Long Beach Hoops After Dark was started to help the underserved communities of Long Beach California.  Leonard Adamsinner-city the founder and community leader that started the program.  His outreach and representation in the community has helped grow this program into a meaningful impact for young people of Long Beach.  

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Long Beach inner-city gang violence was taking far too many lives and something had to be done.  Hoops After Dark is that channel for young people to get away from joining a gang, using basketball as an alternative way out of the cycle of street violence.  Our story will not end until every child has a chance to be part of the broader community. Using basketball as that channel.