Our Issues
We turn people power into public policy. As a joint venture of the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), and National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA), we advance bipartisan social justice policy in 4 issue areas across our communities.
The Stakes
Good public policy changes lives.
And the numbers speak for themselves.
1 in 3 Americans
1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record, which can result in over40K barriers limiting access to jobs, housing, education, voting, rights, and opportunities.
1 in 5 fatalities
1 in 5 fatal police shootings involve aperson in mental health crisis.
Source:The Appeal
46,000 lives
46,000 Americans die from gun violence every year—an average ofover 125 lives lost per day. This is a public health epidemic thatdisproportionately impacts youth of color
Source:Giffords Law Center
32,000 children
The U.S. confines kids at a rate2X the global average: nearly32,000 on any given day.
Source:Prison Policy Initiative
1 in 3 voters
In any given U.S. election, 1 in 3eligible votersdoesn’t cast a ballot.Less than half of young people ages 18-29 voted in the 2024 election.
Sources:Pew Research Center,Tufts CIRCLE
$557 billion
Gun violencecosts our economy an estimated$557 billion annually, on top of the incalculable cost of lives lost and quality of life harmed.
Source:Harvard Medical School
The Coalition members care about different issues, but what binds us is a shared desire to fight for everyone to be treated with dignity, no matter their race, education, religion, sexual orientation, or economic situation.
Get in the Game
Awareness + Action = Impact
Know the facts. Take action. Create real change.
HEAR OUR STORIES
The Power of Basketball is a collection of essays by NBA & WNBA players, coaches, and team governors about their personal journeys in social justice–released by the Coalition, the Vera Institute of Justice, and The New Press.
Get your copy at any majorbookseller!
Share your reflections about the book on social media, tag @nbacoalition, and include #PowerOfBasketball.
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