxing gyms, El Maestro and Brotherhood Boxing Club, located in the Bronx and Brooklyn. The entirety of our program (our classroom and boxing sessions) occur within in our host gym.
Our Coaches, the Protocol and Beyond Boxing's Credible Messengers
Beyond Boxing carefully selects USA Boxing accredited coaches to run our boxing sessions. These mentors are chosen for the lived experiences they share with our participants, for their belief in positive change and their credentials as amateur and pro level boxing coaches. They work closely with our director to design our unique Boxing Protocol. They are the credible messengers and community leaders that connect our clients to BB's vision for positive change.
Our Classroom, Beyond Boxing's Social Emotional Learning
Our classroom is guided by our Core Values and our unique Social Emotional Curriculum. Classroom instruction leads our participants through dynamic conversations and activities that help them locate, define and respond positively to Mentorship. Initially embedded in the gym, dialogues and activities invite our boxers to apply the successes they are having during our program elsewhere: within their communities, their schools and while employed.
BEYOND BOXING'S PROGRAM ELEMENTS
ELIGIBILITY
PROGRAM SPECIFICS
PROGRAM SPECIFICS
Justice Involved young adults, 14-25, receiving services for Alt. to Sentencing, Alt to Detention, Pretrial, Reentry and similar justice related outcomes. Must be referred by a Case Manager, Youth Advocate or similarly situated Justice Alt. org employee.
PROGRAM SPECIFICS
PROGRAM SPECIFICS
PROGRAM SPECIFICS
Beyond Boxing is a 3 month program that meets twice a week for 3 hours per session. Our classroom session lasts 1 hour and is followed by a 1.5 hour boxing session. A 15-30 minute break occurs between classroom instruction and boxing training.
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
Attendance to both the classroom and boxing session is mandatory.
OUR COACHES/MENTORS
Beyond Boxing's mentors are USA Boxing accredited boxing coaches with experience coaching amateur and professional boxers, alike. Most importantly, they believe in positive change and share significant lived experience with our participants. Upon graduation, Beyond Boxers have the ability to join the team(s) lead by BB's coaches
OUR HOST GYMS
NO FEES OR DUES FOR PARTICIPANTS
NO FEES OR DUES FOR PARTICIPANTS
Beyond Boxing partners with and operates our services at our host boxing gyms. These community partners are vital to our services, as they put us close to the young adults we serve and are filled with high achieving youth from these neighborhoods. We select these gyms based on a criterion of how reflective the gym is of its surrounding community, its history of service to its community members and for its commitment to positive change.
NO FEES OR DUES FOR PARTICIPANTS
NO FEES OR DUES FOR PARTICIPANTS
NO FEES OR DUES FOR PARTICIPANTS
Beyond Boxing makes full financial considerations for its participants. This includes providing Beyond Boxers with appropriate equipment, USA Boxing memberships, memberships to our host gyms and trainer fees.