Decolonizing Soccer
Channel: SCORES TV
Date: 12/12/2020

In this session, we will be remembering our connection to the land and our histories through joy and movement. Dania will explore the possibility of sport as a space to challenge oppression. 

- Dania Cabello: Sport Liberation Educator. Founding member of Oakland Street Stylers. Founder, Futbolistas 4 Life. The program was recently featured in a documentary, The Futbolistas 4 Life (http://futbolistas4lifefilm.com/), by Jun Stinson. A film about Oakland youth from undocumented families and the healing power of soccer.  Adjunct faculty, St. Mary’s College. 

Dania consults with organizations and school districts helping design and implement sports base curriculum to increase critical awareness and empathy. Partners include Oakland Unified School District, UC Berkeley, and Futures Without Violence. Her work explores movement through play across space and time questioning issues of access, visibility, immigration, gender, and joy. Her written work has been published in Al-Jazeera America - a piece highlighting immigration policies in the US in the context of the players of the USMNT prior to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Former professional soccer player, Santos FC do Brasil (2006), the Bay Area Breeze (2011). She played four years of NCAA Division I soccer for UC Berkeley where she captained her last two years (2002-2005). 

She has worked with thousands of youth in sports-based programs throughout northern California as a trainer, public speaker, educational workshop facilitator, and consultant.

- Alicia Yanow - Moderator: Operation Specialist/Summit Organizer, America SCORES Bay Area.