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The Under Review is dedicated to featuring local and national organizations with social justice, racial equality, and/or the fight against gender or LGBTQ+ disparity, who use sports, writing, or education as their main tool for empowerment and change. 

Our goal for the Center Court Initiative is to highlight and provide a direct  link to twelve organizations per year. We will feature one each month in a blog post by one of our editors or guest contributors. 

If you would like to nominate an organization, contact us.

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Center Court February Spotlight: Product of Rugby
Center Court February Spotlight: Product of Rugby

We were winning 58-18. This would be a noteworthy scoreline in any circumstance. Up by 40 points in the fourth quarter against a crosstown foe and absolutely giving them the business.

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Center Court January Spotlight: Northeast Ohio Women's Sports Alliance
Center Court January Spotlight: Northeast Ohio Women's Sports Alliance

From the time I could run, I understood myself to be an athlete. Early on, I played baseball and then softball. In adolescence, I was devoted to basketball, playing year-round for my high school team. By the time I went to college, however, I had stopped playing sports. I was hungry to reinvent myself in a new community without the drag of old identities from back home, “athlete” included.

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Center Court November Spotlight: You Can Play
Center Court November Spotlight: You Can Play

I still remember the first day I saw her. Our junior varsity match complete, I sat on the sidelines watching the varsity team, filled with equal parts envy and awe as her small, muscular form sped across the field, the ball seemingly magnetized to her feet.

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Center Court October Spotlight: Lake Phalen Community Rowing
Center Court October Spotlight: Lake Phalen Community Rowing

In February, 2020, Power Ten, also known as Lake Phalen Community Rowing -- powerten.org --set out to bring youth of all backgrounds together to learn and enjoy the sport of rowing. The club’s slogan: Changing the Face of Rowing.

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