While February is officially Black History Month, Up2Us Sports honors and celebrates Black voices all year long. We are proud to be the nation's most diverse AmeriCorps program, with 42% of our coaches and 38% of the youth they serve identifying as African American. Black History Month is an opportunity to pay special tribute to their voices and stories. We asked some coaches to share their thoughts on what Black History Month means to them and why representation in coaching matters. These are their stories.