The Hoops Collaborative Development Program Inc is a community-based basketball and educational equity organization that teaches basketball skill development, physical training and life skills to young people. The primary goal of The Hoops Collaborative Youth Program Inc is to provide a safe and supportive sport-based environment that helps the BIPOC youth m and around the greater Boston area to cope with the physical and mental disparities that prevents and hinders social development and upward mobility for young people. Through community partnerships, the program seeks to establish joyful engagement and connection among young people so that they feel seen and supported within the educational, political, justice and social systems that surrounds them.