Dock Ellis Day for Youth
Join us on June 09th-11th, 2023
The Dock Ellis Foundation is hosting its first annual Dock Ellis Day for Youth from June 9 to 11, 2023, in Pittsburgh. With an interesting lineup of educational and fun activities, the event targets the youth from marginalized minority communities and survivors and the families of the victims of human trafficking, sex crimes, domestic violence, and missing and murdered persons. The purpose of the event is to bring awareness, spread knowledge, offer support, and bring some moments of respite to the marginalized youth exposed to some of the most severe forms of emotional and psychological trauma. The event also celebrates Dock Ellis and his famous no-hitter against the San Diego Padres on June 12, 1970.
The Dock Ellis Foundation is a non-profit organization working at the national level to educate and empower sexual assault, domestic abuse, and human trafficking minority victims and their families. The organization also actively works for missing persons of color, providing access to services to help bring them home, as well as education to avoid it. Established in 2019 to honor Ellis, who actively worked with at-risk youth and fought against racial injustices for several decades, and continue his legacy, the Dock Ellis Foundation now stands as a leading national organization for missing people of color. The organization works with both families and law enforcement departments to help bring the missing people back home safely.
The Dock Ellis Day for Youth will be a weekend-long event, starting at 10 am Friday, June 9, 2023, with an Essential Pittsburgh Experience and ending with Pirates vs. Mets game at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, on Sunday, June 11. The event is open to all youth from minority communities and is sponsored by Nordstrom, Totally Promotional, Homage Clothing, Heinz History Center, Clemente Museum, and Pittsburgh Pirates Commissioner’s Initiative. The tickets for the game are donated by Pittsburgh Pirates.
Hundreds of thousands of people of color go missing in the US each year. Many more are sexually assaulted, domestically abused, and murdered for various reasons. Add to the picture the long history of racial discrimination and oppression, and you have communities that are completely marginalized and cut off from the mainstream culture and a disconnected society. The Dock Ellis Foundation has been attempting to repair the frayed fabric of American society by fighting against racial disparities and extending help to the victims and their families. It engages, supports, and empowers marginalized communities to help build an inclusive society.
Dock Ellis Day for Youth is an attempt to do just that.
Talking about it, Jasmine Ellis, the CEO of The Dock Ellis Foundation and the daughter of Pirates’ one of the most beloved pitchers said, “The experience of losing a parent or watching them suffer can have an intense effect on the psychological development of a child. We aim to help these youngsters by providing them knowledge and tools to protect themselves and their families and some moments of joy to assist in their recovery.”
About the Dock Ellis Foundation
Dock Ellis Foundation is a national non-profit organization working for minority missing persons and victims of sexual crimes, domestic violence, and human trafficking. Established in 2019, the organization also provides education and training to help minority communities prevent these incidents and navigate the system when an unfortunate incident takes place.
The Dock Ellis Foundation is a non-profit organization working at the national level to educate and empower sexual assault, domestic abuse, and human trafficking minority victims and their families. The organization also actively works for missing persons of color, providing access to services to help bring them home, as well as education to avoid it. Established in 2019 to honor Ellis, who actively worked with at-risk youth and fought against racial injustices for several decades, and continue his legacy, the Dock Ellis Foundation now stands as a leading national organization for missing people of color. The organization works with both families and law enforcement departments to help bring the missing people back home safely.
The Dock Ellis Day for Youth will be a weekend-long event, starting at 10 am Friday, June 9, 2023, with an Essential Pittsburgh Experience and ending with Pirates vs. Mets game at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, on Sunday, June 11. The event is open to all youth from minority communities and is sponsored by Nordstrom, Totally Promotional, Homage Clothing, Heinz History Center, Clemente Museum, and Pittsburgh Pirates Commissioner’s Initiative. The tickets for the game are donated by Pittsburgh Pirates.
Hundreds of thousands of people of color go missing in the US each year. Many more are sexually assaulted, domestically abused, and murdered for various reasons. Add to the picture the long history of racial discrimination and oppression, and you have communities that are completely marginalized and cut off from the mainstream culture and a disconnected society. The Dock Ellis Foundation has been attempting to repair the frayed fabric of American society by fighting against racial disparities and extending help to the victims and their families. It engages, supports, and empowers marginalized communities to help build an inclusive society.
Dock Ellis Day for Youth is an attempt to do just that.
Talking about it, Jasmine Ellis, the CEO of The Dock Ellis Foundation and the daughter of Pirates’ one of the most beloved pitchers said, “The experience of losing a parent or watching them suffer can have an intense effect on the psychological development of a child. We aim to help these youngsters by providing them knowledge and tools to protect themselves and their families and some moments of joy to assist in their recovery.”
About the Dock Ellis Foundation
Dock Ellis Foundation is a national non-profit organization working for minority missing persons and victims of sexual crimes, domestic violence, and human trafficking. Established in 2019, the organization also provides education and training to help minority communities prevent these incidents and navigate the system when an unfortunate incident takes place.
