Empower ME Academy (EMA), a San Francisco-based youth basketball social enterprise, is gearing up for its 2023 Empower Fest on August 26 & 27 at the Palace of Fine Arts. This event combines basketball challenges, experiences, local food, music, and fun. EMA is renowned for fostering leadership and skills development among Bay Area youth. Empower […]

Uncovering the Decline: Exploring the Factors Affecting Youth Sports Participation Youth sports are becoming more professionalized than professional sports. We’ve been seeing and discussing this fact at EMA since our early years. This is also the reason why we keep doing the work we’re doing as a social organization, so Every child has the opportunity […]

EMA’s Leadership Principles & The Warriors At Empower ME Academy, we take pride in cultivating leadership skills in our students through our curriculum. Our core principles, including listening, empathy, accountability, daring, energy-giving, resilience, and selflessness, are the pillars of effective team leadership. This blog delves into how the Golden State Warriors basketball team exemplifies these […]

It brings me so much joy to share that Empower ME Academy (EMA) has reached the significant milestone of ten years! As someone deeply committed to empowering others, I am grateful to be able to inspire the next generation of leaders every day. My journey began long before 2013 when I was a child in […]

1. What does being a Leader mean to you? To me, being a leader is part of your character. It means doing what is right and best in each moment, whether those around you are watching or not. Being a leader comes with the responsibility of showing and setting high expectations for yourself and others […]