1. WHY GIRLS PLAYING BASEBALL MATTERS
JUSTINE SIEGAL
ISDPA POWER OF SPORT SUMMIT 2010

2. BASEBALL FOR ALL
Provide meaningful
opportunities and
instruction in baseball,
especially for girls.
BaseballForAll.com

3. BASEBALL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Providing girls the opportunity to play baseball
fosters both empowered girls
and enlightened boys.

4. SPARKS
http://www.girlsofsummermovie.com/
trailer.html

5. THE CHALLENGE
Chelsea Baker: A Case Study
http://www.thefocusmagazine.com/rod-baseball.htm

6. IT MATTERS TO ME...
“Baseball and softball are two entirely different
sports, so girls should have the option to choose
which is their preference and pursue that decision
without having to face historical gender biases as
an obstacle.” -April

7. IT MATTERS TO ME...
“I have loved baseball since I was very small.
Actually playing it was out of the question for one
of my generation, so I ultimately moved on to
other sports. I wonder how things might have
been different had I been encouraged and allowed
to pursue baseball. Being a Red Sox fan is not the
same as being a baseball player.” - Lynn

8. IT MATTERS TO ME...
“People should be judged on ability, not on
color, religion, ethnicity, or sex. One group
in society should not have power and
privilege over another — yet this is the case
when ruling bodies of men forbid girls and
women from playing baseball.” - Barbara

9. IT MATTERS TO ME...
“For no other reason then, the fact that
women are humans, and in so being, should
be afforded any and all rights as given to
men.” - Tammy

10. FREEDOM TO BE
“What most people want is the freedom to
be able to choose and not have it chosen
for them.” - Leslie

11. FREEDOM TO BE
“I play baseball because i love it and
because i can play it. I am only nine and
some people say i am to small or i am a
girl but i say "watch me play then
decide". If a girl is good enough, then
why can't they play? I KNOW GIRLS CAN
PLAY BASEBALL!!!” -Natasha

12. SUCCESS

13. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER

14. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER
“One has got to say to our people, ‘I
love you. I care for you.’ And when I
care about black liberation, it is
because I care about white liberation.”
- Desmond Tutu

15. CONCLUSION

16. CONCLUSION
If you tell a girl she can’t play
baseball what else will she believe
she can’t do?

17. CONCLUSION
If you tell a girl she can’t play
baseball what else will she believe
she can’t do?
If you tell a girl she can play
baseball what will she believe she
can do?