Day one
2pm TOUR - The Clemente Museum is housed in a historic firehouse in the revitalized Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. Executive Director and Curator, Duane Rieder, has meticulously renovated Engine House 25 to showcase the world’s largest exhibited collection of baseball artifacts, works of art, literature, photographs, memorabilia, and related materials which focus on Roberto Clemente, his teammates, his personal life, and his humanitarian causes.
hors d'oeuvres and Conversation
Meet the Dock Ellis Foundation as we discuss our Mission
5pm- 8PM
Survivors dinner, HJORDIS ELLIS
As she discuss Dock Ellis, Founding the organization and our vision for the minority community
Michelle luster, tabitha spann - survivors story
As she discuss Dock Ellis, Founding the organization and our vision for the minority community
Day two
1:30 pm
Senator john heinz history center
Five World Series championships. Nine National League pennants. Honus. Maz. Clemente. Stargell. McCutchen. Baseball fans can relive their favorite moments in Pirates history at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.
Step up to the plate next to a two-story mural depicting Forbes Field, the Pirates’ home from 1909-1970. Discover the amazing stories of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ five World Championships with one-of-a-kind artifacts spanning more than 125 years of professional baseball. Search for your all-time favorite Pirates on the Sports Museum’s Wall of Trading Cards, featuring more than 1,000 baseball cards spanning from 1885 through the present day.
Step up to the plate next to a two-story mural depicting Forbes Field, the Pirates’ home from 1909-1970. Discover the amazing stories of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ five World Championships with one-of-a-kind artifacts spanning more than 125 years of professional baseball. Search for your all-time favorite Pirates on the Sports Museum’s Wall of Trading Cards, featuring more than 1,000 baseball cards spanning from 1885 through the present day.
Day one
1:35pm
Pittsburgh pirates vs the mets
Ten youth will be treated to a day of Baseball! Participating in team sports can help kids in a number of ways. Black and Brown youth rarely have a chance to love the game of baseball. Today high participation costs and a lack of representation at all levels of the sport discourage inner city youth. There tends to be a disconnect between baseball and Black America. And it largely stems from a parallel crisis of affordability.
No one wants to see young people fall into lives that are full of strife. One important tool to help lift at-risk youth out of difficult situations is athletics. Sports provide a number of benefits that can help lift young people out of difficult situations they may be facing. What better day than the weekend of June 12, 2023. The weekend threw a no-hitter for the National League in the All-Star Game in 1971 and later that year, the Pirates won the World Series.
No one wants to see young people fall into lives that are full of strife. One important tool to help lift at-risk youth out of difficult situations is athletics. Sports provide a number of benefits that can help lift young people out of difficult situations they may be facing. What better day than the weekend of June 12, 2023. The weekend threw a no-hitter for the National League in the All-Star Game in 1971 and later that year, the Pirates won the World Series.
Speakers
Join us June 9th, 2023 we discuss which focuses on effective technologies, approaches and strategies in the search, investigation, identification, recovery, and reunification of missing persons, regardless of the circumstances surrounding their disappearance. The workshop will also examine the complex and multifaceted nature of missing person cases and the unique needs of diverse, vulnerable, and at-risk population groups such minorities, indigenous/native populations, victims of trafficking and domestic violence.
Jasmine ellis
CEO
Hjordis ellis
Coo
michelle luster
Soc
Tanya frazier
Cso
Michelle luster, tells her story
Twenty-eight-year-old prison guard Niqui McCown was engaged to Bobby Webster. On Sunday, July 22, 2001, just three weeks before their wedding, she arrived at her mother's house upset. She told her about an incident involving two men who harassed her and wouldn't leave her alone at a laundromat. She was afraid to go back there to get her laundry, but she eventually left her mother's house. She vanished that day and has not been seen or heard from since. The police could not find any signs of foul play nor a motive for her to vanish.
Michelle Luster is now the Senior Outreach Coordinator for the Dock Ellis Foundation. “In the 21 years that I’ve been searching for my sister, I’ve worked with a lot of organizations with my family,” said Luster. “I ran across the Dock Ellis Foundation, and they weren't just there to help look for a missing person, they were there to support their families." From then, Luster began working with Dock Ellis Foundation closely and now she is helping families with wrap around services. The goal is to make life normal for all involved, including the children as they continue to search for their parents.
Impact of our work
The Dock Ellis Foundation, a national organization created in honor of the late Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher to assist minority families with missing people, works with the family to establish a 24-hour telephone line for tips and to help produce and distribute fliers and gain media attention. The Dock Ellis Foundation is notified in various ways: Through family members of victims, our crisis hotline, sometimes through law enforcement investigations, and even sometimes through press or online publications.
Over 600,000 individuals go missing in the United States every year. Fortunately, many missing children and adults are quickly found, alive and well. However, tens of thousands of individuals remain missing for more than one year – what many agencies consider “cold cases”. It is estimated that 4,400 unidentified bodies are recovered each year, with approximately 1,000 of those bodies remaining unidentified after one year.
Over 600,000 individuals go missing in the United States every year. Fortunately, many missing children and adults are quickly found, alive and well. However, tens of thousands of individuals remain missing for more than one year – what many agencies consider “cold cases”. It is estimated that 4,400 unidentified bodies are recovered each year, with approximately 1,000 of those bodies remaining unidentified after one year.
Contact Us
Your tax-deductible gift helps advance our mission by providing financial support for families of the missing, assisting in victim recovery, financial hardship when dealing with a loved one missing, burial service and creating educational programs for the minority community on personal safety and sex trafficking prevention. As a nonprofit organization we rely on the generosity of the public to support us so that we may provide these services to the families for free. All donations are tax deductible. Please help raise your voice for the voiceless.
Location
Pittsburgh PA